Project Manager Derby, England
Derby City Council
Full Time
Derby, England
36298 - 40478 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Application closing date
05/09/2023
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Grade J £36,298 - £40,478 a year
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Project
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Job description
Directorate: Corporate Resources
Hours: 37 hours a week, part time hours considered
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Council House and Hybrid working
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Project and Change Hub at Derby City Council.
You will support Derby City Council’s Delivery Portfolio, specifically the Demand and Insight Programme. You could manage up to four change projects which support the Council Plan.
We are looking for experienced candidates who can think strategically, work collaboratively with Senior Responsible Officers (SRO), and stakeholders to develop high class business cases to drive evidence-based benefits and outcomes.
Specific Duties and key accountabilities include:
- Managing complex transformation / innovation / budget reduction projects across the Council from initiation to completion, including maintaining project plans and documentation, risk and budget monitoring, resource planning, communication, benefits realisation, stakeholder engagement and post-project evaluation.
- Co-ordinate cross-functional project teams, potentially including staff from other departments, external contractors and consultants, suppliers, and other third parties, to achieve the objectives of assigned projects.
- Ensure relevant parties are regularly updated on progress, producing key formal documents to enable decision making and ensuring that any concerns are escalated to the SRO at an early stage.
- Support with facilitating service improvement by reviewing business processes and systems and encouraging maximum use of technology to deliver improved, efficient services.
Essential Criteria:
- Considerable experience of managing projects in accordance with agreed project management principles.
- Experience of working in a consultative role with Directors and senior managers
- Prince 2 Foundation and / or Practitioner, Project Management. qualification or have substantial project management experience.
- Experience with developing business cases and identifying and realising project benefits, maintaining support throughout concept to completion.
- Experience working with a Programme Management Office (PMO) and taking projects through approval gateways.
If you would like an informal discussion about the roles, please contact [email protected] or [email protected]
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job. For reasons connected with a particular need of the Council it may be appropriate, subject to approval, to appoint to a higher point in the pay grade.
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Please be aware that where there are staff within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
The closing date for this vacancy is 5th September 2023 at midnight. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Derby City Council
www.derby.gov.uk
Derby, United Kingdom
Fareed Hussain
Unknown / Non-Applicable
5001 to 10000 Employees
Government
National Services & Agencies
2002
