Project Manager

**The Company**

Come and join one of the UK's most admired Project and Programme Management consultancies in a role that will give you unparalleled career growth. The organisation has a 3-star rating from the Sunday Times and is rated as one of the Top 100 Small Companiesto Work For (2020). 25% of the staff were promoted last year and there is an established track from Associate to Director.

Their projects tend to be in the Healthcare and Life Sciences sectors and can vary greatly from whole hospital builds to new research laboratories or office relocation and design. £5m-£100m projects are the norm, but there are several at £3-5bn that youwill be exposed to.

They will offer you a good salary, bonus and a range of exciting benefits: sporting and social events, wellbeing payments, volunteer days, cultural outings and much more. Most important is taking charge of your career. They want to make experts out of everyoneand will ensure that you diversify your portfolio of work. Their investment in people is the top reason their staff retention is the highest in the industry.

**Job Summary**

This fantastic role is responsible for the service delivery and performance of a number of projects of varying breadth and scope, leading and managing those projects and also working as part of a larger team on major commissions.
- Manage the successful project management delivery on a number of projects of varying size and complexity, and where appropriate support the management team in all aspects of client care, including obtaining client feedback on performance and service deliveryat key stages through each commission.

The role is full-time client-facing, and the post holder will be expected to work within the project management team supporting the development of project management expertise, processes and procedures to ensure a quality assured service delivery. The roleis remote for 50% of the time, but you will need to commute to PM locations around (mainly) the South East the other 50% (this will tend to be the same location during the lifecycle of the Project you are assigned to)

**Responsibilities**
- Service Management_
- Provide project management services to support and enhance the effective delivery of all services (at all stages of the asset management cycle);
- Undertake and lead the delivery of a range of commissions and provide support on other commissions
- Act as the key point of contact for clients and teams related to own commissions
- Work as part of the Project Management Team in developing processes and procedures to provide a quality assured service for clients
- Support the development of quality assurance in processes and procedures for the service line
- Develop client relationships to secure repeat business commissions
- Team Management_
- Responsible for providing leadership to other team members including assistants, graduates, trainees and project support staff
- Financial Management_
- Achieve against project financial targets

**Duties and Responsibilities**

The following duties and responsibilities cover the full lifecycle of programme and project delivery - from Strategic Case through to post-occupancy, at a programme and project level, including:

- Provide a full range of project management services relating to capital development programmes as well as individual projects to a variety of clients, as part of a wider team or individually;
- Ensure that Value and Risk Management techniques are applied at the outset of a project, in conjunction with the Programme Management team where appropriate, and develop a culture of risk and value awareness within project delivery teams;
- Implement an approach to service delivery that focuses on Benefits Realisation at an affordable cost to the client organisation;
- Support in the development and improvement of current and new systems and processes to enhance project delivery and provide best practice capabilities, including achieving relevant quality assurance accreditation;
- Be accountable to the senior PM team for the service performance of commissions and client satisfaction with outcomes against agreed scope/specifications;
- Support the Director, Associate Director and/or Senior Project Manager in client relationship management for individual clients focussed on securing maximum repeat business commissions;
- Ensure the use of best practices. Proactively monitor progress to ensure that all commissions are managed in line with Company Values, Standing Financial Instructions, and processes, and in compliance with appropriate legislation, statutory approvals andmandatory standards;
- Comply with Commission Execution Plans, ensuring they are updated as appropriate, throughout the commission. Ensure that effective communication continues throughout the life of the commission;