An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager to join our Pipeline & Programmes Team at Hampshire County Council.
Are you looking for a challenging and diverse role working as part of a friendly and supportive team, with the opportunity to make a real impact through collaboration and innovation? If you enjoy solving problems, working with others, and driving meaningful change, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
The Pipeline and Programmes team sits within Property Services - a diverse group of professionals in design, facilities, and estate management. Together, we manage over 1,000 sites and support the needs of 1.4 million residents across Hampshire—making a genuine difference every day.
The Role:
In this role, you’ll lead, manage and shape projects that support business change, transformation, and continuous improvement. You’ll bring your project management expertise, improvement know-how, and strong analytical, communication, and facilitation skills to work with teams to deliver real results.
What you’ll do:
* Manage a number of improvement or business change projects, working collaboratively and co-ordinating project teams to deliver results.
* Use your improvement experience and toolset to creatively and innovatively co-design and implement solutions to business identified issue areas.
* Use your project management experience and knowledge to set up and maintain key project documents, ensure projects are managed effectively and reported on accurately.
* Engage with all levels of the business through various methods including; designing and facilitating workshops, writing and presenting reports and papers, adapting messaging for the audience.
What we’re looking for:
* Experience of leading and successfully delivering change, transformation or improvement projects in the Public Sector or comparable business sectors, with good knowledge of project management tools and techniques.
* Experience of using continuous improvement methodologies and tools to work with teams to identify and analyse problems and develop and implement solutions that have delivered improvement.
* A strong communicator, both verbally and in written form, who can engage different levels of a business and successfully adapt messaging to have the desired impact and effect.
* A confident facilitator who can effectively manage conflicting views and constructively challenge group thinking to optimise outcomes.
* Experience of using the O365 suite of tools to aid in project delivery or improve ways of working.