Assignment description
- Ensuring there is a coherent fully resourced project structure in place to support delivery of the project and logical plans for implementation.
- Managing resources and the plan to make sure the project workstreams are delivering on schedule.
- Removing barriers to project delivery.
- Managing and reporting on project progress against plan to the SIT PMO and relevant Project Boards.
- Managing, communicating and co-ordinating risks and issues arising with project delivery, escalating to the appropriate Boards when necessary.
- Managing and reporting on project finances where relevant.
- Managing relationships with key business stakeholders.
- Managing suppliers to deliver technology required to support the project.
- Supporting project communication.
- Facilitating changes to processes and procedures.
- Providing effective transition support.
Essential skills
- Highly skilled in project and programme management
- Experience of delivery significant refresh programmes.
- Significant experience in a commercial environment.
- Skilled at working collaboratively in a complex environment and driving performance achievement and improvements.
- Ability to organise and control operational delivery of projects or initiatives including deployment and planning of resources.
- Project Management Methodologies.
- Significant programme reporting experience
- Extensive experience of MS Project plans
- Skilled in managing complex relationships at a senior level.
- Ability to take a proactive and collaborative approach to working within a complex and changing environment, influencing and working alongside a range of diverse stakeholders and external service providers.
Desirable skills
- Experience working with Local Government.
- Experience of programme managing complex IT refresh programmes.
Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.