IT Project Manager

Birketts is an ambitious full service, top 50 UK law firm, operating in East Anglia, Essex, London and the surrounding areas. With a rich heritage spanning over 150 years we’ve built an enviable track record advising businesses, institutions and individualsin the UK and internationally.

Throughout our history, our ethos has remained simple: we provide clear legal advice and value and insight to our clients. We believe that through this approach and a combination of technical excellence and high quality service we can develop long-lastingpartnerships and become our clients' solicitor of choice.

We believe that through this approach and a combination of technical excellence and high quality service we can develop long-lasting partnerships and become our clients' solicitor of choice.

**Purpose of job**
- Works with senior members of the IT team and wider business to ensure IT projects are designed, managed and delivered to budget and on time
- Works directly within the product delivery and development team to ensure a robust project delivery methodology [SCRUM] is followed
- Adopts an approach of continuous review and enhancement to project delivery working practices
- Ensure that the team project management platform is well managed and continually enhanced

**Accountabilities**
- To work directly with IT members on the analysis, design and management of projects including initial documentation, periodic review and technical governance
- Work as part of the wider IT team to ensure that projects are run and managed in a uniform manner including the timely reporting of progress to stakeholders
- Development and management of project plans, define and deliver individual project deliverables as a part of the overall program deliverables, manage the expectations of stakeholders, manage project relationships, manage project teams in delivering theprojects, communicate and manage tasks and activities to a schedule with the team, and provide feedback to team members as appropriate
- Effectively manage the project plan, scope / budget / resource management, time management (activities and task planning), communications, risk management, QA and testing, user training, ongoing maintenance and support
- Work with external stakeholders, internal auditors and our Accreditor as required
- Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
- Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs
- Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques

**Qualifications/Experience**
- Educated to degree level or substantial work experience at a level demonstrating graduate ability
- Minimum 3 years’ relevant experience in Agile project management / business analysis within software development projects, or relevant combination of education and experience
- Thorough working knowledge of the SDLC models / Scrum methodology, IT systems and their direct implementation to projects
- Leadership and management skills in leading technical personnel through the delivery of software development projects
- Certification in SCRUM agile project management

**Skills**
- Solid technical background, with understanding or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
- Experience of M365 technologies
- Willingness to take charge and provide direction / leadership.
- Results orientated, willingness to commit to a direction and drive operations to completion
- Ability to articulate a vision of transformation efforts and a sense of mission.
- Ability to break down complex problems and projects into manageable goals
- Excellent communication skills, including experience of influencing outcomes, with interpersonal and negotiating skills.

**Equal opportunities**

**Benefits**

One of the best things about joining Birketts is our rewards package. At Birketts we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:

- 25 days holiday (FTE) plus Bank Holidays
- Long Service holiday award - 1 extra week every 10 years continuous service
- Private Healthcare - BUPA (offered after probation is passed)
- Scottish Widows Pension Scheme (5% employer / 5% Employee)
- Staff Profit Share / Salary sacrifice (Pensions, Staff Profit Share)
- Life Assurance - 4 x salary / Permanent Health Insurance
- Paid ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) day
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Season Ticket Loan
- Gym Flex membership
- Electric car scheme
- Dress for your Day Policy
- Agile Working Policy