Senior Project Manager

MPA Recruitment; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Part time

Job summary

MPA Recruitment, on behalf of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager in Belfast to lead complex ICT projects and services. You will drive delivery from scoping to implementation, coordinating with customers, ITS teams, suppliers and public bodies.

The role requires Prince2/MSP/PMP or equivalent, 3–5 years in PM in large organisations, and proven ability to lead ICT projects over £100k or programmes over £5m; strong communication and change leadership

Qualifications

• University degree or professional qualification and 3+ years in PM role in a major organisation.
• Or 5+ years in PM role in a major organisation.
• Led ICT project over £100,000 or complex ICT project/programme over £5 Million.
• At least 3 years’ experience managing teams; Prince2/MSP/PMP or equivalent.
• Full UK driving licence and access to car (waived if disability prevents driving).
• Evidence of leading change within an organisation.
• Experience working with diverse stakeholders and excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Undertake desktop analysis of customer plans to identify ICT opportunities and report on how ICT supports objectives.
• Review customer business for risks related to availability, supportability and capacity; propose options and budget/timeframes.
• Identify ICT solutions; explore innovative technologies or digital transformation.
• Present findings and recommendations to senior management.
• Manage and deliver projects per BSO and HSC standards and PRINCE2.
• Coordinate with external suppliers for procurement and implementation of ICT systems.
• Collaborate with legal and procurement to deliver contractual agreements.
• Plan, monitor and report using Project Vision; set up project/program structures.
• Liaise with Programme management to avoid duplication.
• Handle financial planning and control of budgets.
• Report progress via Highlight Reports and End-Stage Assessments.
• Manage project administration resources.
• Organise Post Project Evaluations and disseminate lessons learned.

Skills

Project management

ICT project delivery

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Strategic thinking

Budgeting & reporting

Communication skills

Education

Prince2/MSP/PMP certified

Tools

Project Vision

Job description

Senior Project Manager Band 8A

Location: Belfast

Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm)

Salary range: £28.48 per hour

Contract: Temporary

About the Role:

On behalf of our client, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, MPA Recruitment is seeking an experienced Project Manager.

The Postholder will take lead responsibility for the management and delivery of a range of complex Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Systems and Projects. The Postholder will provide a specialist IT service which focuses on the delivery of complex ICT Projects.
The post holder will work with customers to support them across a range of areas including contributing to the development of an ICT strategy, developing a plan to for the implementation of that strategy, identifying ICT solutions to support that implementation, identifying opportunities for systems development.

The post holder may also manage the delivery of the ICT elements of those solutions if required. In order to do this, the post holder will work with the customer; other teams within ITS, external Suppliers and other public sector bodies.

KEY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Undertaking desktop analysis of customer business plans, internal policies, strategy, operation and performance management documents to identify and report on how ICT can further facilitate customers in meeting their corporate objectives and deliverables.
2. Review of customer business identifying risks in terms of availability, supportability and capacity. Propose options to address identified risks, including budgetary costs, procurement strategy and timeframes.
3. Identification of solutions to address requirements which may use innovative technologies or transformation to digital business.
4. Presentation of findings and recommendations to customer Senior Management.
5. The management and delivery of the relevant project and documentation in line with BSO and HSC Standards and Practices and PRINCE2 project management standards.
6. Working with external commercial suppliers for the procurement and subsequent implementation of ICT Systems, Solutions and Services.
7. Working with specialist advisors in legal and procurement services to successfully deliver projects and their relevant contractual agreements.
8. Planning, monitoring and reporting on projects utilising the BSO standard Programme and Project Management (PPM) software tool (Project Vision); Setting up project and programme structures for the effective management, quality assurance and reporting of projects and programmes.
9. Liaison with Programme management and related projects to ensure that work is neither overlooked nor duplicated.
10. Financial planning and control of individual capital and revenue project and programme budgets.
11. Reporting through agreed reporting structures project progress through Highlight Reports and End-Stage Assessments.
12. Managing Project Administration resources.
13. Organising and preparing for Post Project Evaluations and Project Reviews to assess how well the Project was managed and where appropriate, disseminating ‘lessons to be learned’ and the preparation of any Post Project follow-on action recommendations as required.

What We’re Looking For:

1. A university degree or professional qualification (or equivalent / higher) and have worked for at least 3 years in a project management role within a major organisation;

OR

Have worked for at least 5 years in the in a project management role within a major organisation

1. Demonstrate that you have led on an ICT project over £100,000 or led on a complex workstream on an ICT project/programme over £5Million.
2. Have at least 3 years’ experience managing teams of people.
   Hold Prince2, MSP, Project Management Professional PMP or equivalent qualification
3. Hold a current full driving licence which is valid for use in the UK and have access to a car on appointment. This criteria will be waived in the case of applicants whose disability prohibits driving but who have access to a form of transport approved by the Organisation which will permit them to carry out the duties of the post.
4. Demonstrate evidence of personally managing and leading change within an organisation.
5. Have worked with a diverse range of stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes.
6. Have excellent communication skills to meet the needs of the post in full.

Must demonstrate a broad range of technical knowledge and be aware of new technology and service developments.