Programme Office Planners

The Programme Office Planners role may vary greatly from that of a programme planner or project planner if they are required to provide planning services across a large programme or even portfolio. Good planners are hard to find and planners with programme office or portfolio office experience even more so.

The Programme Office Planner will play a large role in ensuring the organisation has an enterprise project planning tool; this enables the organisation to plan effectively from the project up but also from the corporate level (or portfolio level) down. Project management software & tools like MS Project Server, Primavera and Clarity are some of the more well known tools that the Programme Office Planner has available to use.

The Programme Office Planner would also be responsible for ensuring the organisation's best practice approach to all project and programme planning is robust and fit for purpose. The specialist skills of a good programme office planner are often way more advanced than that of the Project Manager and this is apparent throughout the recruitment process when looking for a planner to join your team. Our specialism in programme and project management expertise lends an appreciation for the planning practition, giving you a leg up on the best approach to finding the right candidates.

Arras People can interview programme planners effectively due to our backgrounds in programme and project management; we don't just ask questions about the tools and planning process, we cover the planner's approach to the discipline and the softer skills require to provide an effective service.