The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing projects within the decided-upon budget, timeline, and scope. They will also effectively monitor and present project updates to relevant stakeholders, clients, or project team members.
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