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Project Manager

Lorien
Posted a day ago, valid for 3 days
Location

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh EH105BP, Scotland

Salary

£60,000 - £72,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

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  • A leading Financial Services client is seeking a skilled Project Manager for a 6-month contract in Edinburgh.
  • The role focuses on foundational data diagnostics and strategic workforce planning framework development.
  • Key responsibilities include defining total workforce visibility, depth of workforce insights, and ensuring data integrity.
  • Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years of experience in project management within a financial services context.
  • The salary for this position is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Project Manager

Our leading Financial Services client is looking for highly skilled Project Manager to join their Edinburgh team for a 6 months initial contract.

Key Responsibilites

K2 project

The programme will be structured across two main areas in 2024

  1. Foundational Data Diagnostic & Evolution - documenting the required foundational data needed to build out an effective strategic workforce plan, including identifying breaks and gaps in existing processes and agreeing a plan of action to remediate.
  2. Strategic Workforce Planning Framework -designing and developing a framework for SWP, including a decision around technology, resources, investment, timescales and priorities to scale across the organization.

Scope

Foundational Data Scope will cover the following 4 areas:1. Total Workforce Visibility -i) Define what we mean by 'Total Workforce'ii) Decide on an approach to integrate legacy iii) Clear total workforce principles & definitions in place to support and inform future M&A decisions and due diligence2. Depth of workforce insights -i) Reviewing & Defining evolution of existing job and role dataii) Defining approach to skills taxonomy across the organisationiii) Defining the contingent & contractor data requirements3. Data Integrity & alignment -i) Drive alignment between Finance chart of account & HR org structure L4ii) Assess and prioritise other key people data integrity challenges/gaps and define alignment for (a) delivery via other programmes, (b) potential quick wins delivered via the project (c) defining requirements for wider/longer term delivery via business case, alongside ensure we have process and frameworks in place to maintain them going forwards.4. Clear roles and responsibilities (cross functional) to ensure on-going sustainable maintenance & integrity of our foundational dataStrategic Workforce Planning1. Skills Framework -i) Agree on scope between SWP & Talent & Capabilities with clear understanding of roles and responsibilities and interdependenciesii) Explore options and selection for current workforce skills analysisiii) Build out plan to deploy and establish initial baselineiv) gather requirements for future workforce skill taxonomy2. SWP Methodology -i) Consider best approach for the development of core methodology,ii) identify appropriate SWP technology needsiii) gather business requirements for SWP in prioritised key areas i) produce proposed methodology narrative and overview for business engagement3. Approach -i) prepare socialization and groundwork for proposed methodology and frameworkii) identify 2 business areasiii) produce plan to create a cleansed current workforce baselineiv) Run pilots to validate data & processes in place, and test SWP methodology

If this is of interest, please submit your CV.

LorienLandPjobs

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.