Project Manager Glasgow, Scotland
Job description
Job title: Project Manager
Team: Innovation and Place
Location: Glasgow, Dundee, Edinburgh, or Aberdeen, with home working options
Salary: £44,276
Hours: Full time with flexible working options considered ‘Happy To Talk Flexible Working’
Status: Permanent
Closing date: 24 May 2023
Job ref no: R00423
The Innovation & Place team work in partnership with a variety of key stakeholders to lead and support the development and delivery of high impact economic development projects, which are designed to have a transformational impact at local, regional, and national level. For example, these projects can include major development projects through to influencing policy and strategy development. At the heart of what we do is the desire to make Scotland the leading innovation nation in the UK. To achieve this, we are focusing on key ‘National Opportunities’, which we believe can help transform Scotland’s economy.
Join us as a Project Manager and you will help to drive delivery and make a difference to companies, partners, and places across Scotland.
A benefits package which includes a final salary pension scheme, flexible working arrangements and generous annual leave allowance is available to the successful candidate.
The role
We currently have opportunities for two Project Managers within the Innovation and Place team.
You'll be responsible for taking forward project development activity, with a focus on supporting Scottish Enterprise’s key national programmes, projects, and initiatives. This will often involve working closely with partners and stakeholders to deliver outcomes and to ensure that our strategic ambitions are realised.
You'll have a good understanding of economic development and the rationale for intervention and support and will be able to demonstrate effective communication and influencing skills. In addition, the successful candidate must demonstrate robust project management skills and have a flexible and enthusiastic approach to project development activity.
The role will require initiative and for you to be proactive and to take ownership to deliver tangible results, often working independently, using strong influencing skills and expertise.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Application of project management expertise, specialist knowledge and use of experience to develop and deliver a range of partnership projects that will deliver on our ambitions to create more and better ‘innovative places’. You will be required to lead on projects as well as supporting colleagues on more complex projects of scale leading to significant outcomes, including jobs, capex and carbon reduction.
- Effectively engage with a range of partners, stakeholders and investors to identify opportunities, develop collaborative models to develop project solutions and to deliver successful outcomes
- Effectively working with key partners, stakeholders and investors, managing and building relationships across a range of projects, partnership groups and across senior levels of responsibility within organisations, the post holder will be expected to provide expertise and advice on influencing project development, both Scottish Enterprise-led and partner-led, as well as developing an understanding and recognition of partners’ priorities and contributions.
- Providing bespoke support to colleagues across SE, including provision of expertise, knowledge and project management skills to deliver actions within SE Regional Plans, Inward Investment Propositions and National Opportunity programmes.
You’ll also be responsible for operational management, monitoring and reporting on a range of programmes and project activities. This will include:
- Procurement, appointment, and management of external technical consultants.
- Project budget management.
- Reporting against economic indicators.
- Articulating project outcomes (e.g., jobs created, capex, low carbon measures).
- Project evaluation and capturing key learning to benefit other projects.
Who we're looking for
You’ll be an enthusiastic, experienced project management professional with an understanding of economic development. You’ll be required to coordinate activity at a programme level, drive progress at a project level and put in place effective monitoring and reporting systems to demonstrate the impact of Innovation & Place activity, as related to Scottish Enterprise’s Operating Plan.
Your skills, abilities and experience should include:
- Proven project and programme development and management skills
- Good knowledge and experience of the economic development environment in Scotland, including an understanding of National and Regional priorities and innovation ecosystems
- First-hand experience of senior level partnership and collaborative working, demonstrating strong influencing skills at all levels including experience of building and managing sometimes complex, multi-partner relationships
- Experience of working within multidisciplinary, matrix project teams
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to motivate, influence and persuade.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, prioritise tasks and work independently
Ideally, but not essentially, you’ll also have:
- A demonstrable understanding of the role that innovation and place projects and engagement can play in economic development
- A degree in property or infrastructure related disciple and/or an understanding of property development and project finance
What we offer
If successful, you'll gain access to the following benefits:
- Membership of the Scottish Enterprise Pension and Life Assurance Scheme – a pension based on your final pensionable salary, flexible retirement options and generous life assurance cover
- Up to 43 annual leave days a year (including public holidays) with the opportunity to buy additional holidays
- Flexible working arrangements
- A health cash plan
- Our Employee Retail Benefits Scheme
- Our Employee Assistance Scheme
How to apply
If you're interested in this role, complete your application form by 24 May 2023
Interview dates
- First Interview – 8 June 2023
- Second Interview – 22 June 2023
Our values
Being part of Scottish Enterprise means being open to new ideas and trying different ways of working. We support each other to reach our full potential. We celebrate shared success and learn together when things don’t go so well. And we always treat each other fairly, with respect and understanding. Together, we are the difference.
Apply now to keep building your future with us
At Scottish Enterprise, we’re proud to celebrate difference. Diversity of experience and thought is vital to the success of our vision for the future of every community across Scotland. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applicants from a wide range of individuals, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender identity and expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
We commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required, not only during the application and assessment process but throughout employment with us.
We have the following networks which are open to all colleagues to help drive inclusion, Disability Positive, Gender Balanced, Multi-cultural, Multi-Generational and Pride (LGBTQ+).
