Product Coordinator
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- North Lanarkshire
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 26 May 2021
- Closes
- 23 Jun 2021
- Sectors
- Engineering, Defence
- Contract Type
- Temporary
- Hours
- Full Time
Our public sector client has a current requirement for a Product Coordinator based in either Glasgow or Edinburgh city centres, starting on 28th June 2021 for an initial period of 6 months. This will be a full time role, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, attracting a daily pay rate of GBP180. This position falls within the IR35 tax and national insurance rules.
A Basic Disclosure Scotland certificate is required for this role and candidates must be willing to undergo a further security check.
Candidates must have flexibility to work on occasions in other offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee, as well as home working. At present, all staff are working from home.
As a Product Co-ordinator, you will work with Product Owners or Technical Platform Owners in an Agile project management framework. You will support them to maintain plans, processes, progress, reporting and/or supporting technology platforms.
Main duties include:
- Analyse, develop and enhance master product plans, Risks - Assumptions - Issues - Dependencies (RAID) logs, resource plans and a variety of progress reports
- Maintain, process & control documents that support product deliverables including plans, RAID logs, Agile backlog tracking & development, tests etc.
- Provide support to and maintain processes for Audit, Assurance or compliance related activities
- Assist implementation of best practice by promoting the use of Programme & Project Management methodology
- Assist Product or Technical Platform owners to plan, manage and report on all areas of delivery
- Support the Programme Office to manage and report on plans, project deliveries, resources and budgets
- Carry out Secretariat duties for relevant Divisional & programme / project meetings: coordinate members, record agendas and papers, manage actions, analyse and report on outcomes.
Essential skills and previous experience required:
- Comprehensive experience of identifying, sourcing and analysing information to produce concise, well-structured and accurate written and numeric work
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills used to build good professional relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders
- Experience in supporting, and maintaining the governance for projects which are using project management methodologies such as Agile and Prince 2.
- Ability to manage time and ensure that project/process deadlines are met
A Basic Disclosure Scotland certificate is required for this role and candidates must be willing to undergo a further security check.
Candidates must have flexibility to work on occasions in other offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee, as well as home working. At present, all staff are working from home.
As a Product Co-ordinator, you will work with Product Owners or Technical Platform Owners in an Agile project management framework. You will support them to maintain plans, processes, progress, reporting and/or supporting technology platforms.
Main duties include:
- Analyse, develop and enhance master product plans, Risks - Assumptions - Issues - Dependencies (RAID) logs, resource plans and a variety of progress reports
- Maintain, process & control documents that support product deliverables including plans, RAID logs, Agile backlog tracking & development, tests etc.
- Provide support to and maintain processes for Audit, Assurance or compliance related activities
- Assist implementation of best practice by promoting the use of Programme & Project Management methodology
- Assist Product or Technical Platform owners to plan, manage and report on all areas of delivery
- Support the Programme Office to manage and report on plans, project deliveries, resources and budgets
- Carry out Secretariat duties for relevant Divisional & programme / project meetings: coordinate members, record agendas and papers, manage actions, analyse and report on outcomes.
Essential skills and previous experience required:
- Comprehensive experience of identifying, sourcing and analysing information to produce concise, well-structured and accurate written and numeric work
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills used to build good professional relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders
- Experience in supporting, and maintaining the governance for projects which are using project management methodologies such as Agile and Prince 2.
- Ability to manage time and ensure that project/process deadlines are met