Project Manager - DV in London

Location: Corsham (Hybrid – 4 days per week onsite)

Contract Duration: 12 months initially with high possibility of extension as funding already approved to Sept 2028

Daily Rate: £575.63/day (Umbrella – Maximum)

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Security Clearance: DV - Must be able to hold STRAP – Sole British National

Essential:

• Sole UK National
• Must be able to be STRAP inducted and have no foreign connections for them or their families.
• Experienced Project Manager
• Good knowledge and experience of project management practices, methodologies, tools and techniques including planning, scheduling, risk and issue management
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; Proven ability to define, source, tailor and analyse high quality management information.
• Able to demonstrate the professional credibility required to work collaboratively across project and organisational boundaries.
• Good organisational skills supported by robust planning and prioritisation and the ability to interpret and analyse data to inform decision making.
• Experience writing documentation for contracts
• Statement of work experience
• Experience with Competition documents
• MS Excel proficient
• MS Project experience
• Government experience

Desirable:

• MOD Experience

The role will predominantly be composing the documentation to run a competition such as Statement of Work and supporting documentation. They will need experience of producing an Outline Business Case and will then be part of the team conducting the competition. The role of the Project Manager is to lead/manage the project and the project team on a day-to-day basis. The Project Manager is responsible for driving and overseeing the delivery of the project to ensure that the objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints. The Project Manager has a key role in project governance and working with stakeholders, to ensure the agreed project outputs are delivered to enable benefits to be realised.

Responsibilities:

• Delivery – Create and lead the project to deliver the agreed outcomes within time, cost and quality constraints
• Project Management – Day to day management and leadership of the project and the project team. Set project controls. Design the project structure appropriate to stage. Select and apply appropriate delivery methodologies
• Business Case – Coordinate development of the Business Case
• Budget – Track delivery within budget
• Resources – Schedule/manage resources to deliver the project. May work independently or with a small team
• Benefits Realisation – Ensure benefits are identified, understood, measured, tracked and owned. Ensure appropriate Benefits Realisation Strategy is in place and monitor longer term delivery of benefits against the Business Case
• Stakeholder Management – Identify key stakeholders and develop effective relationships
• Risks & Issues – Identify and monitor project risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate
• Governance – Provide key reports and support effective governance and decision making
• Assurance – Support or set appropriate project assurance
• Change Management – Ensure effective Change Management processes are in place to agree and document changes to deliverables as agreed with stakeholders
• Guidance & Support – Seek appropriate support, guidance and coaching from the project community. Show commitment to personal development. Promote effective individual and team performance
• Project Performance & Controls – Build Project Plan and apply appropriate project principles to deliver stated objectives. Identify and set appropriate Project Controls. Track and report delivery against milestones.

Disability Confident: As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant: CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us. We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview. Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

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