Trainee Project Associate

Trainee Project Associate

Brighton, East Sussex

Full-Time, Permanent Role

Salary up to £30,000 – 35,000pa + 20% bonus + study support available

Overview of duties:

• Oversee the project reporting cycle to ensure PMs have completed reporting in a timely fashion and complete an initial Quality Assurance check of reports prior to review by the senior leader.
• Support PMs to ensure projects are being delivered in adherence with project governance processes – i.e. project documentation completed and signed off, plans and risk and issue logs are in place and maintained.
• Support PMs and workstream leads to define and maintain accurate project milestone tracking, communicating any variances to the PM.
• Provide project meeting assistance through meeting scheduling, preparing draft agendas and documenting minutes/actions.
• Assist the PM with User Acceptance Test management and monitoring, providing particular assistance with administrative tasks.
• Ensure project level KPI and PIs are accurately tracked.
• Liaise effectively with 3rd parties and partners involved in project execution in conjunction with the PM.
• Assist the PM in project closure by producing draft documentation and collating lessons learned and follow on activity.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements with central project governance.

Candidate profile:

• Good academic record and office based experience (can be unrelated to project management)
• Self-starter and ability to take initiative
• Proactive, highly inquisitive and willingness to learn from a team of experienced project managers
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Intermediate Microsoft office skills including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook
• Open to feedback
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to manage own time

Please apply via website or contact Georgina at Harvey John for more information

Harvey John recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.