IT Project Manager - Hybrid

Job Description

Celon has an exciting opportunity for an experienced IT Project Manager to join a leading UK charity on an 18-month fixed-term contract.The successful candidate will be proactive and self-starting, with a technical background and proven experience of delivering SharePoint migration projects and the knowledge and skills to manage and control a complex portfolio, plan and deliver projectsfrom conception to completion, assess risk, and ensure delivery is on time and on budget.This role requires a broad range of skills and were looking for a candidate with a minimum of 5 years demonstrable experience within IT Project Management.You must have extensive knowledge of Office 365 (SharePoint, Online Teams etc) and a demonstrable record of scoping, planning and managing Office 365 related projects. This should include a good understanding of document management and information governanceplus strong negotiation and time management skills.Supporting key internal and external stakeholders to understand requirements, develop plans and ensure successful delivery and adoption of both process and technical changes is an essential element of this role so your verbal and written skills should matchyour practical skills and capabilities, with experience of presenting and writing business cases and highlight reports essential.Key responsibilities:

• Project manage all the SharePoint migration projects to agreed time, cost and quality criteria.
• Produce and maintain project management documentation including project plans, RAID registers, and project status reports in accordance with the IT Department project management processes and procedures.
• Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.
• Define and document all phases of projects including tasks, escalation paths, milestones and acceptance criteria.
• Review and validate work plans of external service providers contracted to execute elements of the project.
• Ensure that risks, issues and changes are documented and managed effectively.
• Liaise with project sponsors, stakeholders, and staff in order to achieve project goals.
• Produce presentations to communicate project goals and status to stakeholders.
• Ensure that project goals are accomplished and in line with business objectives.
• Support other functional and operational areas such as testing, documentation, and training as required.
• Facilitate the release of the project to the support/services team.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Proven experience and demonstrable success delivering migration of data to SharePoint Online projects, to agreed time, cost and quality criteria guidelines
• Minimum five years experience in a similar IT Project Manager role
• A recognised Project Management qualification, eg: Prince2
• Significant experience of producing and maintaining project management documentation - including project plans, RAID registers and project status reports
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral English), including the ability to communicate difficult or complex ideas clearly and translate technical matters to non-technical colleagues
• Capacity to forge strong business relationships with external suppliers
• Confidence and ability to lead and facilitate workshops and meetings
• Experienced in producing clear and concise documentation and the ability to succinctly summarise and organise information
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills with excellent time management
• Ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team, as well as a desire to draw on the expertise of colleagues to ensure that the requirements of the organisation are met
• User focussed, with a positive outlook and attitude and the ability to work flexibly and adapt to changing priorities

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• Experience within a similar sector
• An understanding of Microsoft technologies

Keyskills :
Information GovernancePrince2Project Documentation365SharePoint Migration Project