About the role

Hybrid: 3 days in the office

This role will best suit a professional who worked in an IT project environment previously, enhancing project governance and controls, as well as ensuring project compliance and delivery.

We are now growing our projects team and as the new Project Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for the scheduling our customer IT project work and coordination of small projects. You will work alongside experienced senior IT Project Managers and Technical Consultants ensuring customer projects are delivered on time, budget and within agreed project parameters.

Responsibilities

Project scheduling and co-ordination

Project commencement: ensure new projects are setup with the correct governance and supporting documentation to enable project initiation
Support and assist Project Managers in the delivery of projects, including:
Project planning and phasing
Resource alignment and scheduling
Procurement
Client engagement
Highlight reports
Ensure project actions are followed up on in timely manner

Reporting

Generate monthly reports to demonstrate status on:
Resource allocation and requirements
Commercial forecasts and actuals
Project RAG
Compilation of data to facilitate analysis of completed projects

Timesheet management

Review and ensure accurate time recording by all project resources.
Work with engineering staff to ensure that all type of absence is recorded

Qualification, experience and skills

Foundational knowledge of modern working technologies
Experience of working in a IT project support role
A sound understanding of project processes
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to get buy-in and effectively co-ordinate others to complete tasks
Excellent scheduling and time-management skills
Ability to work on multiple workstreams concurrently (e.g. ensure projects are allocated, project RAG reports are created, project changes are processed, new projects are resourced)
Good commercial awareness (cost associated with project overruns / resource / change control / internal projects)
Experience of preparing reports that support project delivery
Comfortable with manipulating data using Excel

About the person

Professional demeanour
Empathy; ability to listen to understand and support
A positive with ‘can-do’ attitude
Methodical
Adaptable and agile; able to adjust to changing workloads and priorities
Ability to deliver to agreed timescales
Confident; able to co-ordinate resources at senior level and manage upwards

What we offer

Basic salary plus performance bonus
34 days of annual leave (incl. 8 UK bank holidays and a day off on your birthday)
Enhanced family-friendly benefit schemes including company sick pay
Sponsored training and development and where applicable to the role, a technical exams incentive scheme
Private medical insurance and Employee Assistance Programme
Income protection and life insurance
Company Pension scheme

About Doherty Associates

Doherty Associates (DA) has delivered IT solutions for over 30 years to some of the world’s most prestigious and demanding clients. We focus on professional and financial services sectors, including private equity, venture capital, and legal firms, including the top ten UK law firms.

We are a Microsoft Gold Partner, a Tier 1 Microsoft CSP relationship and are ISO27001 & ISO9001 accredited.

We’re a pioneering and innovative organization; we pride ourselves on our passion and expertise to deliver transformations and managed services to our customers, who rely on us to bring specialist expertise across cloud solutions, hybrid working, modern workplace and a holistic approach to security. We have built a reputation as a company that keeps its promises and delivers quality.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £40,000.00-£45,000.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in London WC1V 7BD

Doherty Associates

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