Project Support Coordinator at AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, 6 Months, £32-£41 per hour

Role: Project Support Coordinator

Role Type: Temporary – Full Time - 6 Months

Location: Macclesfield – x3 Days per week on-site / x2 working remote

Your New Company

Are you passionate about coordinating and facilitating business solutions and changes for the future? Do you want to support the long-term future of clinical supply chain management? If so, this is an exciting opportunity for you at AstraZeneca.

You will join the Clinical Manufacturing & Supply Organisation to support the future of clinical supply planning as part of the broader E2E Planning Transformation.Supporting the Digital Literacy & Planning Capability & Confidence uplift programme it’s an exciting time to work with us as we build and grow our digital, data and supply planning capabilities & skills for the future.

Your New Role

Working under the guidance of the Project Lead, you will support and deliver agreed learning work packages, coordinate activities, track progress, and provide project co-ordination support for the workstream.

As a Project Support, you will support the workstream by:

• Delivering defined learning work packages on time
• Co-ordinating tasks and activities
• Tracking actions/risks/issues across the workstream

Activities will include:

• Coordinating activities across cross-functional teams, vendors, and external partners.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for assigned work packages delivering on time and to the required quality
• Action, risk, and issue management: Capture, maintain, and drive closure of actions with clear owners and due dates. Assist with risk and issue identification, assessment, mitigation planning, and escalation through PMO processes.
• Work package delivery: Lead and drive assigned work packages to completion, managing interdependencies and communicating progress, variances, and recovery actions to the Project Lead.
• On-time delivery of assigned work packages and milestones

Essential Skills

• Experience in working on people related projects
• Experience in project coordination, preferably in a global or cross-functional learning environment
• Highly organised planning skills with a strong initiative and highly methodical approach
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Experience in working in fast paced projects with a strong focus on delivery and driving for completion
• Experience in managing and delivering to targets and milestones, able to work as part of a team whilst driving individual actions
• Delivering work packages within a learning environment
• Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., Smartsheet, MS Project, SharePoint, Teams) and standard PMO artefacts

WHY ASTRAZENECA?

It's an exciting time to join AstraZeneca, a global business that's rapidly growing - there's a lot happening and even more to come. And we are a valued part of this journey. Respected partners across the business, we provide the platform that's going to power us to achieve more.

So, what's next?

Are you ready to bring new insights and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available, and we hope it's yours. Please apply with a copy of your CV.