IT Planner

Job Introduction

Job Description for IT Planner:

There’s never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At NNL, you’ll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career.

We’re an organisation that’s here to experiment and push the limits of what’s possible. So, if you’re keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at NNL, anything is possible

Develop the planning processes and capability across the IT function, that enables the successful delivery of projects and continuous improvement across operations. Also to support the continued development of scenario modelling and longer term portfolio planning.

This role will ensure that at all levels of planning, whether IT Strategic Planning or Project level, there is a clear process in place, with appropriate planning tools provided. This role will also support the IT Planning and Governance Manager to set the planning standards and ways of working to enable core IT functions to deliver value in an effective and efficient way to NNL. This role is hybrid with some physical time at Chadwick House. Working hours are 39 hours

Role Responsibility

Main Responsibilities for IT Planner:

• Provide IT with joined up change plan that encompasses all levels of change, from strategic to project change. This includes responsibility for the development and ongoing maintenance of the wider IT change plan.
• Support with providing and championing planning standards across the wider IT function.
• Responsible for the ongoing analysis and progress reporting against the change plan. This includes providing timely analysis and the development of reporting processes up to the IT senior team. Reporting also includes trend data, monitoring critical path activities and meaningful ongoing reporting.
• Support the IT Planning & Governance Manager in prioritisation across IT through establishing and managing strategic planning principles and processes.
• Support with the development and implementation of the workforce management strategy across the IT organisation.
• Support with the continuous improvement of planning capability across the IT organisation.
• Stay abreast of planning development in terms of methodology in the wider IT marketplace. Understand whether there are learnings we can bring into NNL IT and how we implement them.
• Responsible for developing key stakeholder relationships across the IT function.
• Support the IT Planning & Governance Manager with general process improvement across all of IT, including the implementation of changes.
• Support the projects managers across IT with the development of resourcing plans.
• Responsible for the standardisation of ways of working. Overseeing standardising or planning processes and capability across IT.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential Criteria for IT Planner:

• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years’ worth of UK residency).
• Strong interpersonal skills and a proven ability to develop, maintain and enhance relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Good working knowledge and proficient in the use of Microsoft Project, Enterprise Project Management (EPM) or MSP PPM / Project Online.
• Good understanding of project, programme and portfolio governance.
• Demonstrable analytical and strategic thinking, with the ability to connect the dots across IT and the wider organisation.
• Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Excellent presentation skills and proficient in PowerPoint, Excel and Visio.
• Experience of delivering planning support services on a varied range of projects and/or programmes.
• Experience of utilising project collaboration software, e.g. Sharepoint, etc.
• Educated to degree level.
• Experience in a similar role.

Desirable Criteria for IT Planner:

• Experience of the nuclear sector and/or public sector environment.
• Relevant qualification in Project Management or Process Improvement.

About the Company

NNL is an incredible place to work A place where people do things that have never been done before A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business, and society as a whole.

This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact… you can do it all here.

NNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity (ED&I) where NNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service, and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging.

Recruitment Agency Notice

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.

United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory