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Recruitment Manager & Matrix Recruitment Business Partner
18 month FTC
Swindon or Newport - Hybrid
UKSBS is a public sector shared service centre providing high quality HR, Payroll, Finance, Procurement and IT services and expertise to our partners. We are proud of the part we play in enabling our partners to achieve the best outcomes for the British people and the UK economy.
It’s an exciting time to join UKSBS as we transform our business to be the leading UK public sector business service provider. We aim to become a very different organisation over the next few years as we move to a modern multi-platform, digitally enabled organisation.
In line with the Government’s Shared Services Strategy, the Matrix Programme is intending to deliver modern, cost-effective and scalable shared business services to nine departments (the Policy Cluster), with UKSBS as the provider, flexibly meeting changing Government requirements, and driving innovation to optimise efficiencies and enhance user experience. The Programme will also implement a new modern SaaS ERP platform, from which UKSBS can deliver these services, driving harmonisation and significant business change across the Departments. This is a large, complex multi-year programme.
We are seeking 3 x Project Managers to lead, plan and oversee key projects within UKSBS. You will be responsible for ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget and meet the outlined scope.
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Responsible for the successful delivery of allocated technical project(s) or taking responsibility for a workstream or work package as part of a large organisational and system transformation programme within the UKSBS Portfolio, delivering on time, within budget and to the agreed quality, and realising the projected benefits
* Leads complex and/or politically sensitive projects from inception to delivery into live service, maintaining project momentum and focus
* Establish and maintain the appropriate project governance, set up and manage delivery teams in a matrix structure
* Utilise effective project management disciplines and management techniques to ensure successful delivery
* Flexible in using Agile and Waterfall approaches, as appropriate to the project
* Communicate information about the project to the organisation(s) and Stakeholder groups as necessary
* Agreeing the work packages tolerances for time, quality and cost, communicating overall strategic guidance for the project, and managing and escalating any risk(s) and issues associated with the project(s) within the appropriate escalation route
* Manage any quality assurance activity required for the project
* Leads the project team to deliver high quality outputs according to the defined plan(s)
* Works with senior stakeholders from clients and delivery partners to define and manage expectations and facilitate issue resolution
* Provide advice on direction to the Project/Programme Board
To be considered for the role, you will need the following:
* Good working knowledge and experience of using Project Management frameworks, disciplines, and policies (e.g. Agile, SAFe, PRINCE2 or PRINCE2 Agile, Managing Successful Programmes).
* Knowledge of people change management implications, techniques and practices.
* Good range of technical, business and commercial knowledge.
* Good understanding of risk management, including methods and techniques for the assessment and management of risk
* Effective negotiation and influencing skills at mid-management and department level including with clients and suppliers.
* Proficient understanding of Stakeholder management tools and techniques.
* Proven experience of leading change through the full project lifecycle.
* Proven experience of managing complex change projects
* Competent using Jira and MS Project
* Experience delivering within an Agile environment.
* ERP or complex IT systems delivery experience would be highly advantageous.
We look forward to hearing from you.
In return for your skills and experience, we can offer you flexible and remote working options for a 37hr week (full time) with start and finish times between 8am – 6pm, or part time hours to suit.
For additional information and a confidential discussion please contact our Recruitment Team on recruiting@uksbs.co.uk.
We are an inclusive and Disability Confident employer and welcome all applications. Find out more about our equality, diversity and inclusion commitments on our website.
UKSBS does not hold a Home Office Sponsor Licence under the UK Immigration System, therefore candidates are required to have eligibility to live and work in the UK prior to applying.
We look forward to hearing from you.
* We are UKSBS. We are creating a place where people love to work, a culture where we lead, we change, we deliver and we empower our people to be curious, take action and add value.
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