Project Manager (Temporary )

Max Emerald Ltd; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Max Emerald Ltd in the United Kingdom seeks a Project Manager (Temporary) to lead projects contributing to ECC’s strategic aims, driving delivery within defined timelines and budgets, and building a robust governance framework.

You will coordinate a project team, liaise with senior stakeholders, and ensure benefits are realised. Experience with complex environments and a proven track record in delivering multiple projects is essential.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent by extensive experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant area (AMP practitioner or Prince2).
• Experience delivering several projects within a complex organisation.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing a project contributing to client’s strategic aims within time and cost constraints.
• Day-to-day management of both the project and project team.
• Develop and align business case with organisational expectations.
• Monitor progress to stay within budget and define required resources.
• Lead, motivate and develop the project team for high performance.
• Ensure agreed benefits and metrics are realised; manage risks and issues.
• Maintain governance and assurance framework with sponsors and stakeholders.

Skills

Team leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Project budgeting

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Continued professional development

Job description

About the job Project Manager (Temporary )

Job brief

This role is accountable for managing projects which make a contribution to the delivery of ECC’s strategic aims. The Project Manager is responsible for driving and overseeing the delivery of projects to ensure project objectives are clearly defined and can be delivered within the agreed timelines.

As an exemplary and experienced manager familiar with working in a complex project environment this role is key in ensuring a robust project infrastructure is in place underpinned by governance and assurance processes. Influencing and working with senior stakeholders to ensure agreed project outputs are delivered to enable benefits to be realised.

Accountable for project related budget up to £1m

Matrix management of up to 10 FTEs from across different functions

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing a project, which contributes to client’s strategic aims, to deliver agreed outcomes within time and cost constraints.
• Responsible for undertaking day to day management of both the project and the project team
• Responsible for ensuring a robust business case has been agreed ensuring expertise and specialist knowledge has contributed to the development of the business case in order to align project deliverables to the organisation’s expectations.
• Responsible for developing and monitoring the project progress to ensure this stays within the agreed budget. Set out resource requirements in order to be prioritised by the Portfolio/Programme Manager.
• Responsible for managing, leading and motivating a team and ensuring current capability is matched against project requirements. This incorporates support and coaching for individuals and the team, as appropriate, in order to develop a high performing team.
• Responsible for ensuring agreement with customers of quantified benefits to be realised & metrics required to monitor impact. Designing and actively managing the project plan to ensure the outcomes are achieved.
• Responsible for highlighting project risks and issues and ways in which these can be mitigated and escalated as appropriate.
• Responsible for ensuring effective Change Management processes are in place and changes to deliverables as agreed with stakeholders are documented.
• Responsible for ensuring an effective governance and assurance framework is in place to support decision making and ensure regular reporting on progress through pro-active engagement with project sponsors. Work collaboratively with and manage internal stakeholder relationships together with external partners.
• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

Requirements

• Educated to degree level or equivalent by extensive experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area, such as, AMP practitioner or Prince 2.
• Evidence of having successfully completed several projects and experienced contributing to a range of other projects and/or programmes.
• Experience of working with a diverse range of individuals at different levels within a complex organisation and engaging with them, finding ways to overcome obstacles.
• Experience of working within a political environment with knowledge of a public sector setting and involvement in a large, complex environment
• Good management skills in leading and managing a team and evidence of developing others