Senior Project Manager
Posted 1 week ago by Lorien
£50,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Summary: The Senior Project Manager role is a 12-month fixed-term contract based in Edinburgh, focusing on managing projects within the public sector. The ideal candidate should possess extensive experience in project management, particularly in transformation initiatives from business case development to benefits realization. The position requires a hybrid working model and emphasizes collaboration with various stakeholders to ensure project success.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage a project through its life cycle stages of identify, initiate, plan, execute, deliver and close, ensuring effective project governance.
- Lead the continual project planning process and maintain project delivery momentum aligned to time and cost constraints.
- Identify and build relationships with relevant leaders, managers, staff, students, and external partners to secure multidisciplinary resources.
- Provide regular, standardized, and accurate project management reporting, monitoring key project aspects.
- Support the Head of Programme and Project Management in the continuous improvement of the Programme and Project Management Framework.
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience in project management within the public/third sector/health background.
- Transformation experience and full cycle project management from business case to benefits realization.
- Strong leadership and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to provide accurate project management reporting and governance.
- Experience in supporting training and development of project management frameworks.
Salary (Rate): £50,000 yearly
City: Edinburgh
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Project Management
Senior Project Manager- 12 month FTC - £40,000 - £50,000 - Edinburgh
One of Loriens leading Public Sector Clients are looking for a highly experienced Senior Project Manager to join their team on an initial 12-month FTC contract .
The ideal candidate will come from a Public/third Sector/Health background and transformation experience, as well as full cycle from business case to benefits realisation experience.
The position is based in Edinburgh and will operate on a hybrid working model.
Assignment Description
- To manage a project through its life cycle stages of identify, initiate, plan, execute, deliver and close. Ensure that progress is tracked, and activity is appropriately monitored and controlled, to enable effective project governance including decision making. 40%
- Lead on the continual project planning process and maintain project delivery momentum aligned to the constraints of time and cost as defined as part of project initiation. Ensure assumptions are tested, dependencies are monitored, and innovative ways to unblock issues are identified. 30%
- Identify and build relationships with relevant leaders, managers, staff, students and external partners to ensure the required multidisciplinary resource to deliver the project is secured. Ensure the delivery flow of the project team is optimised by providing direction, support and coaching to project team members ensuring they are aware of, and able to deliver, their project responsibilities. 10%
- Provide regular, standardised and accurate project management reporting. Providing overview reporting and management information for inclusion in project and associated programme governance reporting. Monitor and report on the key project aspects of scope, cost, plan, deliverables, issue and risk. 10%
- As a member of the programme and project management capability, support the Head of Programme and Project Management and associated community of practice in the continuous improvement of the Programme and Project Management Framework including supporting the delivery of training and development of guidance materials. 10%
Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.