Job Introduction
You'll be joining the Route Services Transformation team, which is part of the corporate structure known as Finance and Business Support, within the Route Services directorate. Your role involves supporting the function to deliver services that are vital to the running of the railway, delivering the provision of services agreed by the routes to allow them to benefit from economies of scale and the optimisation of our critical resources.
The Transformation team is a small team of programme and business change professionals who work across the Route Services directorate.
This role will support the delivery of any Route Services level organisational & transformational change programmes, local implementation of national organisational change programmes and internal Finance & Business Support transformation/improvement projects.
The team are currently focused on two main programmes; Route Services Simplification and supporting the business to deliver its modernisation changes.
This role will support both programme teams in the successful management and delivery of key milestones.
This role will undertake key support to the Project Leads to ensure the correct programme governance in place; this will range from keeping programme finances up to date, assisting in setting up contracts for external support, maintaining RAID logs and the programme action plans and chasing key stakeholders for progress on actions. The role will also support in the production of key deliverables; this can range from drafting key documents required for consultation of changes to supporting our business architects in delivering key mapping and analysis of the organisation.
We are looking for a self-motivating individual with strong organisational skills who can prioritise tasks effectively and has a high degree of attention to detail. The successful candidate will work with a wide range of people and will work across different programmes where the need is greatest.
This role will provide a great opportunity to hone programme/project management and stakeholder skills so a passion to learn & develop will be key.
Experience of working in a change project or programme environment would be an advantage.
Main Responsibilities
To provide coordination and administrative support to the programme team.
What will you be doing?
- Assist the Project Management team in the delivery of projects to time, cost and quality in a safe manner.
- Collate, format and distribute data to support project requirements. Cascade to internal and external parties where appropriate.
- Using the available reporting systems and guidelines monitor and report on project progress.
- Maintain and generate project and programme documentation in accordance with project reporting system guidelines.
- Participate in projects as required.
The Ideal Candidate
Meet the essential criteria? Apply today to join our team!
Essential
- Educated to HND/HNC level, relevant project or administration experience
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload to meet deadlines
- Strong organisation skills
- Good communication skills (verbal and written)
- Computer literate (Word, Excel, PPT)
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of project-based working
- Obtained or working towards a project related qualification
- Networking and stakeholder engagement skills
- Commercial & financial awareness
D&I Statement
We are committed to a diverse workplace enriched with representation from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and skills. We pride ourselves on creating an environment where difference is embraced, and individuals can thrive. We recognise that the success of the team is dependent on a multi-cultural, multi-disciplined group of individuals, aligned to deliver successful solutions.
At Network Rail, we have several employee networks to reflect our diverse population and help to raise issues to the wider workforce and support their membership and support our Everybody Matters strategy, led by our central Diversity & Inclusion team. In IT Services, we have a group of Diversity & Inclusion Champions who take part and lead on many activities, to drive through more initiatives to support an inclusive environment for all its people and promote a professional and positive working environment. For more information on D&I at Network Rail, please follow this link
About The Company
We’re an organisation where people matter. We matter to millions.
Our role is to run a safe, reliable and efficient railway, serving customers and communities. We exist to get people and goods where they need to be and to support our country’s economic prosperity. Safety is our number one priority.
We're undertaking an ambitious change. Our vision is Putting Passengers First - becoming a company that is on the side of passengers and freight users.
As one of the UK’s leading equal opportunities employers, our values and the way we behave is important to us and we have created an environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution. We have seven employee networks that provide fantastic support, opportunities and development for applicants from all backgrounds. Click here for more information
Package Description
Vacancy type: Permanent
Location: The Quadrant, Milton Keynes
Closing date: 25th May 2023
Band & Salary: 5
About us
We’re an organisation where people matter. We matter to millions.
We offer excellent benefits, including:
- Flexible working patterns such as working from home and working compressed hours
- A range of pension schemes
- Healthcare Scheme
- Childcare voucher scheme
- Rail and underground season ticket subsidies up to 75%
- 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and volunteering days (5 days)
- 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- GymPass – Access to gyms across the UK
- Access to ‘My Benefits’ portal which include discounts in food, technology, and experience