32357 - Senior Project Manager

Environment Agency; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental organization in the UK is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead and deliver projects for operational delivery frameworks. The ideal candidate will have significant project management experience, ability to lead teams, and strong interpersonal skills. This role includes a mix of remote work and travel to meetings. A degree or equivalent qualification is required, along with a track record in managing complex projects.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in project delivery and contract management ideally in engineering, construction and/or asset management.
• A track record for delivering results on large, complex, technically challenging projects or programmes through leadership of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to lead and develop project teams, including colleagues from other departments, bringing strategic thinking which improves processes and team behaviours.
• Commercial and Contract management experience.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills as relationship management of both internal and external stakeholders is an important aspect of this role.
• Ability to collate and present information to support effective decision making.
• Ability to manage uncertainty and ambiguity.
• A degree (or equivalent qualification).

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver projects to procure operational delivery frameworks.
• Work collaboratively with Defra Group Commercial colleagues.
• Develop framework products including framework Deed and Schedules, contract templates, guidance documents and training materials.
• Ensure consistency across frameworks and capture lessons learnt.

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead and deliver projects to procure our operational delivery frameworks. You will work collaboratively with Defra Group Commercial (DgC) colleagues who will lead on the procurement elements of the projects. As an outstanding communicator, collaborator and influencer you will build excellent productive relationships across the business, shaping thinking from initial strategic planning of these complex projects through to ensuring that the frameworks are mobilised effectively. The role will involve key project management activities including planning, cost monitoring and forecasting, risk and issue management, highlight reporting, communication and engagement and records management. You will also lead on the development of framework products including framework Deed and Schedules, contract templates, tender documents, guidance documents and training materials. You will work to ensure consistency, where appropriate, across frameworks managed by you and others, and ensure that lessons learnt are captured and embedded across the programme.

The role is in a dispersed, National team with staff having a contractual base at the nearest EA office to their home. A list of EA office locations is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency/about/access-and-opening. You would be able to work from home for some of the week. The role also involves some travel to meetings which are typically in Birmingham, Leeds or London. Everyone that joins us is required to undertake training and participate in incident response duties when the need to respond arises. Having an incident role is an essential part of working for the Environment Agency and an active way to support communities and prevent harm to the environment. Further information on incident response can be found within your candidate pack.

The team We are the Commercial and Framework Management team, part of the Flood & Coast Risk Management Directorate. We provide Commercial and Framework Management services, Operational Commercial Services, Should-Cost and Benchmarking Intelligence, Operational Framework Management, Future Framework Provision, and a Centre of Excellence. This role sits in the Future Frameworks team. We work with DgC to develop and procure operational frameworks needed to enable the delivery of our asset management activities through our supply chain.

Essential Skills

• Significant experience in project delivery and contract management ideally in engineering, construction and/or asset management.
• A track record for delivering results on large, complex, technically challenging projects or programmes through leadership of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to lead and develop project teams, including colleagues from other departments, bringing strategic thinking which improves processes and team behaviours.
• Commercial and Contract management experience
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills as relationship management of both internal and external stakeholders is an important aspect of this role.
• Ability to collate and present information to support effective decision making
• Ability to manage uncertainty and ambiguity
• A degree (or equivalent qualification)

Desirable Skills

• Chartered membership of a professional body such as ICE, CIWEM or APM.
• Formal training in project and/or contract management
• Using NEC contracts (PSC and ECC) within a framework agreement
• Managing commercial framework procurement