Project Support Officer

Rullion IT Plus are looking for a LOCAL project support officer to work for a globally recognised media company in Manchester

Key Responsibilities
*To assist the Delivery Manager in the co-ordination of project progress reports
*To assist the project managers to run planning sessions and updating burndown charts
*To assist the project managers in the creation and maintenance of accurate financial estimates and summaries for work packages undertaken
*To administer and co-ordinate the schedule for Future Media Sport team meetings, room bookings and associated facilities
*To organise internal and external training and coaching for the development team
*To take minutes at sport steering groups and product direction groups and following up with attendees on agreed actions from meetings, resolution of risks, issues and dependencies
*To support the development teams with creation and management of internal beta test teams to test our products with a range of internal users and collate their feedback
*Assist with the participation in and organisation of events to increase awareness of FM Sport's work and products
*To support the team with administrative tasks such as booking transport and accommodation
*Provide ad hoc support to other members of the management team, as required
Required Skills and Experience

Knowledge
*Broad knowledge of media and its main business units
*Practical experience of the concepts and processes required within project management, PRINCE 2 or similar qualification would be an advantage.
*Broad understanding of product development life cycles

Skills
*Good organisational and planning skills to ensure work is appropriately prioritised and completed
*Familiar with digital media services including websites, mobile websites, mobile apps and digital TV services
*Self motivated to work on your own and as part of a team
*Excellent communication (verbal, written, listening) skills
*Fluent in Microsoft Office Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint (Project and Visio an advantage)
*Numerate, able to distil the key messages form large amounts of data quickly

Experience
*Experience of working in an administration or junior project management role, preferably as part of a strongly business focused programme or PMO.
*Experience of working in a Matrix management environment

Please send all CVs

Rullion Computer Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.