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Assistant Programme Project Controller
2018-02-14 12:24:22| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Job Introduction Serco is a specialist at delivering vital services on behalf of European, National and Local Governments. Serco Europe employs a large workforce in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy and the UK. Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions throughout Europe. Main Responsibilities A diverse range of support tasks in the following position Under this work package the contractor shall support the Earth Observation Directorate, assigned to the Future Systems Department. Heshe will support in managing the Departments project milestones in liaison with projects managers integrate and provide overview of resource requirements interface with the project controllers as required. Prepare and assist in producing financial and programmatic status reporting as required. Support to developing and maintaining the integrated planning of the programme resources and calendar. Support to the preparation and conduct of internal and external audits. Maintenance of a consolidated action item list for the Department, ensuring that actions are being discharged in coherence with the established procedures. Interacting with Department and Divisional staff in order to plan, facilitate and stimulate the exchange of information within the Department, including organization of specific meetings, workshops and seminars. Identifying topics for crosssites coordination and propose specific actions for harmonization and coordination. Support users for retrieval of documents from local DMS, DMSs from external partners andor industry, out of paper archives, other sources like ESTEC library, scanned documents on physical memories or via internet, etc. Support project controllers in preparation and administration of procurement actions. Manage these processes in the ESA SAP system esap as well as in excel or other tools as required. Act as a point of contact for all documentationadministrative tools e.g. DMS, RID system, action item database, etc. used in the department. Focal point for all documentation administrative tools used in the Department. Support to the configuration management processes within the Department. Close coordination with ESRIN teams to ensure efficient and timely exchange of information. Managing the internal and external information tools e.g. SharePoint, web pages, etc for the Departmentlevel internal and external communications, including interactions via social media. Compilation of monthly and quarterly reports from inputs from various contributors for review and finalisation by the Department Head. Preparation of minutes of internal management meetings, integrating various inputs. Coordination and organisation of internal and external meetings and reviews, including room and resource booking. Responsibility for the management and procurement of promotional items for the Department. Overseeing the administrative policies at Department level. Provision of various logistic support to the Department. Handling communications and events of interest for the Department. The Ideal Candidate The key person should bring A university degree Bachelor or equivalent qualification with several years of relevant experience. A qualification with good background in elements of information technology would be an asset. Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively, independently or in a team, and proactive approach to problem solving. Experience in an international organization and multicultural working environment would be an asset. Interest in and good understanding of technical, programmatic and policy issues of ESA EO programmes, particularly in innovative domains such as those of current information technologies, with desire to learn and ability to think outside the box. Ability to travel frequently between sites, namely ESTEC and ESRIN. Excellent communication, planning and organisation skills. Flexibility with working schedule, as required. Knowledge of ESA administrative and financial processes is an advantage. Proficiency in MS Office packages including Powerpoint and Excel and in planning control tools, office automation software and databases, with excellent working knowledge of both MS Windows and MacOS. Ability and interest to learn other softwaretechnology tools if necessary training on the job. Experience in the analysis of processes and in preparation of operational documentation pertaining to planning and performance monitoring is an advantage. Experience with SAP and with ISO9001 certification projects is an advantage. Initiative and motivation to perform to high standards in a demanding environment. Ability to take initiative to optimise the efficiency of processes and to prioritise accordingly in case of high workload. Fluency in the English language spoken and written. Knowledge of another European language is an asset. Important Any offer of employment is contingent upon you providing documents to verify your identity and employment eligibility, as required by law. Applicants are reminded that they will be requested to produce such documentation during the recruitment process. Please contact a member of the recruitment team if you require further details of acceptable types of documentation required for verification of identity and work authorization. For positions located within the Darmstadt Support Office please note that only applicants with no family affiliation within the Company will be considered. Data Protection When creating a profile on the Serco Career Centre you agreed to the Data Protection policy, a copy is available upon request. You may submit a written request revoking your consent to this agreement at any time. About The Company Serco Services GmbH, part of the Serco group, A FTSE250, Multinational Service Provider with over 50,000 employees worldwide. Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies We work alongside EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency, where we are the largest onsite service provider with ca. 300 staff. What connects the ever growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service To keep ahead we have to constantly evolve and enhance the way we deliver our services and everyone in Serco has a role to play here. Serco provide the right environment to encourage ideas and a comprehensive Best Practice support network that enables them to put their ideas into action. If you share our values then join with over 50,000 colleagues globally who are equally as passionate about delivering great service as you.
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Programme Project Controller
2017-08-10 11:10:28| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Serco is a specialist at delivering vital services on behalf of European, National and Local Governments. Serco Europe employs a large workforce in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy and the UK. Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions throughout Europe. Package description Full details on application. Relocation assistance provided if applicable. 6 month fixedterm contract till 31032018 with possible extension. Main responsibilities Support to the planning, preparation, execution and followup of projects programmes activities in terms of schedule, related procurement actions, costs including preparation of CaC as relevant, manpower including support, etc. including Assisting in preparing, developing and maintaining programme level plans. Assisting in the definition and in maintaining related workprocurement plans and related execution and contract actions plans using local tools as applicable. Monitoring of the implementation of the programmes and of activities, as appropriate, and preparation of related reports and provision of management information as required. Evaluating the results and main achievements of the programme, elaborating related KPIs, and preparing periodic overview publications. In the field of resources i.e. financial and manpower for programmeprojects Assisting in the preparation of longterm, medium term and inyear resource plans. Monitoring and controlling the implementation of the plans in line with resource targets, performing forecasting, identifying deviations and related recovery actions, producing related reports. Reviewing checking of ESA internal expenditures such as recharges, support services and purchases for consistency with Costat Completion CAC of industrial contracts. Checking commitments for consistency with budgets and ESAs procedures and consumption of commitment ceiling and initiating related budgetary transfers as required. In the field of procurements and execution of contracts Support to the preparation and followup of the Agencys tender actions. Support to the proposal evaluations as expert for the price and schedule verification and analysis. Support to the preparation of the financial contract commitment and the data entry of the milestone payment plans in the Agencys systems. Contributing to the elaboration, consolidation of related procurement workplans and detailed implementation plans e.g. Contract Action Plan baseline and related commitment consumption, cost and disbursement profiles. Ensuring that above plans are properly inserted in the appropriate management tools. Followingup of the progress of the procurement actions and contracts, and keeping track of status and maintaining the current actual and forecasting in the appropriate ESA tools. Creating related objects in ESAp, maintaining corresponding information in local applications as required and ensuring the correctness and coherence of related information. Monitoring and controlling of timely implementation of actions related to procurement and contractual matters, including monitoring of financial commitments, payment milestones and invoicing. Supporting industrial invoicing process and payment verification and control. Supporting programme inventory and export control activities, maintain relevant inventory database. In the field of programme industrial return Initiation and coordination of the periodic updating of relevant Industrial Return data base to reflect the current commitments status and the industrial policy forecast for planned activities. Verification of coherence with ESA corporate Industrial Return data. Maintenance of list of specific compensation or improvement measures and followup the implementation Verification of coherence of proposed procurement actions with the planned industrial return policy targets of the programme project, including the compensation measures. Support to programmeproject level risk management. Maintaining up to date the related data, performing data analysis, identifying deviations w.r.t. planstargets and production of associated reports to the responsible management and to the concerned customers when relevant. Operation of the associated management information tools and system databases. Support to the responsible entity in the definition of new and improvement of existing processes and tools and production of related documents. Support the execution of the directorates Risk Management process. Ideal candidate Masters in Engineering or equivalent or MBA or equivalent University degree from a recognised Institution of secondary studies or equivalent qualification in Business Administration, with relevant experience with typically 4 years of relevant experience. Experience in controlling andor management of activities and resources in aerospace industry. For some tasks knowledge and experience of FinanceAccounting and workforce management may be required. Highly proficient in the use of modern activities and resource management support toolsdatabases of standard office automation support software packages including in particular advance usage of Excel MsOffice and in particular advanced use of Excel. Experience as user of SAP and in particular ECC and SRM modules and familiarity with relevant ESA corporate applications e.g. ESAp is an asset. Fluent in the English language spoken and written. Knowledge of another European language preferably German or French is an asset. Please note that the closing date for the applications is on 01092017. Important Any offer of employment is contingent upon you providing documents to verify your identity and employment eligibility, as required by law. Applicants are reminded that they will be requested to produce such documentation during the recruitment process. Please contact a member of the recruitment team if you require further details of acceptable types of documentation required for verification of identity and work authorization. Data Protection When creating a profile on the Serco Career Centre you agreed to the Data Protection policy, a copy is available upon request. You may submit a written request revoking your consent to this agreement at any time. About the company Serco Services GmbH, part of the Serco group, A FTSE250, Multinational Service Provider with over 60,000 employees worldwide. Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies We work alongside EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency, where we are the largest onsite service provider with ca. 300 staff. What connects the ever growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service To keep ahead we have to constantly evolve and enhance the way we deliver our services and everyone in Serco has a role to play here. Serco provide the right environment to encourage ideas and a comprehensive Best Practice support network that enables them to put their ideas into action. If you share our values then join with over 60,000 colleagues globally who are equally as passionate about delivering great service as you
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Assistant Programme Project Controller
2017-06-27 15:11:41| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Tasks and Responsibilities Secretarial Support Efficiently and proactively deal with all communications phone, email, post. Use the ESAs Mission Approval System to manage business travel for the ECSAT FM team. Partially cover for other ECSAT Administrative Assistants in case of their absence on a mutual support schema. Finance Prepare in ESAP Shopping Carts, Purchase Orders and Financial Reports relevant to the Site operation functions. Liaise directly and independently with the Procurement Office and follow up all relevant activities. Maintain a local file of all financial documents invoices etc.. Maintain the ECSAT finance database MSexcel file. Facility Management Act as interface to the Harwell Campus FM team for what concerns office maintenance. Manage registration on arrival and departure of ECSAT employees. Manage outgoing and incoming post and courier. Build and maintain positive relationships with local business contacts. Human Resources Maintain information files for the ECSAT Staff ESA and Contractors. Use the ESA HRMS system for recording leaves for the ECSAT FM team. Liaise with the HR office at ESTEC. Coordinate support for staff relocating from other ESA establishments. Health, Safety and Security Act as main interface with STFC Health Safety and Occupational Health teams. Be one of the First Aider and Building Warden for ECSAT. The work conditions include the following Working hours are MonFri 08301700, with a pause of 30 minutes for lunch. Working days are the ECSAT working days not necessarily coinciding with UK working days the list of ECSAT official holidays are provided at the end of each year for the following year. The Contractor could be requested to work outside working hours from time to time at the request of ESA, occasionally at short less than two days notice or exceptionally two or three times per year without prior notification. Requirements University degree Bachelor from a recognised Institution of secondary studies or equivalent qualification in Business Administration or Communications as relevant, with typically 4 years of relevant experience. The ideal candidate will be confident and professional in all dealings with ECSAT staff and visitors, be proactive, highly flexible, customer focussed with a personable nature and an eye for detail. The candidate will also consider all information acquired during the execution of the job as confidential, and will not disclose it to third parties without the prior written authorisation of ESA. The working language is English. Knowledge of other ESA languages, especially French, is desirable. Proficiency in the use of Windowsbased personal computers and of the MSOffice software package is required. Experience as user of SAP and in particular ECC and SRM modules and familiarity with relevant ESA corporate applications e.g. ESAp is an asset. Ability to rapidly understand and adapt to ESA specific context and environment including ESA corporate IT applications. Past experience with ESA in relevant activities is an asset.
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Programme Project Controller
2016-10-04 20:04:35| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Serco is a specialist at delivering vital services on behalf of European, National and Local Governments. Serco Europe employs a large workforce in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy and the UK. Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions throughout Europe. Package description Full details on application Relocation assistance provided, if applicable. Main responsibilities You will be responsible for Project Control activities of one or more of the Departments Earth Explorer projects. As such, you will be assigned to and directly support the respective project managerss and will liaise closely with related services inside and outside the Directorate. You will report hierarchically to the Head of the Earth Explorer Project Control Section in the Project Control and Management Support Office and functionally to the project managers of the projects that you will be assigned to. Typical Project Control duties will include preparing, maintaining and reporting on the overall programmatic aspects cost, finance, schedule, industrial return, risk, progress control as well as general project administration of the project missions, utilising established procedures and information systems preparing, maintaining and reporting on status of the project mission Cost At Completion including space segment, payload, launch, ground segment and Agency provided services, including annual cost plans and manpower planning identifying and reporting potential problem areas and proposing remedial actions in coordination with the project managers preparing, administrating and monitoring of Project procurement actions Contracts, Purchase Orders, etc. within ESA SAP system esap or other tools as required monitoring and reporting on overall financial status of industrial contracts and internal costs, including overheads, for compliance with budgetary provisions and financial regulations preparing forward looking estimates relevant to project specific data evolution. Maintenance of historical project databases and Project Plan Annexes monitoring industrial contracts and interfacing with Industry on all financial and administrative matters to ensure their compliance with established formal requirements for management, costs, schedule, risks, industrial return, reporting including deviations from plans and trends contributing to the preparation of contract change documents participating in Contract Change negotiations and Change Control Review Boards supporting the Head of the Earth Explorer Project Control Section in executing the sections duties, including participation in the definition, maintenance and improvement of the project control procedures and computerized information and controlling systems Assist in the preparation of projects audits. Ideal candidate You should bring a Master Degree, MBA or a Degree in Business Administration, at least 4 years of relevant working experience and the following Experience in the Administration and Control of large projects, in the use of planning and project control tools, and in budget and accounting SAP software and databases is desired Significant experience with SAP system is required Good knowledge of Excel is an asset Excellent planning and organisation skills Attention to detail Ability to work effectively in a team environment. You should also possess good judgment, integrity and good communications skills. Working language is English. Important Any offer of employment is contingent upon you providing documents to verify your identity and employment eligibility, as required by law. Applicants are reminded that they will be requested to produce such documentation during the recruitment process. Please contact a member of the recruitment team if you require further details of acceptable types of documentation required for verification of identity and work authorization. For positions located within the Darmstadt Support Office please note that only applicants with no family affiliation within the Company will be considered. Data Protection When creating a profile on the Serco Career Centre you agreed to the Data Protection policy, a copy is available upon request. You may submit a written request revoking your consent to this agreement at any time. About the company Serco Services GmbH, part of the Serco group, A FTSE250, Multinational Service Provider with over 80,000 employees worldwide. Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies We work alongside EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency, where we are the largest onsite service provider with ca. 300 staff. What connects the ever growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service To keep ahead we have to constantly evolve and enhance the way we deliver our services and everyone in Serco has a role to play here. Serco provide the right environment to encourage ideas and a comprehensive Best Practice support network that enables them to put their ideas into action. If you share our values then join with over 100,000 colleagues globally who are equally as passionate about delivering great service as you
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Programme Project Controller
2016-05-09 20:07:59| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
The Serco Group is a FTSE 250 corporation with over 125,000 staff in 30 countries. Our strategy is to be a superb provider of public services, by being the best managed business in our sector. We are a focused business to government B2G business, specialising across five sectors Defence, Justice Immigration, Transport, Health and Citizen Services. Sercos space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies. Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions such as the European Commission, EUMETSAT or the European Space Agency where we are the largest onsite service provider with ca. 300 staff. For our activities in ESTEC, we are currently looking for a Programme Project Controller. Main responsibilities Tasks and Responsibilities You will be working under the authority of the Head of the ESTEC EAC Programme Project Control Unit, will support assigned ISS Payload Development projects part of the ELIPS programme in the implementation of industrial activities, in accordance with the approved budget and in agreement with the established administration processes and the ESA contractual and financial Regulations and will support also the preparation of plans and reports concerning the programmatic aspects of the projects i.e. schedule, cost, finance, risk, progress control with the aim to provide full visibility on all activities related to project resources. Furthermore you will followup of the projects progress and keep track of the project schedule status and of the assets such as maintain the current actual and predicted milestone completion dates in ESA systems. You will also have the following general Programme Project Controlling tasks and responsibilities Support to the planning, preparation, execution and followup of projects programmes activities in terms of schedule, related procurement actions, costs including preparation of CaC as relevant, manpower including support, etc. including assisting in preparing, developing and maintaining programme level plans assisting in the definition and in maintaining related work procurement plans and related execution and contract actions plans using local tools as applicable monitoring of the implementation of the programmes and of activities, as appropriate, and preparation of related reports and provision of management information as required evaluating the results and main achievements of the programme, elaborating related KPIs, and preparing periodic overview publications Support to programmeproject level risk management Maintaining up to date the related data, performing data analysis, identifying deviations w.r.t. plans targets and production of associated reports to the responsible management and to the concerned customers when relevant. Operation of the associated management information tools and system databases. Support to the responsible entity in the definition of new and improvement of existing processes and tools and production of related documents. Ideal candidate Requirements As successful applicant you should bring a Master in Engineering or equivalent or MBA or equivalent University degree from a recognised Institution of secondary studies or equivalent qualification in Business Administration, with a least 4 years of relevant experience, a high level of initiate autonomy, and professional maturity that is required to carry out complex tasks and high level of responsibility and the following Proficient in the English language, both written and spoken, knowledge of another official ESA language is an asset. Experience in controlling andor management of activities and resources in aerospace industry. For some tasks knowledge of FinanceAccounting may be required. Good sense of contacts and communications, ability to interface at appropriate level with relevant actors within and outside of the Directorate. Reliability, rigor and initiative in the execution of the assigned work. Proactive attitude to solving problems, identify priority actions and to handle high workload. Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team within the boundaries of assigned tasks and stringent schedule Highly proficient in the use of modern activities and resource management support tools databases of standard office automation support software packages including in particular advance usage of Excel MsOffice and in particular advanced use of Excel Experience as user of SAP and in particular ECC and SRM modules and familiarity with relevant ESA corporate applications e.g. esap is an asset. Ability to rapidly understand and adapt to ESA specific context and environment including ESA corporate IT applications. Past experience with ESA in relevant activities is an asset. Application procedure Important All applicants must hold a current valid work permit for the Netherlands or be EU nationals. Due to the high interest these roles generate, Serco reserves the right to commence, alter or conclude the recruitment process prior to the closing date. If shortlisted, a recruiter will contact you directly. If not, your application will remain in our database and can be matched against future openings. You can also login at any time to apply to additional positions. If you are interested in this vacancy, and think you have the skills and experience required, please apply via the relevant link available in Serco Europes Careers Hub httpscareershub.serco.eu
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