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Job Description:

Role purpose:

• To support and collaborate with the Project Manager or Programme Manager to ensure the project's successful progression. You will assist in delivering specific projects or work packages to customers, either independently or as part of a programme, meeting time, cost, and quality criteria.
  

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

• Planning & Control
  
• Supports the project manager in creating project plans and tracks daily progress. Identifies and prevents potential issues and scope creep.
  
• Risk & Issue Management
  
• Maintain the Risk and Issue register, identifying new risks and response strategies. Implements mitigation when issues arise.
  
• Communication
  
• Builds effective relationships with key stakeholders, supports the Project/Programme Manager in producing regular reports and presentations and attends regular customer meetings.
  
• Deliver on Time
  
• Drives delivery teams to achieve target dates for the Customer.
  
• Proactively resolves challenges or escalates them for support when necessary.
  
• Financial Management
  
• Ensures individual time is accurately recorded in relevant systems (e.g. EPPM) against the Project/Programme spend.
  
• Maintains a tracker of Project/Programme spend and advises of any risks to overspend. Manages Purchase Orders and checks supplier invoices against deliverables, before authorising payments from a Project/Programme budget.
  

Requirements

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

• Governance & Reporting
  
• Utilise appropriate methodologies and governance, to support the project manager in delivering on time, within budget and to quality standards. Capable of assimilating multiple sources of information, and report clearly and concisely to various stakeholders, using appropriate methods.
  
• Integration - Tools, Systems & Data
  
• Provide high level support to the programme & project teams, in using tools such as MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint.
  
• Ensure the integrity and accuracy of the data set for the programme or project is maintained.
  
• Business Skills and Attributes
  
• Experience working in a challenging, customer facing role, preferably delivery, with a good understanding of the process & procedures needed to deliver standard services.
  
• Ability to build relationships across relevant areas of the business and with external stakeholders.
  
• Capable of working independently and as part of a team.
  
• Knowledge of customer environment is preferable, but not mandatory.
  

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• PRINCE2 foundation (or working towards).
  
• Proficient planning & organisational skills
  
• Advanced skills in MS Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
  
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  
• Experience of working in a customer-focused environment.
  
• UK National as a minimum and visa to work in the UK.
  

Key performance indicators [max 3]:

Time, Cost and Quality: Deliver projects within the agreed timeframes, budget, and quality standards.

Governance Audit: Ensure projects are delivered in compliance with the Vodafone Professional Service Governance Framework.

Regularly review internal stakeholder feedback and external customer surveys, ensuring adherence to Professional Service KPI Delivery Targets.    

Requirements
Qualifications and Requirements: • • Extensive knowledge and understanding of Redhat Linux on both a physical and virtual platform. • Experience with deploying, configuring and supporting Linux in a VMware environment • Experience with automation tools (Ansible) and patching using Redhat Satellite; • Providing multiple levels of support to help resolve incidents and problem resolution • Experienced in Problem tracking, Incident management etc , • Decommissioning of physical and virtual servers, monitoring live traffic on Kibana or similar monitoring tools.