ICT Project Manager

This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK\’s leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board. Do you want to be part of an exciting new team at the forefront of the council\’s digital transformation delivery plan? Sheffield City Council is embarking on the delivery of a customer led transformational Digital Strategy where in five years\’ time we will be a digital council. Last autumn we created the ICT Programme Delivery Service as an important first step of this journey. Our service\’s remit is to drive digital change across the organisation through digital self-service; a council wide delivery programme of application and technology rationalisation; and business systems replacements. We are seeking to appoint an ICT Project Manager (PM) on a permanent basis to support the delivery of the digital transformation programme. As an ICT PM you will work across one or more programme workstreams to ensure successful delivery of a range of IT and digital projects. You could, for example, be working on one of the following areas: digital customer experience, data and insight, transformed service delivery or technology and infrastructure. In your capacity as a PM you will be expected to coordinate and manage teams of specialist and non-specialists, as well as work with a range of internal and external stakeholders. We are looking for a candidate with strong PM skills, such as project planning; managing risk, issues and dependencies; and reporting confidently and accurately on progress. To be successful in this role you must be a good organiser of both your own time and other people\’s, with an ability to unblock barriers and move projects forward – we have strong emphasis on delivery! You will also need strong interpersonal skills and a proven track record in your current role (where you are in employment) in effectively engaging with and managing senior stakeholder relationships, to help ensure the effective delivery of projects Prior exposure to technical projects would be beneficial, although we would also welcome applications from candidates with more general project management experience looking to move into a technology focussed area. Please note that applications should be no longer than 20 pages. For further information about this role, please contact Jonny Pearce jonathan.pearce@sheffield.gov.uk We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly. It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview. Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share. If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade. Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page. #J-18808-Ljbffr