Planner

Planner - 3-Month Contract | £425 per day (Inside IR35) 1 day a week on site either, Liverpool, Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds or London. Ability to travel around the country at least once a month We're looking for an experienced Planner to provide authoritative planning leadership across a complex government programme. You'll own the integrated master schedule, maintain credible baselines and forecasts, and ensure a single source of truth for scope, time, resources and dependencies. The ideal candidate will hold active/lapsed SC clearance. Key Skills & Experience • Strong UK government experience in complex programmes. • Expert in integrated planning, scheduling and critical path management. • Skilled in forecasting, scenario planning, capacity/demand alignment. • Able to link planning with RAID management and assurance preparation. • Confident communicator with senior stakeholders; able to challenge constructively. • Hands-on with MS Project/Project for the Web, Planisware, Jira/Azure DevOps, Power BI. • Comfortable working across Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid delivery. • Able to drive planning standards, data quality and continuous improvement. What You'll Do • Maintain programme-wide schedules and baselines. • Produce delivery forecasts, options, scenarios and MI. • Provide schedule insight for boards and senior leaders. • Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and suppliers to build realistic, owned plans.