Project Manager

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Main Duties & Responsibilities:

* Developing; maintaining and documenting appropriate plans and controls for the project/programme in line with the departments Change Lifecycle/Agile delivery methodology

* Ensuring the appropriate governance disciplines are observed Reviewing project and supplier documentation and plans to highlight any issues that may compromise delivery

* Facilitating resolution of project issues and mitigation of project risks Maintaining project documentation

* Making a constructive contribution to project management processes

* Making effective use of the departments Change Lifecycle; MSP Agile standard processes and other required standards

* Produce project documentation eg plans

* Manage dependencies; assumptions and other controls

* Arrange; prepare materials for; facilitate; chair and document meetings

* Monitor and report on progress

* Define project resources including staff; contractors Assure plans; project controls and progress reports

* Manage QA processes

* Demonstrate learnings achieved on the project

* Track record of successful delivery in an equivalent role with equivalent level of responsibility in complex Projects

* Knowledge of industry standard methods and tools egMSP

* Experience of working successfully with staff and representatives from business teams to deliver business change initiatives

* Experience of working successfully in large; complex organisations

The postholder will work within the Programme Management Office, with specific responsibility to:-

* Develop and assure planning standards, processes and templates for projects within the Programme;

* Develop, maintain and document a high level strategic plan, including dependencies and RAG status against key milestones) for differing tailored audiences to support decision making at programme level;

* Develop, support and maintain detailed and highly structured plans (including phase/stage planning and critical path analysis) to control the individual projects within the Programme;

* Capture key risks and dependencies in the planning schedules to reflect into programme controls and reporting;

* Provide detailed reporting on progress;

* Produce and maintain documentation and guidance on planning best practice at project and programme level;

* Landscape scan and provide planning futures controls projecting ahead for potential impacts, recommending detailed contingency actions to the senior team;

* Provide a lead on the strategic planning for the programme using traditional methodologies and Agile;

* Lead on regular planning review and development sessions;

* Act as programme coach and adviser on planning.

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