Project Manager London
Job description
Available Job Today Project Manager
Contract: 6 months fixed-term contract, full time
Location: London (Hybrid-working)
Closing Date: 17 April 2023
Trinity College London is an international exam board and music publisher, with a rich cultural heritage and a positive, supportive approach to assessment and development. What sets us apart in our focus on the learner and our strong reputation for innovation and achievement based on the delivery of flexible styles of learning and teaching. We provide recognised and respected qualifications in a range of communications-based subjects, including music, drama, English language and communication skills.
Our exams, assessments and publications are designed to help learners fulfil their own individual talents and abilities. Today we deliver over 850,000 assessments each year worldwide. Our international network is expanding quickly, and we now provide qualifications in more than 60 countries around the world.
About the role
Working across all business functions and markets in the UK & Internationally at Trinity College London, The Project Manager will ensure company-wide tracking of strategic plan goals and milestones on our work management software, Asana. The Project Manager is a key support role to the executive management & senior leadership team with transformation strategy projects, alongside ongoing operational task management, improving efficiency, implementing best practice and prioritisation. The role will include, but not limited, to duties including:
- Deliver assigned projects and provide project management support to executive leadership.
- Responsible for delivery of continuous improvement projects and transformation strategy.
- Monitor against metrics and key operational results. Mitigate risk and escalate if delays.
- Assist business and resource planning, programme governance and development of company wide plans and procedures.
- Work with the relevant business functions to monitor improve and advise on the projects with regards to scope, timelines, costs, resources, quality, and compliance.
- Collaborate and support teams and delivery partners embedding improved workflows across the business and markets.
- Assimilate, manage, and present complex information.
- Provide support on creation of materials for internal and external audiences including presentations and briefings to leadership team and advisory board.
- Support the leadership team on decision making, prioritisation and cost benefit analysis on project read map, with the ability to pivot when required.
- Manage the business planning processes, adhering to company timescales for the delivery of the annual business plans and strategic goals.
- Lead, review, and influence subject matter experts to deliver continuous improvement on their project and goals.
- Act as first point of contact for team requests and evaluate priority within the over-arching company plans.
About You
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Experienced project management lead (5+ years)
- Demonstrate experience of leading end to end change management projects in a multi stakeholder environment. Milestone management.
- Experience working within a programme structure and facilitating project meetings, board presentations and cost analysis reviews.
- Business experience in international environment an asset
- Strong stakeholder managements and engagements skills at all levels
- Asana project and workflow management skills, reporting and dashboard development.
- Strong analytical skills, data management and financial modelling skills
- Outstanding inter-personal skill, a team player who can collaborate across all parts of the organisation with the ability to coach and train best practice project management methodology.
Our Benefits
Trinity provides a work environment that is stimulating, inspiring and fair. Our approach to reward values our employees while ensuring each person’s contribution makes us great as an organisation.
As an employee, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits including private health insurance, generous annual leave, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, training and development and a non-contractual annual bonus scheme, plus more.
Our commitment
Trinity College London is an equal opportunities employer and our talented people come from all walks of life. Trinity is open to all applicants from different backgrounds and we are committed to building a more diverse and inclusive workplace. All applications are dealt with in the strictest of confidence.
How to Apply
To apply, please follow the Apply for This Job link on this page and you will be directed to the Trinity College London application page.
We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of the children and young people that we work with. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across the organisation. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
Upon successful appointment into the role, you will be required to complete our vetting procedures as with all Trinity College London employees. This is carried out by a 3rd party supplier and our standard background checks consist of Right to Work in the UK, Identity Check, Employment History check, Financial Probity Check, Highest Academic Qualifications Check and a basic DBS check.
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