project manager London, England
Financial Ombudsman Service
Full Time
London, England
56000 - 12.04 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
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Take a look at our current vacancies. If you see a vacancy that is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
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Transformation Project Manager
Are you passionate about project management, looking to join a team of likeminded people in an organisation that is changing and improving for the future? If the answer is yes, then we can't wait to hear from you!
Contract: Permanent
Working hours: 35 hours per week, Full-time. You’ll agree your working pattern with your manager.
Salary: Up to £56,000
Reporting to: Head of Programme Management
Location: London Docklands - Our permanent hybrid policy sees us all working four days across a fortnight in the office
As a Transformation Project Manager, you’ll ensure that projects that you are assigned are delivered on time, to an agreed quality and within budget in accordance with our in-house Change Framework.
You will manage and coordinates the day-to-day running of an effective portfolio of transformation projects and initiatives, ensuring controls and governance are being appropriately applied.
Reporting into our newly appointed Head of PMO and Programme Manager, you will be joining at an exciting time for the Service, and you will be responsible for implementing change and delivering projects across people and process projects within the transformation portfolio.
Key responsibilities
- Quality check standard project management artefacts
- Ensuring publication of reports to a continually high standard suitable for a variety of audiences
- Liaises with stakeholders and teams throughout the business to gather requirements and establish the structure of reports to ensure consistency
- Work with Project Managers, across the portfolio team and senior colleagues to ensure the capture of accurate information. Analysing and challenging the data provided to ensure reporting is consistent
- Maintains an overall portfolio plan, which must be regularly monitored and updated to ensure that it reflects current project status and includes budget information as appropriate
- Act as a reference point for project queries and information and an advocate for best
- Assist and advise leaders, managers, and teams on the best use of project management disciplines and approaches
- Proactively takes the initiative to ensure co-ordination across different aspects of the transformation portfolio, avoiding clashes or overlap
To be considered for this role, you’ll need to show us that you’ve got the skills and capabilities.
You’ll have to meet the following minimum criteria:
- To be successful in this role you’ll need to have project management experience, either as a project manager or in a senior project support role and a demonstrable track record of delivering successful projects and portfolios on time and within budget
- You’ll also need to have experience in creating and maintaining project related documentation, plans and RAID logs
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build effective, influential working relationships with a wide range of multi-disciplinary teams at all levels
- Hold a recognised industry certification in project management such as:
- Prince 2 Foundation and or Practitioner
- APM Foundation and or Practitioner
- P3O Foundation and or Practitioner
Why Financial Ombudsman Service?
Our people are the most important part of delivering our purpose. If it wasn’t for their amazing efforts, ideas and commitment we wouldn’t be able to make a difference that we do today. So, we offer an attractive, competitive salary and flexible benefits to suit them.
Here’s a list of some of the many benefits and perks you can get for working with us:
- 25 days holiday entitlement, with the option to buy extra or sell days
- Generous pension
- Employer provided benefits such as Private medical insurance, virtual GP, Critical illness cover, Life assurance cover, to name a few
- Choice of voluntary benefits including Technology scheme, Cycle to work scheme, Will-writing service amongst others
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Extensive opportunities for personal and career development
- Fully equipped on-site gym open 24 / 7 (London office only)
- Extensive Well-being resources including on-site therapists (London office only)
- Beautiful and bright London office looking over the Thames and near to mainline stations
- Our Coventry office is 2 minutes’ walk from the main station
- Our employee led networks do fantastic work in educating and raising awareness across a range of experiences and support us in being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. You can get involved, too!
How do I apply?
Please upload (as one document) your CV and a statement answering the following question in no more than 500 words.
Taking into consideration the minimum criteria, in your own words, please highlight why your experience makes you the right candidate for the role.
Applications need to be submitted by 23.59pm Wednesday 12th July 2023
Due to high application numbers this advert may end earlier than the date specified, so please don't delay and apply now!
A full job profile is available on request and will be provided to candidates shortlisted.
We’re proud to be an inclusive employer
We view diversity as fundamental to our success and welcome applications from underrepresented groups across all communities.
We’re committed to being a great place to work– attracting and developing people from the widest possible range of backgrounds. We want everyone to perform at their best and feel able to be themselves. We understand that if we’re diverse and inclusive, we’ll better understand different perspectives, which is fundamental to our job resolving financial complaints.
We welcome applications from Black and other ethnic minority candidates, and female candidates, for all positions and particularly so for senior leader positions as they are under-represented within the Financial Ombudsman Service at this level.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. This means that we will put disabled candidates entering under the scheme through to the next stage of the recruitment process should they meet the minimum criteria for a role. A minimum criterion needs to be measurable from reviewing a candidate’s CV/supporting statement. Exceptions may apply if due to the volume of applications we are not able to interview all eligible candidates who qualify under the scheme. If you would like to speak to a member of our team about any reasonable adjustments you need, please email [email protected] and let us know your preferred method of contact.
Find out more
Check out below channels to find out more about everyday life at the Financial Ombudsman Service – and don’t forget to follow us while you’re there!
- LinkedIn: Financial Ombudsman Service
- Our careers page: https://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/who-we-are/join-us
Good luck with your application!
Financial Ombudsman Service
https://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/
London, United Kingdom
Abby Thomas
$100 to $500 million (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Non-profit Organisation
Civic, Welfare & Social Services
2001
