Project Manager - 12 months fixed term (Home Based)

Dimensions (UK) Ltd.; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A social care organization in the UK is looking for an experienced Project Manager to oversee large, transformational projects. Responsibilities include defining project scope, managing timelines, and coordinating teams to ensure the successful implementation of both IT and non-IT initiatives. The ideal candidate should demonstrate expertise in delivering projects on time and within budget while possessing strong communication skills. This role offers various benefits including generous annual leave, pension scheme, and staff discounts.

Benefits

Up to 35 days' annual leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension scheme

Salary advance scheme

Discounted health and dental cover

Qualifications

• Proven experience in delivering projects on time, within budget, and to quality standards.
• Strong analysis and critical thinking abilities.
• Experience working within established governance frameworks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead project planning and implementation, defining scope and deliverables.
• Manage strategic and operational requirements, including timelines and resources.
• Create key project documents like business cases and plans.
• Monitor project progress against timelines and manage risks and issues.

Skills

Project delivery

Analysis

Critical thinking

Governance processes

Communication skills

Job description

The Project Manager is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with Dimensions' strategy, commitments and goals. The projects will likely be large, transformational, organisation‑wide and complex which are critical to the delivery of the Group's strategy or in mitigation of a key strategic risk; these could include both IT and non‑IT initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and implementation of key Dimensions projects to include defining the project scope, goals, deliverables, dependencies, project tasks, resource requirements and budget.
• Manage the implementation of the strategic and operations requirements; this will include planning and scheduling project timelines, tracking project deliverables, leading and co‑ordinating project teams and providing direction and support.
• Create project artefacts to include business cases, project initiation documents, detailed project plans, resource profiles, budget trackers and RAID logs.
• Bring together the information on projects, resources and timescales, monitoring against the overall agreed timeline and ensuring significant risks, issues, changes and obstacles are managed as appropriate.

Qualifications

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• Experienced in delivering projects to time, cost and quality standards.
• Possess strong analysis and critical thinking skills.
• Experience of operating within defined governance processes.
• Possess high level of written and verbal communication skills including the ability to present complex information in a concise and user‑friendly way.

EEO and Accessibility Statement

As Disability Confident Leaders, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy – Dimensions has been awarded this symbol by Jobcentre Plus to recognise our commitment towards the employment, retention, training and career development of disabled employees. As part of our commitment to making reasonable adjustments we can offer support to complete your application. Please contact the Resourcing Consultant Team on 03003039150.

Benefits

• Up to 35 days' annual leave entitlement (including bank holidays).
• Staff discount shopping scheme 'Rewarding Dimensions'.
• Salary advance scheme where you can access up to 50% of the money you've earned before payday.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Pension scheme.
• Long Service Awards.
• Qualification scheme.
• Employee recognition scheme 'Inspiring People'.
• Discounted health and dental cover.
• Life Assurance.
• Bike to Work Scheme.
• Season Ticket Loan.

Dimensions is proud to be one of very few social care organisations that are accredited by the Great Places To Work programme in 2025 – now 6 years in a row!