Project Planner
- Employer
- Met Office
- Location
- Exeter, Devon, England
- Salary
- £45150 - £49890 per annum + reward package up to £59704.00
- Closing date
- 14 Jul 2022
- Reference
- Programmes00323
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- Sector
- Public Sector & Local / Central Government
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Job Function
- Planner
We're looking for an exceptional Project Planner to help us make a difference to our planet. Our Project Planner will work a hybrid pattern of homeworking and in Exeter HQ.
We provide critical weather services and world-leading climate science to deliver extraordinary impact and benefit across the globe. Our work helps people make better decisions to stay safe and thrive.
As our Project Planner , your starting salary will be £45150.00 and you will have opportunities to progress to £49890.00 over time. New joiners to the Met Office will start on the salary band minima.
Your total reward package is potentially worth up to £59704.00 annually, which includes basic salary, potential corporate bonus and employer pension contributions.
Your package includes:
- Outstanding Civil Service Pension
- Flexible hours and homeworking
- Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave
- Cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
- Access to discounted shopping on a range of retail, leisure and lifestyle categories
Who we are
We provide critical weather services and world-leading climate science, to help people make better decisions to stay safe and thrive.
Together:
- We're a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
- We're experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
- We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
- We're better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
- We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers
Job Purpose
As our Project Planner , the key duties are:
- Provide visible and effective leadership, developing clear vision and standards and championing the use of best practice project planning standards, tools and processes.
- Identify and lead the introduction of best practice planning processes, tools and templates, using industry standard best practice as a benchmark. Build planning capability.
- Manage dependencies across the portfolio of work.
- Provide specialist advice and support to ensure successful delivery of projects.
- Provide guidance and advice to the Project/Programme Manager throughout the lifecycle on planning approach, tools, processes and proportionality.
- Analyse performance data, looking at trends to identify areas for improvement and collaboration, and selecting appropriate methods and tools to resolve them.
- Build and maintain external networks to access technical and professional best practice.
Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities
How to apply
If you share our values, we'd love to hear from you. Apply below using your CV and Cover Letter/Supporting Statement (which must bullet point how you meet each of the essential criteria).
Closing date 26/06/2022 at 23:59 with interviews commencing from 04/07/2022 . You will hear from us once the closing date has passed. Our interviews are taking place remotely via Microsoft Teams.
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