Project Planner

📍 Location: Birmingham - 2 days per week on-site (flexible) 📅 Contract Length: 3 Months

Hays are partnering with a local council to recruit an Interim Project Planner. This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast paced, collaborative team where you'll have the chance to make a meaningful impact across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a regular cadence for updating the IRP, Business Plan and Operational Delivery Plan.
• Lead regular sessions with Delivery Leads to review, update and maintain all plans and reports.
• Produce consistent and accurate reporting to track milestones, ensuring alignment with all key plans.
• Establish processes and reporting ensuring risks, issues and dependencies are clearly understood and regularly updated.
• Ensure all plans are aligned and maintained efficiently, including FTOM and detailed delivery plans.
• Design and implement a robust change control process to ensure all changes are fully impact‑assessed and approved.

Skills & Experience Required

• Proven experience in programme or project planning across multiple projects/workstreams.
• Strong understanding of risk, issue and dependency management.
• Confident stakeholder management skills, particularly with project delivery or workstream leads.
• Ability to interpret project plans and challenge delivery assumptions where needed.
• Proficiency with project management/planning tools (e.g., MS Project).
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to create clear, concise reporting for senior stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

A proactive and highly organised individual who can gather information from multiple sources and develop robust, accurate plans and reports to support key initiatives. Relationship building is essential, as this role involves ongoing engagement with senior stakeholders to effectively develop, update and align plans. If you're ready for your next challenge and want to play a key role in supporting impactful public sector programmes, please send your updated CV!

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