- Pay Rate:
Up to £659.95 per day pay range subject to IR35 status
- Hours per Week:
37
Anticipated 8-9 months
- Bristol
Interim Digital Project Manager -Hybrid Working – PSR 1JP00065346
Pay Rate: Up to £659.95 per day pay range subject to IR35 status
Location: Bristol Office, one day per week (minimum office requirement). It is likely you will also be required in London for one day per month, (expenses may be covered from Bristol to London).
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JOB INFO:
A Digital Project Manager is needed to create and lead project workstreams to deliver the agreed outcomes within time, cost and quality constraints.
This contract is estimated to last until the end of September, '23.
What you’ll do:
- Project Management – Day to day management and leadership of the project and the project team. Provide effective leadership and management controls. Set project controls. Design the project structure and organisation appropriate to stage. Set appropriate delivery methodologies. Manage effective transition between project phases.
- Business Case – Develop and draft the Business Case, with input from specialists as necessary.
- Budget – Develop the budget and track delivery within budget.
- Benefits Realisation – Deliver the agreed Business Case benefits and outcomes. Ensure appropriate Benefits Realisation Strategy is in place, and monitor longer term delivery of benefits against the Business Case.
- Stakeholder Management – Identify and manage stakeholder relationships and need for senior level support. Manage internal and external relationships as appropriate.
- Risks & Issues – Identify and monitor project risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate. Identify and work with related projects to manage interdependencies.
- Governance – Support effective governance and decision making. Provide reporting and engage in mechanisms that hold you, as Project Manager, to account for delivery.
- Assurance – Engage with assurance reviews and support action on recommendations. Organise assurance processes such as gateway reviews, as required.
- Change Management – Ensure effective Change Management processes are in place to agree and document changes to deliverables as agreed with stakeholders.
- Guidance & Support – Provide support, guidance and coaching for the project team. Show commitment to personal development. Promote effective individual and team performance.
- Project Performance & Controls – Cascade vision and translate into delivery objectives for the team. Develop and maintain Project Plan. Identify and set appropriate Project Controls. Manage performance and report progress to sponsors.
Who you are:
- Successfully managed several low or medium complexity projects or may have been in a specialist or work strand lead role within a project.
- Significant experience and detailed knowledge of project planning, scheduling, budgeting and cost management, alongside risk and issues management.
- Applied knowledge and experience of governance, frameworks and methodologies to clearly define roles, responsibilities and accountabilities and support approval routes appropriate to each stage of the project to monitor project progress and compliance.
- Significant experience of stakeholder engagement and the ability to systematically identify, analyse and communicate with stakeholders, using appropriate channels, to ensure all those impacted by the change are engaged, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests.
- Detailed knowledge and significant experience of assurance and the ability to plan and manage reviews at appropriate points during all stages of the project life cycle to provide evaluations of progress against time, cost, quality, compliance and ongoing viability.
- Working knowledge of commercial and procurement practices, including experience of requirements management.
- Working knowledge of benefits management and business case development.
- Experience of managing projects in a fast paced, multi-disciplinary agile and/or digital environment.
- Demonstrable knowledge of the public sector and government processes.
- A recognised project or programme management qualification (e.g. APM, Prince2, MSP, Project Leadership Programme etc.)
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
“Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
- Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, not that they would exclude candidates willing to travel/relocate, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours
- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
- Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
- Qualifications and experience relevant to the job role – please give full details within your CV document
Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:
- Any local authority/public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for
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