Project Manager

About the Role

• Support the business case and budget creation process
• Ensure there is a plan in place, including planning assumptions, dependencies, a critical path, criteria for success and benefits to be realised
• Ensure adequate mechanisms are in place to continually track progress to plan
• Maintain an up to date understanding of the risks and issues to be managed to ensure success
• Proactively coordinate the resources and activities to deliver the plan, fostering teamwork and openness
• Manage the scope, raising change requests where required to address scope creep
• Effectively liaise and manage the expectations of stakeholders with timely, tailored communication
• Routinely report progress and take corrective action where the project is at risk
• Escalate issues promptly and drive action through to resolution
• Ensure the change impacts are clearly understood and a change management plan prepares the impacted teams for the change
• Work to the established project management framework, complying with governance, gate meetings and reporting requirements
• Identify resources required to deliver the plan, establish and manage the team
• Ensure the project work is completed in line with the plan, delegating task appropriately and tracking progress of individual tasks
• Report on progress and regularly communicate and align with stakeholders and management
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Person Profile & Skills Required

• Strong planning and organisational skills, ideally with experience of Microsoft Project
• Experience of managing projects and teams to deliver outcomes to time, cost and quality
• Ability to understand the strategic context and how it affects both the project and other projects in the portfolio
• Effective communication skills – written, verbal, influencing – with the ability to handle tough conversations
• Ability to manage and resolve risks and issues, using appropriate tactics for the situation
• Strong relationship management skills with the ability to adapt style for different types of stakeholders

• Self-managing and actively engaged with the business; takes a balanced business approach when assessing priorities
• Experience of managing changes from conception to delivery, supporting team members
• Adopts and displays our PDR values:

• • Care
  • Pace
  • Difference
  • Belonging
  • Value