Assistant Project Manager Review

My role is Assistant Project Manager. I work alongside the project manager to help deliver multiple projects under our current framework, which is network design. This involves managing the day to day running of the projects. I also hold progress meetings and prepare reports for the clients, while ensuring the finances are controlled and to budget.

Whilst in this role I have learnt costing & budgetary skills and management skills. I have had the time to develop on my communication skills. My manager was very hands on, at this moment in time I do not have a mentor but my apprenticeship is helping e develop and improve skills as I go along.

I like that my apprenticeship ties in really well with my day to day role. This helps me to improve on my role as I learn and put my new skills to practice which is very enjoyable. I really enjoy the day lessons being in a group environment learning from other peoples experiences.

The structure of my programme is good, we learn a series of subjects over 12 day lessons prior to the initial exam. I have my own assessor to support me through the programme and we have regular visits and calls to check my progress. I also have a mentor at work who will spend time going through things with me helping me understand and problem subjects.

I have my mentor which has been very helpful when I can get his time, due to his high profile role he is often extremely busy. I am meant to be allowed a certain amount of time free from my day to day role to study my course which is proving to be difficult I cant often get the time I need to study.

The support from the trainer is minimum, I attend a day class once a month and from that I will get set homework to complete before the next session. my assessor is available on the phone or email however I have only had 3 face to face visits for no more than an hour. This does not quite match my learning style and I have found it quite difficult to progress on my own.

There are areas where I am able to put to practice some of the skills and knowledge I have learnt from my course. I feel like I am still developing as I go and my confidence is growing in turn. The course materials are very closely match to my role so this makes it perfect in progressing in my role.

To my knowledge there are not any extra-curricular activities to get involved with at my place of work. from a professional networking stance there are certain events (business awards & promotion events) held through out the year but I do not get invited to these they are more for higher level or technically specific employees.

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Yes I would recommend the company I work for to a friend. I feel like they are quite good at developing people, although this massively depends on the line manager you work for. I was lucky with my line manager who happened to be very supportive of my progression and goals.

I would advise them to negotiate a salary they can live with for a while as pay rises are incredibly hard to come by. I would also suggest they have a clear idea of the role they wish to peruse and ensure they are willing to develop your skills in order to achieve you desired achievements.