Project Professional

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Project Professional to join the team with our prestigious client at their site in Barrow in Furness, this is a hybrid role on-site 3 days per week.

The role will be part of or leading a functional team embedded within Corporate/Head Office, Sector and/or Line of Business who will support the delivery of the functional strategy.

This role is focused on delivering key project management expertise, governance and functional capability across a number of projects / activities within the organisation.

The role may involve providing specialist support in areas such as training needs analysis, resource planning, competency modelling or providing specialist support to operational project teams on aspects of PM practice.

Able to complete tasks given that support an already defined strategy and cascades this into their team, with an understanding of the wider programme and organisational strategies.

Can apply themselves in one or more areas of PM practice with the ability to adapt and apply these practices in different circumstances, to develop these practices and to guide and instruct others in their application.

Expected to deal with emergent issues and anticipate and escalates problems where required.

Typical Duties

Able to build effective relationships and liaise / interface with appropriate areas of the business and consolidates expertise from multiple sources, including third party experts, to provide coherent advice to further organisational objectives.

Apply knowledge of business and project management and control processes and procedures.

Apply Microsoft office packages (excel / PowerPoint etc) to manage / communicate project management and control and business information.

Able to gather and analyse information, perform intermediate project reporting & scheduling to support others and ensure accuracy and clarity of meaning within their reports whilst also supporting the development and implementation of solutions.

Able to access, have a comprehensive knowledge of and apply the business management system for documentation and be able to apply processes and policies in their related area.

Able to manage the full PM Capability project lifecycle to ensure that, over time, the needs of customers/users continue to be met and that financial and other benefits are achieved.

Identify, assess and manage risks to the success of the PM Capability project, applying appropriate PM methods and tools whether predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches. Agrees project approach with stakeholders, and prepares realistic plans (including quality, risk and communications plans) and tracks activities against the project schedule, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate.

Accountable for

May have supervisory responsibilities for a one or two staff and is able to lead a small non-complex PM Capability project or support a larger PM Capability project.

Able to deliver tasks/projects independently and in some cases of deliver, with some guidance from the Line Manager.

Able to manage their own development and training opportunities and take responsibility for their own performance and development, including any team members.

Provide support to the development of people within specialist areas and the sharing of specialist knowledge within the organisation.

Knowledge

Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of PM policies, processes, procedures and systems.

Comprehensive knowledge and experience demonstrated in a professional capacity within a project or PM Functional team related to PM policies, processes, procedures, systems, tools, techniques and practices.

Comprehensive knowledge of the business environment for their project and a good understanding of the structure, organisation, processes and culture of Line of Business, so as to be able to support implementation of appropriate PM approaches.

Comprehensive understanding and application of one or more PM tools techniques and practices, governance and assurance processes such as Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBR)

Good understanding of the wider PM environment, and of developments and practices in the field.

Good understanding of own project/s, its markets, customers, strategic priorities and culture.

Skills

Experience of building relationships, influencing stakeholders and negotiating outcomes with internal stakeholders.

Applies problem solving techniques to routine situations or situations of moderate complexity, taking requirements and data from internal (project) sources and external (customer, competitor and academic) areas.

Able to identify information needed and gather accordingly, support the development of solutions and implementation of approaches.

Able to make recommendations that help advise others on the analysis of actual information, providing information on matters that assist others in controlling or making decisions.

Able to capture, adopt and share good practice.

Quality and timeliness of work reflects on the effectiveness of the immediate team.

Work is typically within standardised processes and practices, accuracy of tasks is impactful.

Able to understand how teams integrate with others teams & projects in order to achieve objectives and how this helps them lead and manage a small number of direct reports.

Developed communication skills to exchange complicated information and handle of difficult conversations

Qualifications

Expected to have a PM Qualification such as the APM project management and control Qualification.

Typically require a University Degree, or a substantial amount of practical knowledge gained through experience.

Recognising the restricted nature of the work there is a requirement for the candidate to be eligible to obtain Security Clearance for this role.