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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

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