Project Manager
Posted 1 week ago by Reed Technology
£50,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
East Midlands, UK
Summary: The role of Project Manager in Higher Education involves leading and delivering various digital, infrastructure, and business change projects within a complex environment. The position requires ownership of projects from initiation to delivery, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and successful completion within budget and timelines. The role is based in the East Midlands and offers hybrid working arrangements. This is a 6-month fixed-term contract with a competitive salary.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the end-to-end delivery of projects, from business case through to implementation and closure
- Develop and maintain project plans, milestones, RAID logs, and KPIs to track progress and risks
- Apply and champion Agile and best practice project management methodologies
- Monitor performance against timelines, budgets, and objectives, ensuring transparency and control
- Build strong relationships and manage engagement with stakeholders across the organisation
- Provide clear and concise reporting to governance forums, project boards, and senior stakeholders
- Oversee project risks, dependencies, and issues, ensuring appropriate mitigation strategies are in place
- Support procurement activities and ensure compliance with organisational policies and standards
Key Skills:
- Proven experience delivering end-to-end digital, IT, or transformation projects
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches)
- Experience managing budgets, resources, risks, and project governance
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including working with senior leaders
- Ability to lead and coordinate project teams to deliver high-quality
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions
- Project management certification (eg, PRINCE2, Agile, MSP)
- Experience within higher education or large, complex organisations
Salary (Rate): £50,000 yearly
City: East Midlands
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Detailed Description From Employer:
Project Manager - Higher Education
£50,000
6 Month FTC
East Midlands (Hybrid working)
We are partnering with a large, progressive organisation to recruit a Project Manager into a growing Digital & Technology function. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead and deliver a range of digital, infrastructure, and business change projects within a complex environment.
You'll take ownership of projects from initiation through to delivery, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and aligned to wider organisational priorities
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the end-to-end delivery of projects, from business case through to implementation and closure
- Develop and maintain project plans, milestones, RAID logs, and KPIs to track progress and risks
- Apply and champion Agile and best practice project management methodologies
- Monitor performance against timelines, budgets, and objectives, ensuring transparency and control
- Build strong relationships and manage engagement with stakeholders across the organisation
- Provide clear and concise reporting to governance forums, project boards, and senior stakeholders
- Oversee project risks, dependencies, and issues, ensuring appropriate mitigation strategies are in place
- Support procurement activities and ensure compliance with organisational policies and standards
Key Skills and Experience
We're looking for an experienced Project Manager who thrives in a fast-paced delivery environment and is confident managing multiple projects and stakeholders.
Essential:
- Proven experience delivering end-to-end digital, IT, or transformation projects
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches)
- Experience managing budgets, resources, risks, and project governance
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including working with senior leaders
- Ability to lead and coordinate project teams to deliver high-quality
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions
Desirable:
- Project management certification (eg, PRINCE2, Agile, MSP)
- Experience within higher education or large, complex organisations
If you're a delivery-focused Project Manager looking for your next challenge within a dynamic and evolving organisation, please apply using the link provided.