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Fortress Recruitment Services Ltd
Working within the Digital Product and Development team, the candidate will work closely with services to deliver corporate projects including transformation, service delivery, business and behaviour change projects and new ways of working.
The candidate will be responsible for leading and delivering projects using new approaches and embedding change initiatives. As such they will be a dynamic project manager, keen to deliver a breadth of projects and initiatives.
They will be expected to bring their experience of core project management responsibilities such as planning, reporting, risk management and benefits in an adaptable manner. Substantial knowledge of PRINCE2 and Agile project management methodologies and processes is required.
Main Purpose of the job:
Working from the Programme Management Office, in a matrix environment across the IT and Digital Service division, you will work closely with services to deliver corporate projects including transformation, service delivery, business and behaviour change projects and new ways of working.
You will be responsible for leading and delivering projects using new approaches and embedding change initiatives. As such you will be a dynamic project manager, keen to deliver a breadth of projects and initiatives. You will be expected to bring your experience of core project management responsibilities such as planning, reporting, risk management and benefits in an adaptable manner.
As a project manager with an aptitude to working with others, you will support new initiatives across the organisation. You will be working with a range of project methodologies including both Prince2 and Agile project management methodologies and techniques and be able to identify the most appropriate method for the project at hand. You will take and help to embed a user-centric approach to projects across the organisation.
Responsibilities and Personal Duties:
The Project Manager will:
Lead on a range of dedicated projects, including technical and non-technical, which will involve the following:
Plan projects, with local and contracted subject matter experts to deliver change and new capabilities.
Create and maintain project plans for delivery and reporting purposes
Identify and mitigate risks within your projects, ensuring that records are up to date and escalation routes are utilised promptly
Create and support project teams
Plan projects and initiatives in line with the Council’s project management framework to capture key activities, milestones, risks issues and benefits
Establish and maintain project governance that provides quality and risk assurance ∙ Report regularly on project progress through standard reporting and governance processes and demonstration of project outputs
Provide project updates in written, graphical, and numerical formats for dissemination to Programme Boards supporting effective governance. Present information to Project or Programme boards where required.
Work with the Lead Business Analyst to effectively introduce, embed and sustain new initiatives
Ensure benefits are identified, understood, measured, tracked, and owned to ensure they are delivered
Effectively manage project budgets in accordance with the Councils Financial procedures and standing orders
Ensure that realistic project, quality, communication, and risk plans are prepared and maintained for projects and sub-projects.
Ensure that projects are formally closed and reviewed, that lessons learned are captured, appropriate action taken and to produce appropriate documentation to support these processes.
Lead multiple project teams, allocating and monitoring tasks, motivating staff and appraising individual performance.
Ensure that projects are delivered to scope, within budget and to agreed timeframes, prioritising the work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability Programme team.
Work with multidisciplinary teams of stakeholders from a variety of business areas.
Lead on prototyping, evaluating, and delivering new and innovative initiatives, iterating solutions in response to user feedback using design led or Agile methodology.
Build productive working relationship with our suppliers to ensure that projects are consistently delivered on time.
Work in a matrix environment across the PMO and wider IT and Digital Services Division.