Role: Project Support Analyst
Location: Gloucester / Manchester Hybrid working

Summary of the Role
Raytheon is looking for dynamic individuals to join its growing Programme Management team. The team is currently 18 strong and based across Gloucester and Manchester facilities.

This new role will be responsible for supporting Project Managers in the day to day administration and reporting of a number of projects and become a key source of information for a number of internal and external corporate processes. The successful candidate should be :

- maintain project documentation under the direction of the Project Manager.
- work closely with the Project Managers to ensure that Project Status Reports are updated in a timely manner and of agreed quality.
- Track the status of project controls based on updates from project managers on a weekly basis, including the extraction of data from plans, project finances and risk registers.
- Become the authority on the status of the project and provide advice, guidance and challenge as necessary to ensure project data is accurate.
- Conduct weekly checks validating all spend on a project is legitimate and expected.
- Help to find innovative ways of illustrating project health highlighting where further activity is required.
- Compile data from multiple sources and consolidate into single, coherent reports.
- Perform ad hoc basic financial analysis on individual projects.
- Assist in closure for all projects in collaboration with project team.

What Career Development opportunities are on offer?
Raytheon has an established Project Manager Certification programme to support continuous personal development and career progression. Each level of certification has specific identified training applicable to your growth and continued career development. Raytheon will also fund external training as required to support development.

Candidate Requirements
- Experience of working within a programme, project or change environment
- Excellent communication skills in written and oral ensuring that PMO reporting is concise, consistent, transparent and pragmatic.
- Good experience working with MS Excel is essential
- Attention to detail
- Able to develop good relationships with Project Managers & wider stakeholders
- SC cleared or the ability to become SC cleared.

About Raytheon UK
With facilities in Broughton, Glenrothes, Harlow, Gloucester, Manchester with presence across other customer sites also. Raytheon UK is invested in the British workforce and the development of UK technology. Across the country Raytheon UK employs 1,700 people and supports 8,000 jobs. As a prime contractor and major supplier to the U.K. Ministry of Defence, Raytheon continues to invest in research and development, supporting innovation and technological advances. Raytheon UK is a landed company, part of the Raytheon Technologies organisation and sits within the Raytheon Intelligence & Space business.

About Raytheon Technologies
Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an aerospace and defence company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises of four industry-leading businesses - Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Raytheon Missiles & Defence. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cyber security. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Standard Benefits:
25 days holiday + statutory holidays
Annual Bonus
Contributory Pension Scheme
Life Assurance
Flexible Benefits; such as buy/sell holiday, childcare vouchers, cycle to work, Gymflex and more
Enhanced sick pay scheme
Early finish on a Friday
Wellbeing support - includes Occupational Health, Employee Assistance programme and Annual Flu vaccinations

Diversity
Diversity is a core business imperative at Raytheon. We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes inclusiveness and always employs the best professionals for the job. Having a diverse workforce allows Raytheon to draw upon a range of different ideas and experiences which supports growing our business and creates an environment where everyone has an equal opportunity for success. Raytheon UK pro-actively encourages diversity of ideas, thoughts, and networking opportunities and has created Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) including Raytheon Women's Network, YesNet (Young Employees Success Network), Raytheon Reservist Network (RaRe), Raytheon Alliance for Diverse Abilities (RADA), RayPride and all work together with our Diversity & Inclusion council, and all Raytheon employees are welcome to participate regardless of their background.

As a proud contributor to the HM Armed Forces, Raytheon UK signed the HM Armed Forces covenant in 2014. Due to the varied activities and support to our Armed Forces & Reservists,
Raytheon UK has since been awarded the prestigious Covenant 'Gold Award' Employee Recognition.

Raytheon UK recognise that our people are the critical factor in our success, and we strive to provide challe