We are recruiting for one of our clients for a Junior Project Manager. Please see job descrition below.
Your Opportunity to Define Possible. Our Opportunity to Deliver the Nation’s Security. Together.
Salary: £42,000 - £64,000
About Your Opportunity:
Our focus is the successful delivery of projects to our customers. The role of Junior Project Manager is to manage allocated small scale projects and/or work alongside a senior project manager on large scale project delivery. As a Junior Project Manager you will be working within the wider PMO team, in which we are striving to establish a centre of excellence improving our delivery through the adoption of best practice, evaluating and improving our ways of working to the benefit of our business and our customers. Your role will include managing the delivery of project outcomes, supporting the financial picture, working closely with our customers to manage expectations and deliver to time, cost and quality. Your role will also require you to work very closely with our customers and you may be deployed in a customer team. As part of this, you will be required to work in Cheltenham on a regular basis.
This is an operational role, which requires an understanding of project management tools, and their application. Throughout the duration of this role you would be expected to gain and maintain a detailed understanding of the customer’s domain in order to ensure the products we deliver meet the customers’ requirements. As a Junior Project Manager you will work independently across one or more delivery packages with support the PMO community and direction from Senior Project Managers, and Delivery Authority.
Your Benefits:
* Flexible working schedules - we offer flexible and hybrid working arrangements. Talk to us at the application stage about any scheduling preferences you may have.
* Flexible Benefits Package – choose which benefits you want to satisfy your personal needs. Core Benefits provided for you are Healthcare, Dental, Life Assurance and Pension. Benefits you can flex include Critical Illness Cover, Health Cash Plan, and Health Assessments.
* Employee Incentive Programme – exceptional performance is recognized through our annual incentive programme which is awarded to top performers who excel
* Career Development – opportunity for ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities
Your Responsibilities:
* Project Delivery
* Communication & governance control
* Stakeholder & Expectation Management
* Quality & performance management
* Project integration throughout its lifecycle
* Planning with scope, cost, schedule of the contract
* Reporting and Analysis of project metrics
You’re Experience:
* Internal & external stakeholder management & communication
* Experience of the Agile project management lifecycle
* Understanding of Risk & Issue management
* Understanding of delivery to the government sector
* Understanding of Contract mechanisms
* Exposure to working in a defence, government or similar environment