Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in West Lothian, is currently looking to recruit an IT Project Manager for an initial 3 month contract with option to extend on a rate of £400-£425/day (Outside IR35). This role will be based in onsite in West Lothian.
Responsibilities:
- To work on a number of IT projects within the IT project portfolio. Projects can be varied in size and complexity. Some projects assigned may be of a technical IT nature and some can be more business focused.
- May be required to work closely with the 3rd party suppliers from a technical and project management perspective to ensure the successful management and delivery of projects.
- Projects may have access to full time and/or part time project resources including IT and business resources.
- Will work alongside other Project Managers within IT Services to deliver their assigned projects in conjunction with the wider portfolio of IT projects.
Essential Skills:
- Educated to degree level in an IT discipline or equivalent experience
- PRINCE2 foundation certificate or above
- Experience in the application and management of projects based on PRINCE II methodology
- Significant experience (> 8 years) as a Project Manager delivering complex projects
- Experience, as a Project Manager, in taking on projects midway through to successful delivery
- Experienced facilitator with demonstrable ability to engage with a range of stakeholder groups and elicit relevant information to feed in to, and ensure, successful project delivery
- Experience in delivering IT projects across a broad range of technology platforms
- Experience in matrix resource management
- Experience in developing strategies, policies and procedures
- Experience in producing written reports and conducting presentations of a technical project nature
- Experience in contributing to team activities and tasks
- Supplier management and ICT procurement experience ideally in a public sector environment
- Strong customer focus
- Strong negotiation skills
- Ability to make sound decisions and prioritise work for self
- Comprehensive analytical skills to comprehend complex reports or financial or statistical information
- Ability to produce meaningful and concise written reports
- Knowledge and application of ITIL
Desirable Skills:
- ITIL v2 or v3 Foundation certificate or above
- Knowledge of IT Service Continuity procedures
- Knowledge of COBIT control objectives, FOI and Data Protection Legislation
- Experience in delivering Electronic Document Record Management projects
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.