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We have an opportunity for a Junior Project Manager to join our client's team in Bridgwater. The team works on a hybrid working basis.
- Contract: 6 months
- Daily rate: £425 per day through umbrella
- Hours: 40, Monday to Friday
Our client is seeking a Junior Project Manager, who will be responsible for overseeing and executing various digital projects, ensuring their successful delivery within scope, budget, and timeline. Your project management expertise, leadership skills, and strategic mindset will be pivotal in driving innovation and efficiency in our digital initiatives - the creation of a digital power station.
Project Manager responsibilities
- Deliver multiple projects at any one time with a strong focus on infrastructure projects, as well as introducing new digital solutions.
- Develop detailed project plans, timelines, and resource allocation strategies.
- Lead a cross-functional team of IT professionals, designers, developers, and other stakeholders.
- Assuring and overseeing the development and execution of a stakeholder engagement plan to manage relationships, ensuring buy-in, timely involvement and commitment of key stakeholders.
- Manage project budgets and expenditures, ensuring cost-effectiveness and adherence to financial constraints.
- Identify potential risks and challenges in projects and proactively develop mitigation plans to address them.
- Active management of project progress, scope, budget, risks, issues, resources, dependencies, stakeholders, vendors, and requirements throughout the project lifecycle, escalating and reporting to the Programme Manager, Project Sponsor and Project Board, as appropriate.
- Work with SMEs and delivery partners to deliver the latest digital and IT trends, tools, and technologies.
- Collaborate with external vendors and contractors to ensure seamless integration and alignment with project requirements.
- Work closely with our Governance team to ensure projects are delivered within the regulations set out for auditability.
What you'll need to succeed:
- Proven experience as a Project Manager, with a track record of successful project deliveries, within the digital and IT domain and experience in infrastructure projects is very advantageous.
- Proficient in project management methodologies, tools, and software; maintaining a focus on project costs and outputs
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritise tasks effectively
- Excellent leadership, communication (written/verbal) at all levels of the organisation, and interpersonal skills.
- Project management certifications are advantageous
What you need to do now
Our client is looking to interview immediately, so apply today or call us on to speak with one of our Talent Acquisition Specialists!
If this role does not meet your requirements, but you know of someone else who would be interested, please send my details across to them.
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