Project Manager – AR

Carrington Blake Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job description

Job Title: Project Manager
Department: Environment and Neighbourhoods (E&N)
Section or Service: Environment & Neighbourhood Hub

JOB PURPOSE:

The role will lead on project and change management across E&N and provide professional project management advice and expertise to Directors and Heads of Service across the directorate. The role will help to get projects and programmes off the ground, steer the formation of the project or programme team, help to develop goals and objectives for each project and programme, and track and report on projects and workstreams at the Directorate Management Team meetings. They will also advise on the completion of various project templates and reports.

The role will also advise in other areas and agendas related to corporate governance, performance management, digital transformation and adoption, organisational development and staff engagement as part of wider team objectives and aims.

The post holder is responsible for the project management of multiple and diverse workstreams across Environment and Neighbourhoods (E&N) and working across all council departments and external stakeholders to coordinate activities and resources to ensure that the Council’s strategic objectives are met and change is successfully delivered.

Key organisational links will be:

• Staff and managers within Environment & Neighbourhoods (E&N)
• External strategic partners such as contractors and local groups
• Key executive directors and directors across E&N and the wider Council
• Corporate services such as Procurement, HR, Corporate IT, Corporate Finance, and Information Governance

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

1. Leading on projects and programmes on behalf of the Strategic Head of Policy Performance and Resilience and Business & Delivery Manager on a range of corporate and departmental themes and areas
2. Produce high quality reports and presentations for the Directorate Management Team
3. Establishing broad stakeholder involvement, communicating the project status and key milestones and clearly communicating expectations
4. Establishing and leading on the departmental project management framework, tracking projects, resourcing projects as required, reporting on project progress to the Directorate Management Team (DMT) using various project templates and plans
5. Provide the Executive Director and DMT have a high level of executive, project and business analysis and advice required to deliver on departmental business plans and corporate objectives
6. Identifying and managing risks to the Directorate by assessing potential risks and escalating up to the Strategic Head of Policy Performance and Resilience.
7. Use technology and digital applications in an advanced way in all aspects of the role
8. Actively champion technology adoption across the whole department
9. Leading on process development and improvement by planning and organising all administration activity associated with the production and implementation of business processes and systems
10. Proactively communicating and collaborating with external and internal customers conduct research, analyse information needs and define functional requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, case files, business analysis, task and workflow analysis
11. Maintaining reporting and management information to assure quality and evidence project(s) progress
12. To provide general administrative support, such as message taking, photocopying, forms management, library management and minute taking.
13. May need to attend meetings and events outside of normal office hours and support the Council if there are any significant emergencies or Major Incidents

General Requirements
• To carry out all duties in accordance with relevant Council, directorate and local policies, procedures and standards
• To be aware of the Council’s Health and Safety Policy and to work safely.
• To attend and participate in a range of meetings as appropriate
• To participate in training and make constructive use of supervision and performance review to enhance opportunities for personal development, and to contribute improvements to the service
• To carry out the responsibilities of the post at all times with due regard to equal opportunities, the GDPR and the maintenance of confidentiality and service user choice
• To develop good working relationships with all teams within the service, other directorates, business groups and partner agencies
• To undertake any other appropriate duties as directed by line managers.

PERSONAL SPECIFICATION

Qualifications
• Advanced and accredited project and programme management such as a Prince2 or Agile or equivalent significant experience.

Skills; Experience and Attitude
• Leadership and influencing skills when having to direct staff from other teams
• Significant experience of project and programme management including use of various tools and templates such as project plans, project initiation documents and highlight reports
• Significant experience of working with senior managers to deliver challenging projects by tight deadlines
• Significant experience of establishing and running projects and programmes including setting up project and programme teams
• Be able to demonstrate objectivity, thoroughness, insightfulness, and probing behaviours when approaching problem
• Advanced IT skills especially in Microsoft Office and other analytical and data tools such as Excel and Power BI
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Ability to successfully track and report on multiple initiatives and projects across different service areas and functions
• Strong inter-personal skills and confidence to operate at all levels
• Capable self-starter
• Team working
• Flexible and adaptable
• Excellent problem solving skills and is solution focused
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills including report writing and presentations

If you are interested in this role please do reach out to me via email or telephone!

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