Project Manager

Venesky Brown; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Venesky Brown is recruiting on behalf of a public sector organisation for a Project Manager on a 3-month contract in the UK. The role is hybrid, with a daily rate of £343.33 (inside IR35).

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in project management, ERP systems knowledge, CPD, and the ability to lead multi-phase projects from initiation through to support, with strong communication skills and a focus on delivering value and change.

Qualifications

• Degree educated or equivalent with significant professional experience.
• Proven Experience with ERP systems.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Proven experience of project management.
• Knowledge and application of planning, monitoring and controlling projects.
• Experience of change management and enabling change.
• Experience coordinating all project phases: Initiation, Design, Implementation, Transition and Support.
• Experience of chairing meetings.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills.
• Ability to adapt to different project environments and challenges.
• Ability to solve or pre-empt problems.
• Experience using information for management, targets and performance indicators.
• Experience delivering customer-oriented services.
• Budgeting and resource allocation knowledge.
• Experience of technical/digital delivery.
• People management experience.
• Knowledge of delivering quality improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Appraise initial project proposals and provide ongoing review and guidance to support governance and speedy project approvals.
• Produce comprehensive, fully costed business cases and present to funding authorities.
• Develop and manage plans, risks, project team and resources to deliver on time, budget and quality.
• Ensure staff are guided through change and new operating models with training and vision buy-in.
• Maintain links to other projects and initiatives, represent projects in steering groups, and develop joint working where required.
• Ensure post-implementation review to capture lessons and adapt project methodology and policies.
• Ensure projects comply with Standing Financial Instructions and internal policies.
• Advise on effective change management to maximise benefits of investments including new technology.
• Promote continuous improvement through quality improvement methods and knowledge transfer.
• Lead teams and manage staff from project support to coordination, including recruitment and appraisal.

Job description

Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Glasgow / Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Project Manager for a 3 month contract on a rate of £343.33/day (inside IR35). This role will be hybrid.

Responsibilities

• - Appraise initial Project proposals and provide ongoing review and guidance, support the delivery of an effective management and control mechanism for the creation, approval, delivery and post-implementation review of change projects that will balance the need for effective governance whilst facilitating and speeding up the process of Project approval.
• - Produce comprehensive and fully costed Business Cases and present these to the funding authority to secure funding for the Project(s)
• - Develop and manage the plans, risks, Project Team and resources to deliver outcomes to the appropriate level of quality, on time and within budget, in accordance with the individual Project Plans.
• - Ensure that the organisation and staff are managed carefully through the process of change from any former operational environment to any new model or way of working, that the results are reviewed, and that adjustments are made, if necessary, to achieve the results as planned. This will require a full organisational development plan to be constructed inc. effective training and the postholder selling the vision of the Project’s goals at all stages.
• - Ensure that there are active and effective links to other Projects and initiatives where relevant by identifying the key linkages, representing the Project on other Project Steering Groups/Boards and developing joint working where required.
• - Ensure the Project is subjected to effective post-implementation review to learn lessons and ensure that these are recycled into Project methodology and corporate policies.
• - Ensure all projects meet the requirements of the Standing Financial Instructions, as well as all other internal policies and procedures.
• - Advise all parts on effective change management processes to maximise the success and benefits of all investments in change including the use of business systems and new technology to facilitate better ways of working
• - Promote and support continuous improvement programmes by being expert in quality improvement method and being able to embed these into operational processes in a pragmatic and effective way through excellent design and skills transfer
• - Advise and assist all parts and the Project Teams for national initiatives in the use of quality improvement techniques in support of the Corporate strategy and business plans e.g. the EFQM Excellence Model and Business Process Redesign to improve the operations, enhance customer services and improve efficiency.
• - Responsibility for line management of staff for a range of different project staff from Project Support to Project Co-ordination staff. There is a responsibility to recruit, develop, train and undertake appraisal of staff to continuously ensure that capabilities are commensurate with duties and Project requirement. There are instances whereby formal disciplinary or performance management issues have to be implemented and staff be taken through this process.

Qualifications and Experience

• - Degree educated or equivalent, with significant professional experience
• - Proven Experience with ERP systems
• - Evidence of continuing professional development
• - Proven experience of project management
• - Good knowledge and evidenced application of methodologies and techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling projects
• - Experience of change management and the use of skills to facilitate change
• - Experience of co-ordinating all Project Phases including Initiation, Design, Implementation, Transition and Support
• - Experience of chairing meetings.
• - Evidence of excellent written and oral communication skills
• - Excellent report writing and presentation skills.
• - Ability to recognise and adapt to the environment in which the project operates.
• - The ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems
• - Experience of using information for management purposes and in setting and monitoring targets and performance indicators
• - Experience and knowledge of delivering effective customer-orientated services
• - Good knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures and effective financial management skills
• -Experience of technical/digital delivery
• - Experience of people management
• - Knowledge and experience of delivering quality improvement initiatives e.g. the ability to analyse and redesign business processes to make best use of the people involved and enabling this with new technology as appropriate.
• - Evidence of excellent communication and negotiation/influencing skills.
• - Effective leadership skills. Ability to lead and create a clear common purpose amongst the members of the sub-project teams
• - Constructing pragmatic proposals for developing new initiatives that balance innovation and excellent modern methods within the resources available, and that have a clear change management plan.