IT Project Manager
12 Month Fixed Term Contract
About Us:
Delt is a commercial company owned by the public sector and working in the public interest. We deliver significant social-economic benefits to Plymouth, Devon and the wider South West peninsula, priding ourselves on fostering innovation, efficiency, and exceptional customer service. Our mission is to empower organisations to achieve more by providing them with the tools and support they need to thrive. At Delt, we are driven by our commitment to community, quality, and the continuous development of our people.
The Role:
The Delt Project Management Office is committed to delivering a wide range of business change and transformation projects for our main clients, Plymouth City Council, NHS Devon Integrated Care Board and Devon NHS Partnership Trust. To achieve this, we need an IT Project Manager preferably with experience in the delivery of Infrastructure projects to join our PMO.
Our projects are predominately IT and therefore experience of working in an IT environment and delivering complex IT projects is essential, a basic working level knowledge of MS Project Professional is essential. The successful candidate will require limited mentoring from day 1, will be a confident communicator verbally and on paper and be able to evidence experience of interacting with senior stakeholders; working at pace; working closely with a large and complex stakeholder community, delivering business change and managing technical delivery.
Most of our work is delivered to customers in Plymouth and Devon. Whilst this role offers hybrid working project managers must be able to react to customers' needs, which may mean attending our Plymouth office or visiting a site at short notice (less than 12 hours). Candidates should consider whether they would be able to satisfy this commitment before making an application.
Required Skills/Experience:
* Experience of delivering IT projects.
* Excellent communications skills, the capability and confidence to be able to work with senior customers and a proven ability to manage complexity.
* Manage all aspects of project management in a Portfolio, Programme and Projects environment.
* An ability to balance time, quality, and risk to achieve maximum efficiency, effectiveness, and customer focus.
Our Offer:
* Generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays
* Up to 12 flex leave days a year
* Flexible working including opportunities to work from home
* Matched contribution pension scheme up to 10% of salary
* Life assurance scheme
* Opportunities to buy and sell leave
* Employee shopping savings portal
* Opportunities for training to be funded by Delt.
* EV salary sacrifice
* Performance Related Pay
* Employee assistance programme supporting mental and physical wellbeing
If you want to know about the total package we offer, please see our future employee page here
The urgent nature of this appointment means we are unable to consider VISA sponsorship at present.
Applicants who apply must have significant experience of delivering IT Projects.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Pay: Up to £48,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Additional leave
* Company events
* Company pension
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee discount
* Life insurance
* On-site parking
* Referral programme
* Work from home
Application question(s):
* Can you confirm that you live in a commutable distance to Plymouth or Exeter?
Experience:
* delivering complex IT projects: 5 years (preferred)
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Plymouth PL6 5QZ