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Project Manager

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  • Sales, Business Development, Business Consulting
  • Management (incl. project, product management & human resources)

Description

  • Start-up - establishing the outline business case for carrying out the work; putting in place the project management team to deliver the work; and defining the right approach for meeting the projects target outcomes.
  • Initiation - confirming the business justification for the project through a detailed business case; setting up the project’s controls and reporting mechanisms; and defining project delivery roles and nominating role holders.
  • Delivery – Working within a regulatory framework assigning, monitoring and delivering work packages required to achieve the projects outcomes; regular progress reporting at project, programme, DCC and external governance forums; taking corrective actions where necessary to ensure delivery remains within tolerances; and confirmation of continued business justification and acceptance of risks.
  • Closure - preparing the project for formal closure; handing over the project’s products to the business as usual; and evaluating the project’s performance, recording lessons learnt, and disseminating learnings back in to the project and programme delivery community.
  • Engagement – actively engage internal teams, senior management, third party suppliers, industry and Government departments. In doing so, they will demonstrate an ability to manage and influence these stakeholder groups whilst adhering to the appropriate level of governance required to deliver the project / programme.

Responsibilities

  1. Frameworks and methodologies: identify and / or develop frameworks and methodologies to ensure management of change initiatives will be comprehensive and consistent across different initiatives.
  2. Business case: prepare, gain approval of, refine and update business cases that justify the initiation or continuation of change initiatives in terms of benefits, costs and risks.
  3. Stakeholder and communications management: manage stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and interests.
  4. Governance arrangements: establish and maintain governance structures that define clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities for governance and delivery of change initiatives which align with organisational practice.
  5. Team Management: select, develop and manage teams.
  6. Requirements management: prepare and maintain definitions of the requirements of change initiatives.
  7. Consolidated planning: consolidate and document fundamental components of a change initiative: scope, schedule, resource requirements, budgets, risks, opportunities, issues and quality requirements.
  8. Schedule management: prepare and maintain schedules for activities and events for change initiatives, taking account of dependencies and resource requirements.
  9. Resource management: develop, implement and update resource allocation plans (other than finance) for change initiatives, taking account of availabilities and scheduling.
  10. Risk, opportunity and issue management: identify and monitor risks, opportunities and threats, plan and implement responses to those and other issues that affect the change initiative.
  11. Quality management: develop, maintain and apply quality management processes for change initiative activities and outputs.
  12. Change control: establish protocols to alter the scope of change initiatives, implementing the protocols when necessary and updating configuration documentation (including contracts) to develop, maintain and apply quality management processes for change initiative activities and outputs.
  13. Reviews: establish and manage reviews at appropriate points, during and after change initiatives, which will inform governance of the change initiatives by providing evaluations of progress, methodologies and continuing relevance.
  14. Conflict management: identify, address and resolve differences between individuals and / or interest groups.
  15. Budgeting and cost control: develop and agree budgets for change initiatives and to control forecast and actual costs against the budgets.
  16. Adherence to regulatory controls deliver initiatives within a regulated environment with a high degree of scrutiny and governance.

Hard Skills

  • Document management
  • Quality assurance
  • Opportunity analysis
  • Budgeting and Forecasting
  • Team management
  • Resource allocation
  • Process improvement
  • Business planning
  • Change management
  • Risk assessments
  • Best practice development
  • Business analysis
  • Timelines
  • Deliverable management
  • Scheduling
  • Accountability
  • Ability to use project management software
  • Advanced language knowledge
  • Advanced writing skills

Soft Skills

  • Communication
  • Leadership
  • Problem-solver
  • Conflict resolution
  • Organized
Smart DCC
  • Main info
  • Language English
  • Experience level Mid Level
  • Job type Full Time
  • Salary negotiable
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
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We offer

  • Bonus scheme.
  • Pension.
  • Private medical insurance.
  • Car allowance – DELETE AS APPROPRIATE.
  • Extensive personal development and training opportunities.
  • Hybrid working – Many of our people work 1 to 3 days in the office.
  • Flexible holidays – increase your standard 25 days by purchasing extra days.
  • Dental plan.
  • Cycle to work scheme.
  • Childcare vouchers.
  • Headspace free membership – a popular mindfulness app.
  • Season ticket travel loan.
  • Charity days.
  • Retail discounts.
  • Discounted gym membership.
  • RAC discount.
  • Income protection scheme.