Project Manager - Local Government
6 Months Contract
London based with some travel to Bromley
£400 per day (outside IR35)

KEY PURPOSE OF ROLE

Responsible for managing Office 365 (OneDrive and Exchange) migration projects for local government organisations in South London, including local councils, as part of their strategic IT transformation programmes.
Has responsibility for planning and managing small to medium-sized projects that may significantly affect the organisation (up to £2M). Supervises the work of more junior Project Managers and other project staff and will work with external consultants and suppliers to ensure that their project is delivered on-time.

Key Responsibilities

Demonstrable experience and capability to manage projects autonomously. Thorough understanding of concepts, procedures and application of project management methodology with a good knowledge in other subjects or disciplines which are relevant to the content of the project (e.g. risk and Microsoft Office and Windows).
Evaluates, sometimes complex situations using multiple sources of information. Solutions may require some new planning and resource elements.
Projects may involve a higher element of risk to business and require ability to use recognised project management methods and processes, depending on risk profile and governance needs.
Is recognised as a key supplier in delivery of a client or internal business benefit
Must have proven ability to build stakeholder relationships at senior levels and manage these to achieve defined business aims (e.g. GM and above or prime external customer, e.g. IT Director).
Appropriately manage 3rd party suppliers in terms of selection, deliverables, timelines and budgets.
Ability to lead a team and manage a portfolio of projects.
Directs and manages on all elements of project and should guide more junior project staff.

Qualifications:

Qualified member of a recognised project management body (Prince2, APM, PMP)
Experience of project delivery and stakeholder management as defined by the needs of the business, including customer, project team, project suppliers and other affected parties.
Demonstrable record of resolving issues that threaten to delay or seriously disrupt the project goals (resource, budget or stakeholder in nature).

Skills/Experience:

Will have had five to seven years' experience of leading projects.
Has previous experience of managing Office 365 (OneDrive and Exchange) migrations and preferably experience of rolling out Windows 10 within medium sized organisations.
Delivering major projects to local government organisations with value up to £2M.
Experienced user of, and/or accredited in a formal Project Management methodology such as Prince2 or APMP.