Senior Project Professional

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Professional to join the team with our prestigious client at their site in Barrow In Furness, this is a hybrid role onsite 2 days per week,

Job description

The individual will work as part of a team in correlating and resourcing data, with reporting and analysing data to pull together MI data for the business.

The individual will work with account owner to functions to establish accurate demand and supplies for specific programmes. Managing supply and demand.

The individual in this role will manage a small project, or a part of a larger, more complex project, (such as a particular work package), or will support a Project Manager with aspects of managing a larger project.

At this level the incumbent may supervise or guide one or two professional staff, and be involved in managing their delivery and performance and providing appraisal and support to their development.

They will have a level of experience in one or more areas of PM practice and be expected to be able to adapt and apply these practices in different circumstances, to develop these practices and to guide and instruct others in their application.

Core Duties

Obtain extensive spreadsheet/Microsoft package knowledge as projects are currently not system driven – but manually driven in terms of using Microsoft Office.

Able to perform intermediate project reporting & scheduling.

Stakeholder engagement and analysis.

Able to undertake intermediate problem solving typically based on previous experience.

Have a good knowledge of Business processes and procedures.

Administration and general office skills including spreadsheets/ Microsoft packages.

Attend on the job training as appropriate.

Able to lead a small non-complex project or a work package of a larger project.

Able to manage the full project lifecycle to ensure that, over time, the needs of customers/users continue to be met and that financial and other benefits are achieved.

Identify, assesses and manages risks to the success of the project. Applies appropriate PM methods and tools whether predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches. Agrees project approach with stakeholders, and prepares realistic plans (including quality, risk and communications plans) and tracks activities against the project schedule, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate.

Consolidate expertise from multiple sources, including third party experts, to provide coherent advice to further organisational objectives. Supports and promotes the development and sharing of specialist knowledge within the organisation.

In some business, this will be a transition role for a PM Apprentice or Graduate coming off their development scheme.

Leadership Responsibilities

Stakeholder management – from a variety of disciplines.

Accountable as a member of the Project Management team for supporting development and implementation of appropriately tailored PM practices.

Expected to provide technical support to team members.

Accountable for ensuring one or more aspects of PM practices in the project are suitable for purpose.

The individual will work as part of a team in correlating and resourcing data, with reporting and analysing data to pull together MI data for the business.

The individual will work with account owner to functions to establish accurate demand and supplies for specific programmes. Managing supply and demand.

The individual in this role will manage a small project, or a part of a larger, more complex project, (such as a particular work package), or will support a Project Manager with aspects of managing a larger project.

At this level the incumbent may supervise or guide one or two professional staff, and be involved in managing their delivery and performance and providing appraisal and support to their development.

They will have a level of experience in one or more areas of PM practice and be expected to be able to adapt and apply these practices in different circumstances, to develop these practices and to guide and instruct others in their application.

Qualifications:

Application of related PM Competencies will be expected at this level.

Roles typically require a University Degree, or a substantial amount of practical knowledge gained through experience.

Incumbent will be expected have a PM Qualification such as the APM Project Management Qualification.

Hiring Manager is open to candidates fresh out of education but experience is a bonus.

Recognising the restricted nature of the work  there is a requirement for the candidate to be eligible to obtain Security Clearance for this role.