Assistant Project Manager

Spinwell Global; Alconbury; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Assistant Project Manager for a vital role focused on the development of transport infrastructure in the UK. This hybrid position requires strong project management skills and the ability to engage diverse stakeholder groups. Responsibilities include driving innovative solutions and ensuring effective project delivery while navigating complex local government scenarios. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and comprehensive IT capabilities, with a commitment to meeting community needs.

Qualifications

• Well-developed customer awareness and sensitivity in consulting with the public.
• Ability to think insightfully and provide innovative solutions.
• Ability to anticipate and find solutions for complex situations.
• Political sensitivity and management of conflicting priorities.
• Ability to negotiate and build collaborative solutions.
• Ability to lead project teams and deliver quality projects.
• Comprehensive IT skills required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver new transport infrastructure.
• Drive forward innovative ideas across a range of projects.
• Engage with a wide range of stakeholders for project success.
• Support the Group Manager in achieving Council objectives.

Skills

Well-developed customer awareness and sensitivity

Ability to think insightfully and innovatively

Ability to maintain awareness of local government factors

Political sensitivity

Stakeholder buy-in skills

Negotiation skills

Leadership abilities

Comprehensive IT skills

Job description

Role: Assistant Project Manager REF 1678503
Contract Length: 6 months
Location: Hybrid/Alconbury - Mondays & Fridays working from office
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £300 per day

Spinwell is recruiting for an Assistant Project Manager for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER

The development and delivery of new transport infrastructure is vital to the future economic wellbeing of Cambridgeshire.

The skills required to deliver such a programme are considerable and require engineering knowledge and of project and programme management, procurement and commissioning of infrastructure projects, stakeholder engagement, land negotiation, transport planning and statutory legal processes.

Importantly, the Project Manager has responsibility for driving forward innovative ideas across a programme of schemes. The role is vital in ensuring effective and efficient delivery of schemes across a wide range of transport projects.

In addition, the role requires a strong ability to bring together a wide range of stakeholder groups including Parish and District Councils, resident and campaign groups and businesses, setting delivery outcomes for projects and defining service outcomes across a range of needs – e.g., community engagement, maximising contract savings and achieving value for money.>

The role supports the Group Manager and other managers within the Project Delivery Directorate in delivering the Councils objectives, through joined-up service planning, community engagement and the flexible use of resources.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER

• Well-developed customer awareness and sensitivity in consulting and dealing with the public
• Ability to think insightfully and innovatively, based on an underlying understanding of key principles to provide innovative and beneficial solutions
• Ability to maintain a thorough awareness of and anticipate external and internal factors likely to affect the local government and able to find solutions to complex situations
• Political sensitivity and the ability to manage conflicting priorities
• Ability to get stakeholder (including staff) buy in to new, and sometimes unpopular, ideas
• Ability to negotiate with key partners and businesses to build collaborative solutions that recognise the diverse needs of our communities
• Ability to lead and build project teams to deliver quality projects
• Comprehensive IT skills
• Can visit stakeholder offices and sites, when necessary, where public transport is limited
• Can attend meetings which may have difficult access.
• Be able to attend meetings out of hours when necessary

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