About Us
The Devonshire Group comprises the interests, charities and businesses in the care of the Devonshire family throughout the UK and Ireland. These include the Chatsworth Estate in Derbyshire, Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire, The Compton Estate in Eastbourne and Lismore Castle in Ireland. There are a wide variety of business functions, including hospitality, visitor attractions and estate management.
Purpose of Post
Are you an experienced Project Manager looking for a role that has a direct impact on business improvement through change in an organisation that is in an active transformation period?
This post will support the Devonshire Group with delivery of three cross‑group projects over the next eight months. Two are system implementations that form part of the Devonshire Group’s modernisation and efficiency improvement strategies. The projects are in‑flight and will require detailed and hands‑on project management – taking them from system purchase and contract to implementation.
The first project is to implement a group‑wide EPOS system replacement, including stock management, gift vouchers and other related systems/functions.
The second will implement a group‑wide property management system replacement, potentially including related functions such as repairs and maintenance, health & safety and contractor management.
The third project will be a non‑systems initiative supporting the business through cross‑functional project management – co‑ordinating with internal and external stakeholders and workstreams, owning the central project budget, master programme, project dependencies and stakeholder updates.
This is a full‑time, hybrid‑working eight‑month contract based out of the Chatsworth Estate office with the possibility to extend.
About You
To succeed in this role you must combine excellent Project Management skills with strong stakeholder management and a thorough knowledge of software system implementations.
You will have recent relevant experience on system implementation projects in a diverse organisation with multiple systems and stakeholders and small project teams. You will have excellent organisation skills, and the ability to keep project teams on track with guidance and support, with hands‑on involvement where necessary. You will have empathy and awareness of operational business team priorities and pressures and relish the challenge of navigating the path to deliver a successful project with positive engagement of all involved.
Our Core Values
Our core values include “Being Inclusive”. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as well as applicants from the LGBTQ+ community. Flexible ways of working will always be considered.
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