Project Manager
3 weeks ago
Hours: Full-time or 0.8 FTE (ESRC have a wide range of policies to support work/life balance. As such, we welcome full time/part time/compressed hours applications for this role)
Contract: Fixed term until 31 March 2026
Location: Polaris House, Swindon (hybrid working)
The Project Manager will be responsible for driving and overseeing the delivery of their projects to ensure that:
- they are completed on time and within budget.
- the project's objectives are met.
- risks and issues are effectively managed.
- the correct governance and reporting procedures are followed.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure projects deliver agreed outcomes within time, cost, and quality constraints.
- Track delivery within budget as necessary, and recommend how financial and other resources should be allocated between projects to best support strategic objectives.
- Identify and monitor project risks and issues, and develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate.
- Set project controls, select and apply appropriate delivery methodologies, and support the agreed assurance requirements through project delivery.
- Stakeholder engagement and partnership working – identify key stakeholders and develop effective relationships to influence, change, and impact decisions.
- Monitoring delivery against the approved business case, in order to justify the continuation of projects in terms of benefits, value for money and risk.
- Contribute to the development and promotion of the Programme Management Office (PMO), including supporting and advocating the use of PMO standardised processes and documentation.
- Operate effectively within a matrix management environment on one or more assignments with the flexibility and resilience to respond to the changing demands of a fast-paced environment.
- Attention to detail in the creation and maintenance of a range of control documentation including but not limited to; business case, programme plan, risks, issues and actions logs/registers, monitoring and evaluation, and budget management.
- Collation of documents and co-ordination of audit and assurance activities, including formal project gateway reviews, audits, and deep dives.
- Actively contribute to the PMO supporting the development of templates, guidance notes and documentation for a range of programme management tools and techniques.
- Represent the programme for queries relating to PMO administration and the use of templates.
- The project manager will also prepare and present updates to relevant groups within the established governance structure.
This is not a comprehensive list, and we may require you to undertake other duties within the Strategic Hub commensurate with the level of responsibility of this post.
Shortlisting and Interview Criteria
Essential:
- Experience of working in a complex programme/project environment, or qualification in a recognised project/programme management methodology, e.g. PRINCE 2, MSP, AGILE etc.
- Excellent written communications skills, including a good working knowledge of MS Office Packages, and project management software tools.
- Able to evidence an understanding of project methodologies and lifecycles.
- Able to evidence how to manage, plan, monitor and coordinate projects or change activities.
- Experience communicating with multi-level stakeholders.
- Experience of working both as a member of a wider team, or as a specialist or workstream lead in a smaller team.
Desirable:
- An understanding of the processes through which ESRC funded researchers currently access data for research purposes.
- Experience of working with relevant policy, government, or other stakeholders in the research data landscape
- Experience of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) Gateway Review and Healthcheck process
£34,905 per annum. Grade: Band D
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