Microsoft Planner SME

Microsoft Project Planner SME Market rate Contract - 1 month Remote working Start Date: ASAP

We are looking for a Microsoft Project Planner SME to support a live programme by consolidating multiple existing plans into a single, accurate, and baseline-ready view. This is not a greenfield role—you will be working with plans already in place, improving quality, strengthening dependencies, and ensuring a clear, realistic path to completion.

Key Responsibilities

• Consolidate external partner and internal plans into a single MS Project schedule
• Define and validate the critical path, dependencies, and milestones
• Challenge and validate updates from workstream leads, ensuring impacts on timelines are understood
• Identify planning gaps, inconsistencies, and risks, and address them proactively
• Ensure plans are accurate, current, and baseline-ready
• Engage with delivery teams to extract key information and clarify assumptions
• Provide clear, concise updates and insights back to the programme team

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong expertise in Microsoft Project (essential)
• Proven experience managing and improving complex programme plans
• Ability to analyse dependencies and understand impact of schedule changes
• Confident in challenging stakeholders and driving accountability
• Excellent communication skills—able to extract information and present key messages clearly
• Ability to hit the ground running and deliver value quickly

Additional Information

• Fully remote with occasional in-person sessions
• Immediate start required
• Fast-paced environment requiring proactive, hands-on delivery

If you’re a confident MS Project expert who can bring structure, challenge assumptions, and quickly improve programme planning, we’d love to hear from you.