Project Management Assistant

Location: Saffron Walden (CB10) Type: Permanent Hours: 9am - 5.30pm (Monday to Friday) Salary: circa £40,000 depending on experience Job Reference: 36366

Our client, an innovative technology and engineering business, is seeking a highly organised and proactive Project Management Assistant to support the successful delivery of a varied portfolio of projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and coordination support across multiple projects
• Maintain project plans, schedules, resource records and documentation
• Track project budgets, expenditure and forecasts
• Monitor project actions, risks and issues, following up with relevant stakeholders
• Prepare progress reports, dashboards, presentations and management information
• Arrange project meetings, prepare agendas, record minutes and monitor agreed actions
• Support project start-up, closure and lessons-learned activities
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, standardise working practices and automate routine tasks
• Assist with the delivery of smaller projects as experience develops

Requirements

• Strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail
• Ability to manage competing priorities and coordinate multiple activities effectively
• Confident communicator, comfortable engaging with stakeholders at different levels
• Strong written communication skills, including report writing and meeting documentation
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• A proactive, analytical approach with an interest in process improvement and automation
• Ability to work independently while contributing positively to a team

Desirable experience:

• Background in project administration, project support or project coordination
• Understanding of project management principles and methodologies
• Experience using project management or business systems such as Microsoft Project, Jira or ERP platforms
• Familiarity with resource planning, budget monitoring or workflow automation

Please contact us as soon as possible for more details or apply below