Resource Planner, Connected Places Catapult

£49.2-55.2k

Mid and Senior level
London

2+ days a week in office

Connected Places Catapult

Innovation accelerator for cities, transport, and place leadership

Job no longer available

Connected Places Catapult

Innovation accelerator for cities, transport, and place leadership

201-500 employees

B2BTransportInvestingSocial Impact

Job no longer available

£49.2-55.2k

Mid and Senior level
London

2+ days a week in office

201-500 employees

B2BTransportInvestingSocial Impact

Company mission

To provide impartial ‘innovation as a service’ for public bodies, businesses, and infrastructure providers to catalyse step-change improvements in the way people live, work and travel.

Role

Who you are

  • Experience of working within a similar position in a fast-paced environment
  • Planning and allocating resources where the skill set is diverse
  • Proven ability in translating project plans into resource requirements
  • Strong analytical skills and a high level of attention to detail
  • Excellent problem-solving skills
  • The ability to plan, prioritise and manage a varied and busy workload delivering to a high standard
  • Excellent written communication, conflict resolution and influencing skills
  • Ability to function independently and use own initiative in a fast-paced environment, as well as to take direction
  • A good working knowledge of the MS Office 365 suite
  • Experience of working with senior stakeholders in a matrix organisation
  • Working knowledge of project methodologies, both waterfall and agile

Desirable

  • Experience in MS Dynamics
  • Experience in using Power BI to generate reports
  • Expertise in programme or portfolio management

What the job involves

  • Reporting to Team Lead, Programme Management Office
  • We are looking for an experienced Resource Planner to support the project management function for 12 months by allocating people to projects and advising on staff availability
  • The postholder will ensure the right people with the right skills and availability are deployed to the right projects, and in so doing facilitate the efficient and effective deployment of resources and a healthy project portfolio
  • Connected Places Catapult uses MS Dynamics as its project and resource management system. Within this, Project Managers create schedules to determine the time period within which particular activities need to be carried out by people with specific skillsets
  • The Resource Planner books the specific team members for specific days, taking account of their availability
  • As projects progress, there will be occasions when resources need to be changed and it will be responsibility of the postholder to liaise with the Managers who supervise the people delivering the projects to re-allocate resources
  • Have a clear understanding of all live and pipeline projects with regard to resourcing requirements
  • Having a clear understanding of the organisation’s employees and their skillsets
  • Allocate the most appropriate and available people to projects based on the schedule of activities and role requirements built into bids and proposals
  • Maintain an accurate forward forecast of demand across the organisation
  • Track resource utilisation and resource availability, engaging with project managers and delivery teams to minimize project slippage
  • Identify dependencies across projects, highlighting areas of concern
  • Assess, communicate and manage risks to resourcing across the portfolio of projects
  • Ensure resource allocation maximises the likelihood of successful delivery of the organisation’s portfolio
  • Broker discussions across the organisation to resolve conflicting demands, taking account of project critical paths and priorities
  • Track project plans to identify and help resolve resourcing conflicts
  • Provide management information to inform key stakeholders on the status of planned activities, overall portfolio health, and to support decision making across the business
  • Operate within the PMO governance processes and be an advocate for the function
  • Undertake any other reasonable duties to support the organisation in achieving its strategic outcomes and ensure effective business operations

Application process

  • Closing date 22nd March 2024

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Insights

Led by a woman

50% female employees

11% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • Volunteering days: Support wider causes with two paid days of volunteering leave per year; whether you’re looking to clean up a beach, are a school governor or charity trustee, or want to support a local charitable event
  • Cash Health plan: To help you stay fit and healthy we offer a range of health and wellbeing cash plans. You have access to essential and everyday healthcare expenses such as flu vaccine, dental, eye-care and medical bills
  • Cycle to work scheme: Our cycle to work scheme helps you spread the cost of a new bike over a 12- or 18-month period. We also have bike racks, showers and lockers at both of our office locations (plus a drying cabinet in the London office)
  • Payroll giving: Payroll Giving is a flexible option which allows you to give back to your charity of choice. The scheme takes regular contributions from your pre-tax income – helping your money go further for those who need it the most
  • Tech loans: As an innovative, early adopter and future thinker, you’ll want the latest gadgets. You have the option of buying any IT equipment and repaying it through payroll deductions
  • Discount and offers: Help your well-earned money go a bit further with a range of discounts from a wide variety of retailers. From high street stores to your weekly shop, you can find discounts with retailers such as Adidas, Argos, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and M&S to name just a few
  • Employee assistance programme: Our employee assistance programme offers 24/7 confidential work/life support services which is available immediately from joining. The scheme is open to your immediate family too

Our take

Technological innovation generally leads to the modernisation of cities, a progression that infrastructure providers, mobility businesses, and public institutions thrive on. However, innovating upon the infrastructure of a city is easier said than done, with companies often lacking the creative expertise or funding necessary to truly innovate upon their public products.

Connected Places Catapult offers an innovation accelerator for cities, offering 'innovation as a service' and funding to infrastructure providers, mobility companies, environment businesses, and public institutions to help develop their ideas for the future. Examples of backed projects include carbon elimination programs for cities, post COVID-19 technology, communal innovation hubs, and social hubs driven by virtual and augmented reality.

Whilst companies often employ creative thinkers to handle product innovations, Connected Places Catapult shows the potential to provide a more effective solution by not only providing innovation as a service but also the necessary capital and project management. In addition to serving large-scale infrastructural projects, the company also runs a dedicated SME programme to accelerate the growth of innovative small businesses.

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Kirsty

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