Project Support Officer

Overview

Project Support Officer -

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• Proven experience supporting or maintaining project schedules, ideally using Microsoft Project as the primary tool.
• Strong understanding of project planning principles including WBS creation, task sequencing, critical paths, and baselines.
• Experience documenting and managing dependencies and tracking benefits.
• Strong analytical and organisational skills with a structured and detail-oriented approach.
• Clear communication skills for reporting schedule and dependency information to stakeholders.
• Familiarity with project methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid).

• SC Cleared
• Travel to Bristol/Andover 2 days a week
• Position may require travel and security considerations as part of the role

• Scheduling & Microsoft Project Management (Primary Focus)
• Build, maintain, and update detailed project schedules using Microsoft Project as the primary planning tool
• Develop structured work breakdown structures (WBS), task networks, critical paths, and milestone maps
• Monitor schedule health, identify slippage or conflicts, and recommend corrective actions
• Maintain schedule baselines aligned with project governance, approvals timelines, risk and cost models
• Produce schedule reports, Gantt charts, milestone summaries, and analysis for project and governance boards
• Support creation of integrated schedules to feed programme-level planning
• Dependency Management (Primary Focus)
• Identify, document, and manage project dependencies with owners, dates, and required conditions
• Keep dependency logs up to date, tracking status, risks, and emerging issues
• Ensure dependencies are accurately reflected in Microsoft Project schedules and governance reporting
• Coordinate with cross-project and external stakeholders to confirm impacts and sequencing
• Benefits Management (Primary Focus)
• Maintain benefits registers, mapping inputs, outputs, outcomes, and expected realisation timelines
• Track progress against benefits baselines and highlight deviations early
• Support preparation of benefits updates for decision boards and approvals documentation (OBC/FBC)
• Ensure benefits interdependencies and timelines align with schedule deliverables and dependency assumptions

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