Project Manager

Job Description

Project Manager(Home based)The Purpose of the JobThe purpose of this role is to manage, co-ordinate and complete each project on time and within budget and scope. This role oversees all aspects of a project lifecycle including agreeing deadlines, assigning responsibilities, monitoring progress, and managingrisk.The Main Accountabilities Managing, driving, and successfully delivering projects through the full life cycle to time, cost, and quality. Have a clear understanding of contractual requirements and financial milestones for each project and manage these effectively. Drive the delivery of the plan with the customer, responsible for producing and updating the agreed plan Management of project escalations to resolution to avoid further escalation. Manage internal resources to delivery timescales to each assigned project. Responsibility for the project implementation budget and delivery of that budget. Including a clear understanding of all financial milestones and ensure all are met to enable prompt payment of agreed invoices. Management of the project Risks Be responsible for assigned project budgets. Ensure the effective handover to business as usual following the successful completion of a project(s).The Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required Experience of successfully delivering Software projects within the Public Sector environment Excellent and demonstrable Project Management skills A good understanding of the Social Care sector is desirable Excellent communication and written skills. Strong customer engagement skills, working with Customers on a 121 basis Ability to effectively prioritise own workload. The ability to recognise the impact of decisions on ours and customers businesses. Accurate, dynamic, and tenacious. Confident and pro-active with a positive and enthusiastic attitude. Good presentation skills Prince2 practitioner or equivalent Values in ActionOpen I take controlled risks based on the level of responsibility I kick start work when I see the need to act in advance of permission, following full understanding of impact I identify who the key players are who will enable me to bring my ideas / improvement to life I think ahead to identify new offerings before the need is identified I use my knowledge and experience to identify opportunities for improvement I establish a change control process to ensure we have a consistent approach to continuous improvement I create regular space for ideas to be generated and debated by the team I create regular forums for colleagues from across the business to meet and discuss ideas for improvementHonest I recognise when I get comfortable in a role and immediately take steps to stretch myself I understand how much of my focus and attention is required to complete different tasks, and build in the right levels of contingency I am self-reliant and focus on what I can control, bringing a sense of calmness to situations when required I proactively offer feedback and position it in a way that the recipient can accept I help others do what is right regardless of my own views I know how, where, and when to switch off I draw on previous experience to bring a balanced, grounded perspective I motivate myself by genuinely caring about our business, our products, and our peopleDeliver I understand how decisions are made and can manage my way through the hierarchy to ensure things get done I think ahead to pre-empt potential problems I see the longer-term benefit of short-term activities I look outside my immediate working environment to benchmark activity I set and meet service level agreements, introducing key indicators and measures, establishing realistic and stretching team targets I anticipate how a decision may land before making decisions that will impact others I mentor others, helping others to grow and share my and others experience I strike a mental balance of focusing on benefitting the business whilst upholding the prosperity of the NHS and Local Government along with our partners and customersTogether I positively influence by purposefully delivering quality work aligned to what others will value I influence those who can influence the real decision makers when I am once removed / have no access to the I make sure that the content is relevant to the recipients when creating the story I can take a complex idea and make it easy to understand I build relationships through conversations for future benefit I look for information from industry experts to guide me when developing innovative approaches I promote cross-functional working to get things done I understand the market and product offering to strategically map customers to drive partner profiling engagement