Project Management Assistant - Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom - Jigsaw Homes Group

Jigsaw Homes Group

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Ashton-Under-Lyne, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Information Technology

25/Jul/2023

££24, £27,929.00 Per Annum

35 hours per week between the hours of 7am and 7pm, Monday to Friday OR 35 compressed hours per week, between 7am and 7pm, over 4 days - with 50% of your time working from home upon completion of a satisfactory probation period.

Fixed term Fixed Term for 12 months

Who We Are:

Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in England with more than 35,000 homes across the North West and East Midlands.

We provide quality, low-cost housing and play a wider role in making sure our tenants thrive in their homes and benefit from living in healthy, sustainable communities.

About the Department:

All of Jigsaw's essential services rely on quality information, systems and technology supported by the 40 members of the IT department.

Working to a brand new IT Strategy, the team has exciting challenges like enabling colleagues to work effectively from anywhere, automating processes and improving digital services for our customers, while always improving security.

The team is also innovating in its ways of working, ensuring transparency, a keen focus on outcomes and faster delivery of benefits to the business.

Bring your expertise and enthusiasm and join us in making a difference with IT.

Role Information:

We are looking for an enthusiastic and well-motivated individual to join our team as a Project Management Assistant, supporting with the delivery of multiple projects from inception through to completion.

This role is Fixed Term for 12 months to cover maternity leave.

Passionate and self-motivated you will have excellent communication & organisation skills, and demonstrate the drive to work proactively supporting the Project Manager and wider IT department with a variety of project coordination and administration activities.

The role will entail assisting with the preparation of project plans, helping to identify key milestones and priorities, & liaising with key stakeholders to determine clear project requirements.

You will monitor day-to-day activities to ensure project delivery & regularly communicate with key stakeholders and the Project Manager on project progress.

Building & maintaining excellent relationships with the project team & stakeholders will be key to your role, and so strong collaboration skills are crucial with the ability to engage with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

Experience of working within an IT / project environment or IT / project management qualifications are preferred but not essential.

This is a new role, and you will join a recently formed IT Service Management team (ITSM) consisting of Senior Product Owners and Product Owners.

ITSM is an integral part of the wider IT department which also includes Business Intelligence, Business Systems and Infrastructure Teams along with a dedicated Service Desk.

Ultimately you will be working amongst over 40 people within the wider department & with lots of exciting projects on the horizon there will be plenty to get your teeth into.

Jigsaw Benefits:

You will be rewarded with not only knowing that you have helped someone access a much-needed new home, or take that first step on the property ladder but also with some great benefits.

Working as part of Jigsaw Homes Group means you have the option to choose flexible working that suits you as well as the organisation, allowing for a great work/life balance.

You can choose to work 35 hours per week between the hours of 7am and 7pm, Monday to Friday
OR 35 compressed hours per week, between 7am and 7pm, over 4 days - with 50% of your time working from home upon completion of a satisfactory probation period.

You will also get:

27 working days holiday per annum (based on a 5day working week) plus bank holidays, plus additional days after 2 years continuous service (to a maximum of 5 days) and the option to buy/sell up to 5 days extra per year,
Incremental salaried pay

- occupational sick pay,
- on-site gyms,
- access to the Social Housing Pension Scheme,

Simply Health membership,

- enhanced maternity/paternity leave,
- training/development opportunities
- ....& much more Please visit the benefits page on our website for more information.

Provisional date for interviews is Tuesday 8th August 2023
**We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of CV's.