Project Manager

4 weeks ago

Cheltenham, United Kingdom Bailie Group Full time

Company Overview

CDS Defence & Security (CDS DS) is part of the Bailie Group a family-owned group of agencies and consultancies with the collective mission to improve people’s lives by sharing knowledge.

CDS DS is an industry leading technical consultancy delivering world class services in Support Engineering, Cyber Security & Information Assurance, Training & Leadership Development and Communications. We exist to make the world a safer place and do this by providing sophisticated training solutions, operational support, information assurance and engineering support to a breadth of clients within the defence and security domain.

With over 50 years’ experience, we have a well-deserved reputation for providing our clients with complete peace of mind. From delivering forward-thinking training to the UK Armed Forces, to working in partnership with Tier 1 defence and security providers on some of the most significant defence programmes of recent years, the CDS DS name has become synonymous with trust, quality, collaboration, and truly visionary approach to the most complex of problems.

About the role

At CDS DS, our values centre around collaboration, trust, a visionary approach and being exemplary in everything we do. We are looking for someone with the utmost integrity who shares these same values and qualities.

We are looking for someone that is equally comfortable being both a part of, as well as leading a team. You will have a keen eye for detail and quality of output, be an excellent communicator (both written and oral) and able to work well under pressure.

Due to the nature of our business, we take security very seriously and require all employees to hold the necessary security clearances. Ideally, you will already hold either SC or DV Security clearance or are willing to undergo security clearances as required.

Due to its continuing success, and to strengthen and enhance its project and programme management capabilities, CDS DS is looking for a passionate Project Manager to join the PMO.

Responsibilities
You will become the primary focal point for the following:

  • Reporting directly to the PMO Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for:
  • The initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure of projects.
  • Planning and scheduling of project timelines.
  • Coordinating project staff, key stakeholders and tracking project utilisation.
  • Resource planning and allocation.
  • Managing RAIDO (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies and Opportunities).
  • Managing project administration.
  • Tracking deliverables.
  • Meeting budgetary objectives and tracking financial performance.
  • Project invoicing and revenue recognition.
  • Reporting project metrics to the PMO and other key stakeholders.
  • Traveling to and visiting client sites where necessary.


Skills, Qualifications and Experience

  • A minimum of 3 years’ experience within a project/programme/portfolio management environment.
  • An in-depth knowledge of at least one ‘Waterfall’ project/programme/portfolio management framework/methodology.
  • Exposure to, and an excellent understanding of Agile project management.
  • Formal training and/or certification in Project Management e.g., Prince II, APM, PMI.
  • Excellent Office 365 skills including:
  • MS Project.
  • MS Excel.
  • MS PowerPoint.
  • MS Word.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills with both internal staff and external customers.
  • Strong leadership skills.
  • Ability to resolve conflict where necessary.
  • Full UK driving license.

General

The candidate must:

  • Be financially literate.
  • Be friendly, approachable and collaborative.
  • Be able to assess and prioritise workloads.
  • Be solutions-focused and able to deal with ambiguity.
  • Have a strong work ethic.
  • Remain calm under pressure.
  • Have an excellent attention to detail.
  • Be self-disciplined and able to work remotely where required.

Benefits

  • Competitive remuneration package
  • Life Assurance Scheme
  • 25 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays)
  • Onsite Parking
  • Flexible working hours
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Pension scheme
  • Medicash

Hybrid & Homeworking

To ensure the health, safety & wellbeing of our employees we have minimum standards for homeworking environments which must be maintained. Further details available on request.

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