Location
Greater Manchester | United Kingdom
Job description
Senior Project Manager
12-month interim contract to start ASAP
Local authority, North West
£600-£700 per day
Inside IR35 (via umbrella)
Hybrid working
CV’s are being reviewed immediately and interviews will be taking place week commencing 19th February
As Senior Project Manager, you will be reporting directly to the Director of Transformation, you will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of a number of projects to ensure the improvement plan is delivered on time and on budget.
Your Role as Senior Project Manager:
- Key is understanding Project Management end to end processes, whilst supporting positive outcomes by operating in an agile and flexible way
- Work in partnership with senior managers and staff to shape, manage and deliver the Improvement and Transformation Programme over the next 12 months
- Ensure that the programme definition is clear, evidence based, ambitious and realistic
- Produce performance management reports in a timely and high quality manner that align with the governance arrangements of the programme and that evidence progress against project milestones, impact on KPI’s and surface issues and barriers for resolution
- Ensure transparency in performance management across the programme and services
- Build strong relationships with staff to ensure strong 2 way communication on project activities
- Bring innovation and a level of challenge, based on evidence and examples of good practice and national evidence, to ensure the ambition set is high but achievable
Your previous experience as Senior Project Manager:
- Demonstrable high level operational experience in a local authority setting
- Evidence of successfully supporting the delivery of projects and programmes
- Evidence of working at pace and team development, and of removing barriers to progress
- Evidence of producing high quality and accurate work
- A demonstrable open and developmental mind-set
- Good negotiation, problem resolution skills, and evidence of navigating complex relationships to gather relevant information
- Excellent communication skills
- The ability to get on with people when you and they are under pressure
- Resilience and positivity
And ideally you will also have
- Experience of designing and delivering major programmes
- Proven formal relationship and stakeholder management skills
If you’re interested in discussing this opportunity in more detail or know someone who this may be of interest to, please contact Sarah Macrae on 0117 3137110 or apply today.
(We offer a senior referral scheme upon successful placement of your recommendation so please do get in contact)
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