Technology Project Management Lead

5 days ago

Belfast, United Kingdom Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Project Manager to join our team at the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology. As a Project Manager, you will play a critical role in delivering our ambitious programme to transform our shared services.

As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for leading the delivery of our programme, working closely with our system integrator and multiple government departments. You will have a proven track record of delivering IT/digital projects and/or delivery of digital services throughout a product life cycle.

Key Responsibilities
  • Delivery: Agreeing plans with SI to time, cost, and quality constraints.
  • Delivery: Working as part of the Delivery Hub; coordinate activity across the programme to achieve contractual milestone deliverables.
  • Project Management: Day-to-day management of the project and the programme team and department resource required to achieve outcomes.
  • Design: Design the project/workstream structure appropriate to the phase of implementation.
  • Budget: Track delivery within budget for Workstream.
  • Resources: Schedule/manage resources to deliver the project/workstream. May work independently or with a small team.
  • Stakeholder Management: Identify key stakeholders and develop effective relationships, internally and with system Implementor working alongside the Change & Engagement team.
  • Risks & Issues (incl. Assumptions and Dependencies): Identify and monitor project risks and issues (RAID) on behalf of the project/Workstream. Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate.
  • Governance: Provide key reports and support effective governance and decision-making.
  • Assurance: Support or set appropriate project/Workstream assurance.
  • Change Management: Ensure Change Management processes are in place to agree and document changes to deliverables as agreed with stakeholders.
Requirements
  • Experience working on IT/digital projects and/or delivery of digital services throughout a product life cycle.
  • Experience of working with technical and data teams.
  • Effective communication and engagement skills – the project supports a wide range of activities, building and maintaining relationships with colleagues at all levels, offering constructive challenge when required.
  • Prioritisation skills – the ability to manage multiple work activities and to change priorities quickly as required.
  • Applicants will ideally have experience of working in a shared service environment, but this is not essential to the role.
  • Previous involvement in a project covering Corporate Services, particularly HR, Finance, Procurement, or Digital would be useful.
  • Previous experience of project managing Business Analysis, functional design, technology, and data streams of work would be useful.
Desirable Qualifications
  • APM Project Fundamentals APM Project Management Qualification
  • Prince2/MSP qualification
Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Delivering at Pace
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Changing and Improving
Benefits

Alongside your salary of £52,320, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology contributes £15,157 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology offers a competitive mix of benefits including:

  • A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking, and compressed hours.
  • Automatic enrolment into the pension scheme, with an average employer contribution of 27%.
  • A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
  • An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
  • Access to a range of retail, travel, and lifestyle employee discounts.
  • A hybrid office/home-based working model where staff will spend a norm of 40-60% of their time in the office (minimum of 40%) over a month with flex dependent on balancing business and individual need.
  • Project Delivery Professionalism Allowance of £3135 with relevant qualifications.

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