Assistant Project Manager Birmingham
Job description
Available Job Today Salary: Base salary: £30,150 to c.£37,700 depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our websit
HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
As Assistant Project Manager at HS2 you will, be providing project management to non-complex projects, and/or support to projects within a wider programme, as part of the Transformation Change Portfolio for L&P.
About the role:
- Responsible for the initiating, scoping, design and delivery of non-complex policy and process improvement projects as assigned by the Continuous Improvement Lead to deliver L&P’s claimant-focussed, value-for-money Transformation Portfolio.
- Under the guidance and support of the Continuous Improvement Lead & Project Managers, develop the business case for change for given projects, assessing options, agreeing implementation plans, managing risks, assessing cost-benefit analysis and gain approval from the Project Sponsor or Project Board, as appropriate.
- Supporting project management colleagues with highly complex and/or programmes for delivery as part of the Transformation Portfolio.
- Ensuring allocated projects are managed utilising the agreed project management templates within the portfolio.
- Responsible for standing up the governance structure for these projects as directed by the Continuous Improvement Lead and Transformation Board.
- Responsible for the reporting of progress, risks and issues to the Project Sponsor or Project Board and for closing out the project.
- Responsible for ensuring stakeholders are identified and managed throughout the life of the project.
- To create and work to programme schedules.
- Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.
About You:
Skills:
- Project Management - the ability to initiate and plan projects to deliver target
costs, dependencies, risk management and project benefits.
- Collaboration Skills – ability to interact with Programme/Project Managers and colleagues in many different disciplines across L&P to achieve successful outcomes.
- Communication and Influencing Skills – ability to produce clear communications which engage and influence colleagues and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Reporting – ability to provide reports for internal and external governance forums.
- Computer literate and proficient at using Office productivity and team working applications
Knowledge:
- Understanding of project management.
- Understanding of risk identification and management
- Understanding of project schedule management, dependencies and risk assessment
- Understanding of how businesses and organisations operate, their role(s) within them, and how they contribute effectively as part of a team.
Type of Experience:
- Experience in a business/commercial environment
- Experience of developing management competencies within a project.
The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect
It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.
We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. Please attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application and include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.
