Senior Project Manager
| Posting date: | 04 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £503.69 per day |
| Additional salary information: | per day PAYE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2024 |
| Location: | WEST BROMPTON, LONDON, SW6 1TR |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | MPX TCLZ 0008 B8B8 / 1 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Interim Senior Project Manager
Reference no: MPX TCLZ 0008 B8B8 / 1
Pay Rate: £503.69 per day PAYE
Hours per week: 36 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 12 months
City: WEST BROMPTON, LONDON
Hybrid working - potentially 2 days p/w
Only candidates with current security clearance will be considered for this role
This role require SC/ STRAP clearance this must be already held and active – we are unable to consider any candidates who do not hold this level of vetting currently – please do not apply if you do not have this clearance
Senior Project Manager will act as a Senior Manager in the Technology Pillar and be responsible for the successful delivery of specific project(s) within the Technology project portfolio across a multitude of technical disciplines.
Key Responsibilities:
Leadership of a team to bring consensus to what needs to be achieved to resolve business challenges within mid to high complexity project(s). The Senior Project Manager needs to be comfortable working across the all stages of the technology lifecycle and able to work within multiple disciplines of technology (e.g. cloud, applications, infrastructure, mobility)
Definition and agreement of the appropriate methodologies, governance and reporting mechanisms to be used across project delivery in line with Portfolio Office standards
Ensuring governing forums and senior stakeholders are appropriately engaged with ongoing change activity through briefings, alongside more targeted conversations to influence others and build support for delivery.
Remote and/or in person task management of a project team within an often reactive environment with moderate to high levels of uncertainty to move towards an agreed delivery end point.
Development of project product breakdown structures and project / work stream plans with team members, followed by monitoring and assurance activities to ensure project progress is monitored and controlled and dependencies managed.
Development of Business Cases at appropriate points of the project lifecycle and then ownership and management of these cases through the governance process.
Proactive risk and issue management with an understanding of management levers which can be used and appropriate points at which these should be deployed.
Managing commercial processes in conjunction with the commercial team to ensure relevant delivery contracts are in place, then subsequent contract management through the lifecycle of the project(s). The Senior Project Manager needs to understand principles around commercial management and ensure correct controls in place to deliver value for money.
Manage communication and engagement with project stakeholders, developing and maintaining key relationships and working in partnership to resolve problems to benefit operational policing
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
SC/ STRAP Clearance
Qualifications:
PRINCE2: Practitioner and / or Agile Project Management Practitioner (or recognised industry equivalent qualification).
Managing Successful Programmes: Practitioner (or recognised industry equivalent qualification).
Agile Project Management Foundation & Practitioner (AgilePM®)
ITIL Foundation Certification
Knowledge:
An understanding of the commercial, operational, technical and supply infrastructure in which successful programmes and projects are delivered.
An understanding and experience of how finance budgets management work
Experience:
Experience in project management of ICT projects within complex stakeholder/business environments
In-depth experience of and competence in using MS office tools (including MS Project and Visio)
Experience of working within secure technology-based projects and programmes enabling business change
Experience of working as a key member within a high performance team
Experience of developing/maintaining governance, and the correct and efficient use of standards across multiple projects
Experience of managing financial budgets throughout the lifetime of a project
Experience of managing risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies
Experience of developing and working with audit processes and challenge functions
Experience of working within business change related projects
Experience of implementing document management systems and document controls and the ability to deal with sensitive information
Experience with government procurement processes
Experience and knowledge of the security accreditation processes at a national level at all Government security Classification (GSC) levels.
Experience of recruiting technical staff to key proejct roles (contract and permanent)
A record of successfully supporting and delivering secure national projects on time and on budget in a complex environment which uses both in-house and supplier based delivery method
Skills & Abilities:
Excellent listening and oral skills with the ability to present information appropriately by audience
Excellent written skills and clear report writing
Organisational skills, the ability to pay attention to detail
Ability to work under pressure and to turn-round communications to meet tight deadlines
Ability to manage stakeholders of all levels and deliver their complex business requirements
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Job Ref: MPX TCLZ 0008 B8B8 / 1
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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