Project Manager (2 Year Fixed Term Contract) in Maidstone

Location: Service Headquarters, Tovil, Maidstone, ME15 6XB with 3 days per week in the office.

Hours: Full Time – 37 Hours per Week

Pension: Automatic membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme – career average pension scheme with 16.5% employer contribution

Holidays: In addition to bank/public holidays you will receive 28 days holiday

Base Salary: £43,151 - £48,812 per annum depending on experience

Reference: R001043

Being the Project Manager

Join Kent Fire and Rescue Service as a Project Manager, where you'll lead transformational initiatives in a flexible and supportive work environment. You’ll take responsibility for the management and delivery of medium complexity IT and business change projects throughout the full project lifecycle. From the initial scoping and requirements analysis through to the ultimate delivery of new systems and services into the organisation.

What you’ll do:

• Plan, co-ordinate and manage all aspects of projects including organisational change and logistical elements such as training and roll out of new equipment to end users.
• Provide direction and leadership to the Project Team and allocate/manage work in connection with project activities.
• Ensure new systems and services are integrated into the existing environment with minimal disruption to the Service.
• Manage and monitor project budgets.
• Produce and maintain detailed proposals, plans and specifications to enable projects to be approved and progressed.
• Research and evaluate relevant technologies in connection with IT projects, assessing and recommending as appropriate to meet organisational business requirements.

What you’ll bring:

• A recognised project management qualification at practitioner level (e.g. PRINCE2, Agile, Waterfall).
• The ability to prioritise, plan and co-ordinate multiple projects of medium complexity over the short to medium term.
• Competent in using Microsoft Project to design and plan detailed project schedules and proficient in Microsoft Office suite software.
• Good understanding of IT concepts, IT architecture components, planning, testing and implementation.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of effective use of project management methods, best practice, techniques, processes and tools.
• Experience of working with IT systems in a complex environment.

Benefits:

• Automatic membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Blue Light Card discount scheme supported by a number of high street retailers.
• A range of family friendly policies promoting work-life balance.
• Access to health and wellbeing services and advice.
• Free parking.

Above all you’ll become part of a service that is committed to the safety of our community.

Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We know that great minds don’t think alike, so we rely on diverse thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and backgrounds to create the best working environment that we can possibly offer. Kent Fire and Rescue Service, its employees, and volunteers are committed to safeguarding, protecting, and supporting children, young people, and adults at risk.

As part of our safer recruitment process, we will undertake pre-employment checks to verify your suitability for the role. These checks will include your references and a standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Enhanced DBS check with barred lists are carried out for roles with direct and unsupervised access to children, young people, and adults at risk. Risk assessments will be undertaken on any disclosures identified as part of the pre-employment checks.

As a Public Sector organisation with added responsibilities under the Equality Act, 2010 the candidate must demonstrate an understanding of what is meant by Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and how this fits in with their everyday work.