About the Role
- Support the business case and budget creation process
- Ensure there is a plan in place, including planning assumptions, dependencies, a critical path, criteria for success and benefits to be realised
- Ensure adequate mechanisms are in place to continually track progress to plan
- Maintain an up to date understanding of the risks and issues to be managed to ensure success
- Proactively coordinate the resources and activities to deliver the plan, fostering teamwork and openness
- Manage the scope, raising change requests where required to address scope creep
- Effectively liaise and manage the expectations of stakeholders with timely, tailored communication
- Routinely report progress and take corrective action where the project is at risk
- Escalate issues promptly and drive action through to resolution
- Ensure the change impacts are clearly understood and a change management plan prepares the impacted teams for the change
- Work to the established project management framework, complying with governance, gate meetings and reporting requirements
- Identify resources required to deliver the plan, establish and manage the team
- Ensure the project work is completed in line with the plan, delegating task appropriately and tracking progress of individual tasks
- Report on progress and regularly communicate and align with stakeholders and management
Person Profile & Skills Required
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Strong planning and organisational skills, ideally with experience of Microsoft Project
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Experience of managing projects and teams to deliver outcomes to time, cost and quality
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Ability to understand the strategic context and how it affects both the project and other projects in the portfolio
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Effective communication skills – written, verbal, influencing – with the ability to handle tough conversations
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Ability to manage and resolve risks and issues, using appropriate tactics for the situation
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Strong relationship management skills with the ability to adapt style for different types of stakeholders
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Self-managing and actively engaged with the business; takes a balanced business approach when assessing priorities
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Experience of managing changes from conception to delivery, supporting team members
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Adopts and displays our PDR values:
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- Care
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Pace
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Difference
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Belonging
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Value
PandoLogic. Keywords: Project Manager, Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, ENG - NE12 8ET