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Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Project Manager for an initial 12 month contract with potential to extend on a salary of £57,360 - £63,104 pro rata. This role will be based in Edinburgh.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the incremental delivery of secure, efficient and compliant digital solutions within a highly regulated environment. Lead the delivery of system changes and developments to systems including but not limited to the project and associated work. Identify, assess and manage project risks and issues. Drive cultural change and operational change to support digital adoption.
- Develop a comprehensive Project Plan outlining scope, timelines, resources and key milestones ensuring structured communication and reporting with the organisations project governance framework.
- Define and track Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) to measure success. Plan the work of the project team in accordance with the project plan. Manage the work of project team members engaged in project delivery and co-ordinate the work stream’s outputs. Monitor system performance and user feedback for continuous improvement.
- Develop solution designs after consultation with process owners and business users/stakeholders, ensuring a shared understanding. This will involve working with process owners, documenting system requirements and reporting findings to the Project Board and/or any other steering group set up to manage the programme. Implement future proof solutions to adapt to evolving security threats and technological advancements.
- Engage with staff, I.T. teams, service providers and agencies, ensuring transparent and quick communication. Address concerns regarding digital transformation. Ensure user training and adoption.
- Identify and continuously assess risks related to cybersecurity, data privacy, and unauthorised access, implementing feedback loops for ongoing improvement. Consider and mitigate risks related to cyber security, data privacy, and unauthorized access. Ensure compliance with regulations on digital communications, surveillance. Work with security teams to integrate firewalls, monitoring tools and secure authentication methods.
- Oversee the deployment of secure communication tools, digital education platforms and case management systems, setting clear deliverables and deadlines. Ensure integration with existing management systems where applicable. Coordinate with vendors for software deployment, cloud infrastructure, and hardware installation.
- Project Management Qualification.
- Proven track record of undertaking project roles within digital upgrade and implementation projects.
- Experience in developing technical briefs and documentation.
- Experience of successful deployment of infrastructure and services.
- Ensuring effective programme governance; reviewing and approving governance submissions and providing constructive feedback and advice on governance requirements and actions. Demonstrating the management of risk and the effective delivery of technical projects.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to clearly and transparently communicate issues and requirements via a range of mediums (written and verbal) to a wide audience both technical and non-technical.
- Accomplished people management skills with the ability to foster collaborative working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders demonstrating your ability to negotiate with and positively influence others to achieve desired results.
- Excellent decision-making skills with evidence of your ability to analyse complex issues, problem solve and produce credible recommendations by exercising a high level of initiative, judgement and discretion in deciding appropriate actions to be undertaken.
- Ability to deliver successful solutions within a backdrop of limited resources and challenging timescales within a demanding environment with minimum supervision.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
* Employment type
Contract
Job function
* Job function
Project Management and Information Technology
* Industries
Government Administration
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