Location
Newport | United Kingdom
Job description
Projects Manager
Newport, Wales (with hybrid working)
About Us
We are Qualifications Wales, the independent organisation responsible for regulating general and vocational qualifications in Wales. We focus on publicly funded qualifications, including GCSEs, A-Levels and vocational qualifications.
We are now looking for a Projects Manager to join us on a permanent, full-time basis, working 37 hours per week.
The Benefits
- Salary of £53,440 - £63,900 per annum
- 30 days’ annual leave pro rata (plus public holidays and office closure at Christmas)
- Flexible working arrangements
- Civil Service Pension Scheme
The Role
As our Projects Manager, you will oversee some of our biggest and highest profile reform projects.
Developing a standard operating model to structure how we approach our reform work, you will oversee the set-up of new projects, agreeing the mandate with our Management Board and a project definition document and tolerances with our Reform Board.
You will oversee project governance and decision-making arrangements and ensure scope, plans, finances, resources, dependencies, risks, deliverables and benefits are managed effectively.
Additionally, you will:
- Provide efficient and timely reporting to a range of internal audiences
- Coach, manage and support colleagues across Qualifications Policy and Reform (QPR)
- Develop and refine our project management policy, guidance, toolkits and processes
- Create an operating model for how we plan and conduct review, reform and change management activity
About You
To be considered as our Projects Manager, you will need:
- Experience of leading and/or managing projects using formal project management techniques
- Experience of developing and implementing new agile ways of working
- Experience of working on a range of different kinds of projects
- Knowledge and understanding of applying and adapting a range of formal Project Management frameworks, systems and ways of working
- The ability to lead and manage a team effectively
- Proficiency in IT, including MS Project and Microsoft Teams
- A formal project or programme management qualification
The closing date for this role is 18th October 2023.
Other organisations may call this role Programme Manager, Senior Programme Co-ordinator, Project Delivery Manager, Senior Project Lead, Project Operations Manager, PMO Manager, or Project Development Manager.
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