Project Manager

First Military Recruitment Ltd; Filton; Hybrid; GBP 65.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Project Manager on behalf of one of our clients in Bristol, offering a hybrid working pattern with 2/3 days onsite. The role focuses on delivering the Risk and Resilience project, coordinating with the Senior Business Owner, academic partner and policy SMEs to ensure timely outputs and adoption into future activity.

You will maintain an integrated project plan, RAID logs and governance reporting, manage dependencies across workstreams and

Qualifikationen

• Experience turning complex policy, analytical or technical inputs into practical plans.
• Ability to build realistic plans, manage milestones and control delivery across multiple workstreams.
• Strong engagement, influence and coordination with senior stakeholders and partners.

Aufgaben

• Manage day-to-day delivery of the Risk and Resilience project with governance updates.
• Coordinate outputs with the Senior Business Owner, academic partner and policy SMEs across stakeholders.
• Translate recommendations into ownership, implementation planning and adoption.
• Develop and control the integrated project plan covering mobilisation, metrics, scenario testing and adoption.
• Own RAID logs, action trackers, decision logs and milestone schedules across workstreams.
• Prepare concise governance updates highlighting progress, risks, and next steps.

Jobbeschreibung

HM70: Project Manager

Location: Bristol | Hybrid 2/3 days onsite

Salary: Competitive Day Rate | Contract 5 Months

Overview

First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Project Manager on behalf of one of our clients.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities

• The Project Manager will be responsible for managing the day-to-day delivery of the Risk and Resilience project work, ensuring that scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, assumptions, actions, decisions and reporting are actively controlled.
• The role will work with the Senior Business Owner, Business Lead, academic partner, policy SMEs and wider stakeholders to coordinate delivery of the project's outputs and support adoption into future supply chain resilience activity.
• The role requires strong project management discipline, with practical experience of business change projects or programmes where recommendations must be translated into ownership, implementation planning and operational adoption.
• Develop, maintain and control the integrated project plan for the Supply Chain Resilience Action Plan, covering mobilisation, resilience definition, academic metrics development, scenario testing, policy gap analysis, adoption planning, roadmap development, handover and closeout.
• Own and maintain core project controls, including RAID logs, action trackers, decision logs, dependency maps, milestone plans, delivery schedules and governance reporting.
• Coordinate delivery of the agreed project outputs, including the resilience definition, metrics and measurement method, scenario findings, policy and clause gap analysis, adoption and reporting plan, behavioural change narrative, implementation roadmap and handover pack.
• Work with the Business Lead and academic partner to ensure the metrics development approach is clearly scoped, scheduled, quality assured and aligned to scenario testing requirements.
• Coordinate input from policy SMEs and commercial stakeholders to identify policy gaps, adoption levers, implementation considerations and any unintended incentives or delivery burdens.
• Plan and support scenario testing activity, ensuring assumptions, data needs, findings, limitations and recommendations are captured clearly for review and decision-making.
• Support business change planning by identifying stakeholder impacts, cultural and behavioural change requirements, adoption risks, ownership requirements and transition actions.
• Prepare concise governance and senior stakeholder updates, highlighting progress, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions required, recommended options and next steps.
• Manage dependencies across academic input, policy engagement, governance approval, adoption recommendations, FY27/28 implementation planning and handover activity.
• Identify and escal... delivery risks early, particularly around resourcing, academic metrics development, scenario readiness, policy owner engagement, adoption ownership and implementation planning.
• Facilitate collaboration between the Senior Business Owner, Business Lead, stakeholders, academic contributors, policy SMEs and wider supply chain resilience stakeholders.
• Ensure outputs are reviewed for usability, data availability, policy fit, implementation burden, adoption feasibility and alignment to the project's success criteria.
• Support the transition from project recommendations to future delivery.

Skills and Qualifications

• Ability to turn complex policy, analytical or technical inputs into practical plans, recommendations and delivery products.
• Ability to build realistic plans, manage milestones and maintain control of delivery activity across multiple workstreams.
• Understanding of how recommendations, policy changes, measurement approaches or new ways of working affect people, processes, governance and adoption.
• Proven ability to engage, influence and coordinate senior stakeholders, business leads, subject matter experts and delivery partners.
• Ability to produce concise, accurate and decision-ready updates covering progress, risks, issues, dependencies and recommendations.
• Ability to manage technical, policy or evidence-based inputs and convert them into clear delivery products, assumptions, findings and next steps.
• Ability to identify issues, assess options, present impacts and recommend practical courses of action.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, track actions and maintain momentum across time-bound delivery activity.
• Competent use of Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, with familiarity with project planning, collaboration or reporting tools.
• SC Clearance is preferred.

Desirable

• Formal project management qualification such as PRINCE2, APM, AgilePM or equivalent practical experience.
• Change management qualification or practical experience, such as Prosci, APMG Change Management or equivalent.
• Experience delivering business change within government, defence, commercial, supply chain, resilience, risk or regulated environments.
• Experience supporting development or implementation of policy, measurement frameworks, reporting approaches, operating models or adoption roadmaps.
• Experience working with academic partners, analysts, suppliers, subject matter experts or multi-disciplinary delivery teams.

Location: Bristol | Hybrid 2/3 days onsite

Salary: Competitive Day Rate | Contract 5 Months