Project Manager

4 weeks ago

Manchester, New Hampshire, United Kingdom UKROEd Full time

JOB TITLE: Project Manager

RESPONSIBLE TO: Head of Programmes and Continuous Improvement

LOCATION: Hybrid with a requirement for some travel throughout the UK, particularly Scotland.

Contract: Two Year Fixed Term

HOURS: 37.5 per week

SALARY: £54,000

Interviews: 9th April 2025 (Remote)

About UKROEd

UKROEd Ltd is a private, not-for-profit company responsible for the delivery, management, and administration of the National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme (NDORS) on behalf of the Police service. It is the operating company of the Road Safety Trust and is committed to the education and training of drivers who commit road traffic offences.

UKROEd values and respects each individual employee, client and consumer and is committed to promoting equal opportunities throughout its workforce. As such, all relevant applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and sex.

Overview of the role

As project manager you will be responsible for overseeing and delivering the entire lifecycle of several core projects within UKROEd, from planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation. You will be responsible for ensuring that the projects are completed on time, within budget and to the satisfaction of invested stakeholders.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

Working closely with the Head of Programmes and Continuous Improvement you will:

Strategic Planning and oversight

  • Be responsible for leading and supporting various projects in support of UKROEd's strategy
  • Develop project scope and achievable objectives for each project
  • Manage the life cycle of development projects from the initiation, design and delivery phase through to completion; ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope and on budget.
  • Coordinate internal teams and Associates to ensure smooth project execution.
  • Identify and work closely with external stakeholders to ensure project deliverables are achieved
  • Regularly monitor project progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies.

Project Execution & Delivery

  • Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation to meet expectations around governance, procurement and compliance.
  • Ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within scope and within budget
  • Identify and seek approval for project resource and support
  • Develop and maintain detailed project plans to track progress across the arena of all ongoing projects
  • Use appropriate techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs
  • Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques
  • Establish and maintain positive relationships with third parties/associates

Stakeholder Management

  • Prepare and deliver regular updates to the respective Project Boards, Senior Leadership Team, UKROEd Board and other key stakeholders
  • Serve as point of contact for external stakeholders, including government agencies, contractors, consultants and other partners.
  • Facilitate effective communication and decision-making processes between stakeholders to ensure project success.
  • Report as appropriate to the Head of Programmes and Continuous Improvement in line with the agreed format and schedules in addition to the timely and accurate production of Board Reports.

Budgeting & Financial Oversight

  • Contribute to financial analysis and budget setting for projects
  • Work with finance teams to manage and monitor financial performance throughout the lifespan of projects funding

Leadership

  • Ensure projects are fully resourced and well-directed, with clear guidelines to any supporting resources with regards job responsibilities and provide the appropriate level of support to achieve this
  • Foster and contribute to a high-performance culture within the programmes and continuous improvement team, ensuring continuous development and collaboration

Compliance & Risk Management

  • Ensure all projects comply with company requirements, regulations, legal requirements and industry standards.
  • Develop and maintain risk management protocols, identifying potential issues before they escalate.

Innovation and Best Practice

  • Stay abreast of emerging technologies, and sustainable development practices to incorporate into project development.
  • Continuously improve project management processes and tools for efficiency and effectiveness

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 2 years' experience delivering major projects

Desirable

  • Good understanding and practical experience of Prince2 and its application in a commercial and local government environment
  • Leadership of high-performance project teams

Job Related Knowledge

Essential

  • Considerable experience of leading and delivering projects, major resources, including third party suppliers, and transition into operational service
  • Proven good customer management skills and ability to build relationships with stakeholders as necessary
  • Ability to work in professional and tactful manner when dealing with staff and clients.
  • Ability to develop trusted relationships with internal and external customers, senior managers, and external partners.
  • Engages stakeholders effectively
  • Takes responsibility for solving customer challenges, regardless of organisational boundaries
  • Adapts plans to meet changing customer priorities
  • Ability to display resilience, energy, reliability, and composure, often under pressure
  • Manages resources actively to optimise productivity and utilisation
  • Ability to have robust/difficult conversations with customers, third party suppliers and stakeholders
  • Extensive leadership experience
  • Demonstrable record of resolving issues that threatened to delay or seriously disrupt project goals (resource, budget or stakeholder in nature)
  • Ability to plan for and manage risks; and take swift, appropriate and decisive action to address issues
  • Ability to monitor and govern budgets
  • Ability to develop, execute and govern resource plans for projects
  • Ability to select and manage third party suppliers for the delivery of major components within projects
  • Ability to meet strict deadlines, working under pressure and be responsive to changing priorities
  • Provides a sense of urgency for delivering, whilst ensuring quality is maintained
  • Consistently delivers on commitments, even when under pressure
  • Communicates news - good or bad - clearly, promptly, and honestly.
  • Reviews and acts on project lessons learned

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

  • Develops open and honest relationships with colleagues, customers, and partners
  • Builds effective relationships across teams that continue after task or project completion.

Qualifications

Desirable

  • Prince 2 Practitioner or equivalent
  • Membership of APM, IPM or similar organisation with strong project management credentials

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