Are you an experienced Project Manager, driven by delivery and success? Can you confidently lead and coordinate multiple tasks and teams? Do you thrive from solving problems with innovative and effective solutions? Have you got the skills and passion to make a vision a reality?
If you’re somebody who excels at the intersection of leadership, innovation, and delivery then please get in touch.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
* Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
* 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday
* Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Our work is focused on improving vehicle safety and environmental protection by providing robust testing and certification to national and internationally recognised standards. We are a part of the Department of Transport as the designated UK Vehicle Type Approval Authority. With more than 40 years’ experience, we have become one of the largest and well-respected approval bodies around. This position has been built on a reputation for technical expertise and quality, which is at the heart of everything we do, and what you could be a part of.
The automotive industry and its associated technologies evolve and advance rapidly. It is key that the VCA moves consistently with this rate of transformation, to ensure we continue to provide the level of excellence and expertise our customers require from us, to bring their products to market. The role projects play is key to us achieving this successfully, delivering innovative solutions to aid our development in line with the industry.
This role will put you directly at the heart of delivering key projects. You will be involved in a variety of activities across the Agency and Department, playing a key role in the smooth running of the portfolio and its projects. You’ll gain first-hand insight and experience of high-profile projects working closely with the business, Portfolio Assurance Team, Programme and Project Managers.
As an effective leader and communicator, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of our projects within your remit. This will require you to lead project meetings and manage plans, risks and issues. Drawing upon previous experience and your skills, you will ensure projects and other change activities are successfully delivered into the business. A role that promises variety, you will be working with our customers and the business to lead the development and delivery of the project/change to full implementation.
Being part of an international Agency, you will have an opportunity to learn new skills, working collaboratively with our UK and overseas offices. Travel between our Bristol and Nuneaton offices will be required, and occasional travel to other destinations may be necessary.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren't limited to:
* Leading complex cross department projects & programmes
* Managing project/programme teams, ensuring individual targets are met
* Identifying, mitigating and managing risks and issues
* Identify, justify and managing benefits delivery
* Developing innovative solutions to problems to maintain progress with delivery
* Stakeholder management & engagement
* Engaging with customers and trade groups to ensure proposed solutions meet industry requirements
* Negotiating with the VCA Leads to ensure solutions meet the business needs and provisions, running and managing new services in line with project milestones
* Reporting and presenting to the Portfolio Management Board
* Ensuring projects/change activities are successfully delivered into the business and working with customers and the business to lead the development and delivery of the project/change to full implementation.
For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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