23431 - Project Manager

The Methodist Church in Britain; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 25 days

Pension schemes

Training and development

Flexible benefits

Family-friendly policies

Job summary

The Ministry of Justice is seeking a fixed-term Project Manager within the Project Delivery Function to lead a project and its team, covering governance, budget, risks and benefits realisation.

The role involves planning, stakeholder engagement, and ensuring delivery on time, cost and quality, with frequent travel to major project sites (minimum 60% in an office).

Qualifications

• Project delivery experience evidenced through CV and work history
• Ability to plan scopes, deliverables, timescales, resources and budget

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the project and its team to deliver outcomes within time, cost and quality constraints
• Coordinate business case development and track delivery against budget
• Schedule and manage resources using data insights
• Identify, track and own benefits with a benefits realisation strategy
• Identify stakeholders and build effective relationships
• Identify and monitor risks and issues, develop mitigations
• Provide reports and support governance and decision-making
• Support project assurance measures and change management processes
• Develop project plan, set controls and track milestones
• Use digital tools and data to forecast outcomes and inform stakeholders
• Line manage project delivery professionals including HR, wellbeing and development

Skills

Planning

Resilience

Job description

This fixed-term Project Manager post sits in the Ministry of Justice Project Delivery Function, which line-manages project professionals and assigns them to projects across the department and its agencies. The post leads and manages a project and its team, covering governance, budget, risks and benefits realisation. Frequent travel to major project sites is expected, with a minimum of 60% of working time in an office. Selection is by CV and application form against Civil Service success profiles.

What the job involves

• Lead and manage the project and its team to deliver agreed outcomes within time, cost and quality constraints
• Coordinate development of the business case and track delivery against budget
• Schedule and manage resources, using data insights where possible
• Ensure benefits are identified, measured, tracked and owned, and implement a benefits realisation strategy
• Identify key stakeholders and build effective relationships with them
• Identify and monitor risks and issues, develop mitigations and elevate as needed
• Provide key reports and support governance and decision-making
• Support or establish project assurance measures
• Ensure effective change management processes are in place and documented with stakeholders
• Develop the project plan, set project controls and track delivery against milestones
• Use digital tools and data to track progress, forecast outcomes and inform stakeholders
• Line manage project delivery professionals, including their HR, wellbeing and development

What’s required

Experience

• Project delivery experience, evidenced through CV and work history

Skills & knowledge

• Planning: defining scope, deliverables, timescales, resources and budget, and producing broader plans that include risk and quality
• Resilience: adapting to changing circumstances and adverse situations while staying calm and reassuring others

Checks & eligibility

• Eligible to work under Civil Service nationality rules

Other

• Anonymised CV of no more than two A4 pages, with any gaps in the last two years explained
• Application form with STAR examples against the Project Delivery Competencies

What’s offered

• 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising to 30 days after five years' service
• Scheme to buy or sell up to three days' leave each year
• Public holidays plus one privilege day
• Choice of Civil Service pension schemes
• Training and development opportunities
• Family-friendly policies, including reduced hours and job share
• Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave
• Flexible benefits, including discounts and vouchers, and free annual sight tests for screen users