Description
Our client provides support to a vast amount of customers within the UK. Over 1million customers rely upon our clients services on a day to day basis. Currently due to a new project our client requires a Project Manager to join their teams in Glasgow, on an 18 months contract with a salary offer of up to 48k max fix term.The successful candidate will manage and deliver portfolio of projects within our clients change programme. This will affect all aspects of the business, technological, political, process reengineering and structural.
You will report to the senior project manager and manage the delivery and implementation of the projects to meet the requirements of stakeholders. Also you are the primary contact with external and internal customers, to ensure all requirements are meet.
As the project manager you will be responsible for ensuring that supplier departments meet all agreed obligations and ensure that the project quality outputs are as agreed to the timetable and within budget.
Duties and responsibilities
* Define Project approach and manage production of required work packages throughout lifecycle of project, from feasibility through to post implementation
* Produce and maintain consolidated project plan, created from detailed supplier plans
* Overall budgetary accountability, ensuring project is delivered within agreed funding position and monitored on a monthly basis
* Ensure business case is treated as a living document and reviewed at agreed stages within the lifecycle
* Establish and conduct Project Board meetings in conjunction with SRO
* Resolving cross functional team issues at a project level
* Monitor and manage risks/opportunities, and resolution of issues
* Effective management of any changes through controlled change process
* Report on project progress through agreed reporting lines, at agreed intervals, via Highlight reports, project board and corporate updates.
* To comply with procurement competitive tendering processes OJEC for all projects.
* To play an active role within a recognised centre of excellence in all aspects of project management.
* To ensure that project deliverables meet business needs
* To lead and motivate allocated staff to meet the requirements of the business, ensuring they are aware of and capable of delivering their accountabilities.
Essential skills required for the role
* Solid Project Management Experience
* Worked in a multi-disciplinary environment in either public or private sectors
* Prince 2 qualification preferred
* Fully conversant with MS office application suite and particularly MS Project.
* Formal management training within a changing/evolving environment
* Strong presentational/negotiation skills
* Experience of Quality Assurance, change management
* High level process, organisation and planning skills
* Budgetary management experience
* Strong Analytical and problem solving skills
* Also important are the personal attitudes demonstrated by the candidate, with importance being placed on a strong commitment to succeed, a positive outlook and a "can-do" attitude.
Capita Resourcing welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of gender, race, disability, age or sexual orientation.
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