Associate Project Manager Southampton, England
Job description
Job Description
Are you looking for a role in project management? Do you have experience of working in a project environment? Do you have some knowledge of planning but looking to develop your skills in the project management space?
We are the looking for an Associate Project Manager to join the Maritime Portfolio & Project Team.
The Role
The role of Associate Project Manager will maintain overall responsibility for agreed and appropriate level projects within Maritime; you will manage the project lifecycle from definition through to delivery. Supported by the wider team you will be required to define activities and manage the successful delivery of your projects.
- Working within the portfolio delivery structure, manage all aspects of the project delivery lifecycle.
- Ensure effective management and maintenance of project toolkit including planning, risks & issues, finances, resource, benefits tracking and management.
- Work in collaboration with sponsor and business lead to agree approach to successful project delivery.
- Ensure that projects are scheduled and delivered in a timely manner to achieve project success within agreed timeframes.
This role is a CUK08 and is offered on a full time, permanent basis, with a minimum two days based in our Southampton office.
About You
Fresh ideas and different perspectives are what excite us most and help us to succeed. Alongside bringing these to the role, you will also need:
- Some knowledge of planning but looking to develop skills in project management.
- Experience of working in a project environment, where resource capacity is limited, and operational pressures often take priority.
- Experienced in working with stakeholders at all levels of the business which may include suppliers.
- Demonstrable skills in the Microsoft 365 suite including PowerPoint, Word, Excel.
We recognise the value in having people with a variety of backgrounds, experience, and skills in our business. That means the role requirements here should be seen as a guide, not a checklist. If you have more, less, or different experiences, but relevant skills, we would love to hear from you.
We work flexibly and will help you to find a healthy balance of remote working and time in our fantastic Southampton office. Collaborating, taking part in events, and getting to know people makes working with us so rewarding. We welcome the opportunity to discuss reduced hours and job share arrangements.
Being part of our team has its advantages…
We are a holiday company, so we know there is more to life than work. Our comprehensive range of benefits are designed to help your personal and financial health and wellbeing.
- Home and office-based hybrid working (minimum two office days)
- Annual bonus
- Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
- Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers.
- Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers.
- Extensive learning and development opportunities
- Employee-led networks
- Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
- Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment.
- In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
- Life Assurance
- Parental and adoption leave.
- Employee Shares Plan
- Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes.
- Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals.
- Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal
- Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
- Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
- A friendly welcome with help settling in
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About Us
No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the world’s largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britain’s rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi-million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people.
Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.
It’s through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travel’s Employer of Choice.
To keep everyone on board fit and well, colleagues who visit or work on our ships must be fully vaccinated, including boosters. We’re reviewing this requirement regularly.
