Project Manager

Location: Hybrid working with 5 days per fortnight in our Head Office (Leek, Staffordshire) and the remaining time remotely.

Employment type:Full-time, permanent position.

Salary: £35,000 to £50,000 depending on experience.

Working hours: 35 hours per week, worked flexibly.

Reports to: Programme Manager.

Direct Reports: None.

The Organisation

Leek Building Society is an award winning, highly admired, local building society that is owned and trusted by its members.

Were a great place to work, with an exceptional culture, but dont just take our word for it. We ranked in the top 10 of UK employers, and the top 100 of global employers in the Inspiring Workplaces Awards 2024, and were on a mission to become even stronger.

Were also a socially responsible, inclusive employer, deeply committed to ensuring that everyone is supported to perform at their best.

Youll be joining the business at a fantastic time of growth, with a transformational investment in our systems, people and processes to put our customers at the heart of everything we do.

Job Purpose & Scope

Leek Building Society is currently on a journey to deliver an ambitious programmeof change which will contribute to its overall strategy.As part of the overall programme, this exciting and diverse role is required tosupport the Society in delivery of our corporate plan through scoping, managing,and delivering change.The role sits within our Change team, motivating teams across the business anddelivering projects across the change programme. This includes increasing ourdigital capability, driving business efficiencies, and ensuring we deliver regulatorychange.

Duties and Key Responsibilities

The Project Manager is responsible for the day-to-day management of projectsincluding:

• Scope and Schedule management
• Risk and Issue management
• Finance and cost control management
• Resource and people management
• Benefits management
• Communication management
• Test and release management

The Project Manager will be confident dealing with a wide variety of stakeholdersand adapt their style of management and leadership to each situation. Building andmanaging meaningful and supportive relationships across the team and withexternal providers in order to deliver successful projects is a fundamental part ofthe role.

In addition, the Project Manager will be expected to:

• Clearly and thoroughly identify the scope of the project(s)
• Work with the project team to identify and schedule all the work required tofulfil the scope
• Identify resourcing needs in line with the project plan
• Manage projects in line with the Change Management Framework andChange Risk Management Policy
• Coordinate day to day testing activities
• Where appropriate, deliver serviceable outcomes to the business througheffective handovers

Conduct Rules

All employees and NEDs are expected to act in accordance with the PRA and FCAConduct Rules:

• You must act with integrity
• You must act with due skill, care and diligence
• You must be open and co-operative with the FCA, the PRA and other regulators
• You must pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly
• You must observe proper standards of market conduct
• You must act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers

Financial Crime

All employees and NEDs are expected to:

• Be aware of their personal legal obligations and the legal obligations of theSociety in relation to Financial Crime
• Be aware of the Societys Anti-Money Laundering systems and controls andfollow the Societys procedures
• Be alert for anything suspicious in respect of money laundering or fraud andreport any suspicions in line with internal procedures
• Do not discuss any suspicions with anyone outside of the Society and do not tipoff a customer or prejudice an investigation

To carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Knowledge

Essential:

• Knowledge of project management in a portfolio managementenvironment
• Knowledge of change management and process improvementmethodologies

Desirable:

• Professional qualification in project management, such as APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) or another recognised qualification (e.g. Prince2 or PMP) or relevant experience
• Knowledge of and familiarity with Financial Services

Experience

• Delivering complex and / or material projects to time, cost, andquality
• Managing multiple concurrent projects and appropriately handlingconflicting demands
• Translating analysis into practical implementation
• Facilitation and workshop experience
• Managing test cycles
• Working with different delivery approaches e.g. agile or waterfall
• Working with third party providers to deliver change

Skills & Abilities

• Well-developed planning and organisational skills including scopeand schedule management
• Risk and issue management experience
• Finance and cost control management experience
• Resource management experience
• Benefits management experience including producing businesscases and benefits tracking
• Outstanding communication and inter-personal skills
• Effective negotiation skills
• MS Project experience

Other Requirements

• Travel to other business locations when required

What benefits are on offer:

• Competitive salary rates
• 35 hour working week (full-time)
• Contributory Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• Free health screening
• Minimum of 23 days paid holiday per annum plus bank and public holidays
• Parental Schemes
• Sick Pay guaranteed for 6 months for major illnesses
• Holiday purchase/sale scheme
• Life assurance of 4 times your annual salary
• Employee assistance programme
• Continuous development opportunities
• Were open to discussing working flexibly
• Onsite gym available to employees

If the above sounds like something youd thrive at, wed love to hear from you