About The Role

This Project Planner role with Network IT is offered on an initial six-month contract, paying £500 per day inside IR35. Based in Hanslope, the position follows a hybrid pattern requiring three days each week on site in Milton Keynes. The successful candidate must hold SC Clearance or be eligible to obtain it.

Working alongside Project Managers and Programme Planners, the post-holder develops, maintains, and monitors robust schedules spanning T&O, E&O, Global Services, Logistics, and Corporate functions. Duties include coordinating planning activity, defining milestones, dependencies, and deliverables, and ensuring governance criteria are met so that mobilisation and delivery proceed smoothly. Strong scheduling expertise and meticulous attention to detail are essential.

Project Planner

6 month contract initially

£500 per day (Inside IR35)

Hybrid – 3 days per week in Milton Keynes

You must Hold SC Clearance or be Eligible for SC Clearance

We are currently recruiting for a Project Planner to develop, maintain, and monitor high-quality project plans and schedules with Project Managers across a range of operational areas, including T&O, E&O, Global Services, Logistics, and Corporate functions.

You will need to ensure activities, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and governance requirements are clearly defined, accurately managed, and support successful project mobilisation and delivery.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate project-level planning and scheduling, partnering with Project Managers and Programme Planners to keep delivery on track.
• Create, maintain, and monitor robust project plans that clearly capture activities, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and governance requirements.
• Track progress against approved baselines, identify variances and potential delays, and recommend corrective action to protect delivery.
• Identify and manage project dependencies, assumptions, constraints, and risks that could affect successful delivery.
• Validate schedule updates, progress reports, and forecast completion dates to enable accurate reporting and informed decision-making.
• Carry out schedule assurance and health checks, ensuring plans meet agreed planning standards, methodologies, and governance requirements.
• Highlight and escalate planning risks, governance concerns, and non-compliance, providing clear recommendations for resolution.
• Present schedule-review findings and practical recommendations to Programme Planners and Project Managers.
• Provide expert planning guidance to Project Managers and delivery teams, promoting consistent use of established processes, tools, and standards.
• Analyse planning and performance data to uncover trends, variances, and emerging delivery risks, escalating material issues promptly.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, translating their requirements and priorities into clear project plans.
• Supply accurate, timely project information to support programme and portfolio planning.
• Help embed planning standards, assurance processes, and continuous improvement across the wider planning community.