Programme Support Officer

JOB TITLE: PROGRAMME SUPPORT OFFICER

JOB TYPE: CONTRACT

JOB LOCATION: THE HAGUE / THE NETHERLANDS

CONTRACT RATE: €350 PER DAY

CONTRACT LENGTH: 12 MONTHS - EXTENSION EXTREMELY LIKELY

Our Client, one of the world's foremost IT Consultancies, is looking to recruit a talented Contract Programme Support Officer to join their client in Munich.

All Programme Support Support services shall be performed in accordance with the Operational Project Portfolio Management Framework (see Appendix 2) and the customers Project Management Handbook which is a tailored version of the PRINCE2 project management methodology (see Appendix 1). The compliance with this requirement is of high importance to the end customer to ensure consistency in the approach across the entire organisation

All deliverables and activities shall be:

- performed in clear, concise and correct English and
- communicated and documented clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences and
- communicated in the multicultural context of the end customer.

All documents shall be created with MS Office (e.g. MS Project) or comparable tools, approved by the customer. In order to keep track of the requests related to the Programme Support Services, the Contractor shall use the clients ticketing system (which is currently based on JIRA). If so required by the client, in the performance of the Portfolio Office and Programme Support Services, the Contractor shall make use of the electronic tools specified by the customer.

PROGRAMME SUPPORT SERVICES

- Fluency in spoken and written English
- Proven experience of minimum of 3 years as PROGRAMME SUPPORT of (IT) related programmes
- PRINCE2 Practitioner Certification
- Excellent knowledge of and experience with standard Project Management Methodologies
- Very good knowledge of standard Programme Management Methodologies
- Experience with project planning tools, e.g. Microsoft Project
- Knowledge of and experience with software development, IT infrastructure and IT securityprojects
- Very good planning skills, including management of parallel tracks and activities
- Very good time management skills, having the ability to deliver within strict deadlines
- Good communication and presentation skills, having the ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Proactive attitude and the ability to anticipate foreseeable issues
- Familiarity with enterprise desktop applications such as MS Office, Lotus Notes, SharePoint, JIRA.

THIS IS A GREAT ROLE FOR THE RIGHT CANDIDATE, SO IF YOU MEET ALL THE CRITERIA ABOVE, THEN APPLY TODAY!