Junior Project Manager - Sheffield - £40-50k REF909

Interface Recruitment UK; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Junior Project Manager – Sheffield – £40-50k REF909

Region: South Yorkshire

Overview: With a long history of developing computer software and delivering services into local government, this business has a sound reputation and a very stable structure. Coupled with ethical business practices, consistent profitability, and a commitment to treating employees and customers with their interests at heart, they have a measurably successful proposition. The company is employee-owned with the controlling majority shareholder being the Employee Ownership Trust, of which all employees are beneficiaries. This means that every employee becomes a co-owner of the company with certain ownership benefits and responsibilities.

The business has a large software development team that has re-developed their core product and launched this brand-new, “award-winning” web-based product family, which is expected to provide unrivalled facilities in the marketplace. The future offers very exciting opportunities for growth, with an ever-changing national environment creating new demands for their software and services.

Due to the new product launch, we are looking for a proactive and motivated Junior Project Manager to join the projects team in rolling out the new product to their full client base and new customers as they come on.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to Project Planning, including feasibility analysis to ensure consistency with customer’s requirements.
• Evaluate and Monitor Progress.
• Help Manage Projects, coordinating with stakeholders and consultants, conducting internal meetings, reviewing finances, and streamlining the overall workflow to keep the project on schedule.
• Perform Data Analysis, monitoring and analysing data to produce insights and action recommendations.
• Create Documentation, maintaining project documentation such as schedules, resource plans, RAID Logs, meeting agendas, and meeting minutes.

Requirements:

• Organisation skills: Ability to juggle multiple tasks and projects while managing time effectively.
• Communication skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills for collaboration at all levels.
• Project management: Previous management experience is advantageous.
• Project methodology: Familiarity with Prince2 or other formal methodologies is beneficial; training will be provided.
• Data analysis: Comfort with software programs to process data and interpret results; knowledge of MS Project, Salesforce, and Excel is advantageous.
• Business knowledge: Solid understanding of business and operational fundamentals, with previous experience delivering software projects being an advantage.
• Technical knowledge: Understanding of technical subjects and ability to interact with stakeholders from a technical background.

The successful applicant will be a highly organised person with first-class communication skills, able to champion project objectives and goals while responding positively to challenges from various stakeholders.