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# IT Project Planner

- **Company:** embs
- **Location:** Nottingham, UK
- **Salary:** £40,000.0 - £45,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Spreadsheets, Project Management Software, Microsoft Project, Primavera, Software Version Control
- **Published:** June 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=21d32ea63943aae4

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Time management?, * Minimum of one year related-work experience in the IT/Transport or as a project scheduler

 * Strong communication skills - written and verbal
 * Good analytical and planning skills.
 * Ability to learn quickly and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
 * Proficiency in word processing and spreadsheet applications
 * Clear understanding of Programme/Project Governance
 * Project Management Office experience
 * Able to work in a Waterfall/Agile Programme Project perspective (other variables such as SAFe etc.)

Proficiency in the use of project scheduling software such as Primavera P6 or MS project

 * Must have excellent attention to details
 * Excellent organisational and time management skills
 * Good working ethics and ability to treat documents with confidentiality
 * Ability to work effectively within a team setting and to provide leadership when required to do so.

## Description

The MS Planner, Deputy Rollout Manager is responsible for owning, governing, and maintaining the Microsoft Planner ecosystem ensuring all activities, tasks, dependencies, and resource plans are structured, accurate, and continuously updated.

The role ensures Planner becomes the single source of truth for all planning and supports end-to-end coordination across back office, integration, engineering, installation teams, operators, and stakeholders.

The postholder also provides Deputy Rollout Manager capability, supporting leadership, decision-making, and escalation handling when required., * Create, monitor, and analyse project schedules in accordance with standard of best project practice

 * Track, analyse, and report information appropriately to allow the project teams to manage their projects and evaluate weekly reports
 * Ensure accuracy of project schedules and performed version control
 * Co-ordinate project schedules, tasks, meeting updates, and efficient distribution of reports
 * Prepare, implement, and monitor scopes of work using Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for control and integrity
 * Monitor projects' progress, including identifying critical activities and reviewing forecasts and progress achieved to date
 * Maintain project risk register to ensure that risks are effectively managed to minimize their impact on schedule, scope, and budget of projects
 * Track baselines, perform what-if analysis, and develop contingency plans
 * Developing conceptual models for Business Capability traceability matrix to explain processes to all levels of users
 * Perform coordination of cross-functional departments to identify project issues, monitor action items, and work with the project manager to ensure resolution.


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