Project Managers Assistant (Infrastructure)

The Dell Associates programme brings together a community of professional IT contractors who work on Dell assisted projects throughout the UK and Europe. Our opportunities range from one-time deployment roles to multi-year on-site engagements and are ideal for contractors who want to build on their experience across a wide range of IT products with the flexibility of project by project opportunities.

We have an immediate requirement for a professional contract Project Managers Assistant (Infrastructure) for Cheshire. This opportunity will be on an initial 6 Month contract.

The key skills we require for this role are as follows:

The provision of support and guidance on project management processes, procedures, tools and techniques to programme and project managers and their teams.

The use of project management software. The development, production and maintenance of time, resource, cost and exception plans.

The tracking and reporting of progress and performance of projects, including those performed by third parties under contract.

The maintenance of programme and/or project files.

The servicing of project control boards, project assurance teams and quality review meetings.

The analysis of performance and the maintenance of metric data and estimating models.

The administration of project change control, including use of configuration management systems.

Assists with the compilation of project management reports. Maintains programme and project files from supplied actual and forecast data.

Ensuring adherence to relevant project standards and measures as required.

Understands basic concepts of delivery requirements:

Can organise self to execute activities and tasks to plan;

Is able to clearly convey an issue, problem or situation;

Is familiar with problem solving and escalation practices;

Can identify key characteristics of effective customer service and can ask for help when necessary to provide customer satisfaction

Specifically for Project Management:

Awareness of project life cycles

Understanding of project plans and project team structures

Can differentiate between risks, issues and dependencies and cite company specific examples of risks and issues

Recognises when there is a need to escalate and seeks support

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