Technical Project Manager

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Spring Technology's client, a public sector organisation, are currently looking to recruit a Technical Project Manager for an initial 6 month contract on a rate of £400-500/day (inside of IR35) based in Edinburgh.

Responsibilities:

* Planning and activity prioritisation, taking forward the definition and execution of identified ICT projects or work packages.

* Providing project management capacity to wider business projects and/or work packages as required.

* Establishing and managing project procedures - risk management, issue and change control, configuration management, and communication.

* Establishing and managing project controls - monitoring and reporting.

* Advising Project Boards or equivalent management of deviations from plan and developing and proposing options to recover from the deviation or recommend re-baselining the project if the deviation is so great that recovery to the original timetable is not possible.

* Leading and motivating project teams.

* Maintaining appropriate means and levels of communications with stakeholders on any changes potentially affecting them.

* Identifying the technical resources required to undertake systems development projects and effectively plan, schedule and deliver such projects.

* Establishing contingency plans with backup resources and accommodations for potential delays.

* Ensuring appropriate documentation is produced and updated in accordance with a tailored Prince 2 approach

* Working with colleagues to establish and maintain an effective Project Support function.

* Managing any budget allocated to the project and ensure that any deviations against planned spend are reported according to organizational procedures.

Requirements:

* Highly experienced Project Manager who has ideally worked in the public sector.

* Experience of managing and delivering ICT services and solutions to customers in a corporate or enterprise environment.

* Significant experience of co-ordinating the tasks of technical staff and able to recognise the various methods required to lead and motivate people to deliver within a project environment .

* Experience of managing a range of ICT suppliers.

* PRINCE2 Practitioner.

Desirable requirements:

* Experience of leading ICT network and infrastructure projects.

* Experience of managing and delivering ICT services and solutions to customers within a government security context.

* Experience of leading software development projects.

If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch with Claire Lorden on 0131 524 9027 or send your CV through to [email protected]

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