Project Coordinator Job in London Ec4a 3Bf, London Uk
Programme Management Co-ordinator
The Company
The GSM Association is the world's leading wireless industry representative body, consisting of more than 630 second and third generation wireless network operators and key manufacturers and suppliers to the wireless industry. The Association's members provide digital wireless services to more than 800 million customers – or 71% of the world’s digital wireless market.
Today, many complex business and financial challenges face the GSMA’s membership. In the midst of the most turbulent of economic climates for the telecommunications sector, there are significant pressures on operators to generate new revenue streams from data services, following billions invested in the evolution introduction of next generation high-speed IP wireless networks.
These pressures mean there is a critical need for the operator community to collectively focus on the needs of the market and work together to create global platforms and avoid the mistakes of the recent past i.e. fragmentation of early data services such as WAP and MMS. The GSMA seeks on behalf of its members to reinvigorate the principles for wireless data that have made GSM a phenomenal worldwide success in the sphere of voice and text, such as global roaming of wireless services.
Today’s market realities demand a trade Association that is more than a technical powerhouse, but a market driven, commercially focused nimble organisation with a corporate- like decision strategy setting structure that is capable of agreeing and accelerating operator needs into the market. This has necessitated fundamental restructuring of the GSMA to incorporate top down operator CEO level decision making and a new mission to: “Accelerate the implementation of commercially prioritised, collectively identified operator requirements”
To that end the GSMA has appointed its first ever governing board of operator chief executives, in an effort to put operators back in the industry driving seat. The board comprises CEOs of 23 GSMA member companies, including 12 of the largest mobile operators in the world.
The position
The GSM Association is looking for a Programme Management Co-ordinator to support the Spectrum Programme. This is an excellent opportunity to embark on a career in Project Management.
Radio spectrum enables every type of wireless service including satellite systems, radar, mobile and fixed telecommunications, as well as broadcasting. A finite resource, future technology developments will only increase the demand for more mobile spectrum.
Effective worldwide management of radio spectrum across all technologies is vital to the long-term growth of the industry. To this end, the GSMA works closely with governments and regulators to enable the mobile industry to contiue to bring new and innovative services to market.
Working under the guidance of the Programme Director, the successful candidate will be required to:
· Organise and note take at weekly Programme Status meetings
· Maintain risk and issues logs
· Preparation of Programme Status reports
· Tracking of activities and inter-relationships of 3 large work streams
· Maintenance of Programme information pages on intranet
· Raising Purchase Orders and maintaining budgets
· Business planning support
· Project Resource Management data collection and reporting
The individual must:
· At least 1 year working experience in a Project Management/Coordination environment
· Be proficient in Microsoft Office applications. Experience of Microsoft Project would be an advantage
· Have the ability to learn fast, work in a team and take instruction from multiple sources.
· Be a confident self-starter and good team player with flexibility to work in a number of groups
· Have a good telephone manner and the ability to generate and communicate instructions clearly.
· Be educated to Degree level or equivalent second level qualification