Project Manager - Willand, United Kingdom - GREEN ORCHARD RECRUITMENT LTD

GREEN ORCHARD RECRUITMENT LTD

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Willand, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Green Orchard Recruitment have been engaged by a fantastic Mid-Devon based business to manage the recruitment of a Project Manager to join them on a permanent basis.

**Role:
- **Project Manager

Location:

Willand (Devon) with hybrid working options

Salary:

- £45,000 - £50,000 per annum

Main purpose of the role:

Makes decisions based on steering group direction, stakeholder understanding and insights; create a shared purpose and goals that align with business strategy; create an action plan which allocates resources, clarifies accountabilities, and establishesperformance goals.
Ensure integration across the organisation; engage in conversations to prioritise choices (time, resources, attention) for longterm success; create alignment in knowledge, action, and resources; develop best in class practices to enable optimal performance.
Demonstrate strong commitment to driving collective goals and delivering on functional intent; adapt to changing situations and drive continuous improvement having the courage to learn from failures; live our leadership behaviours and recognise those whodo as well.
Lead, coach, and partner with Business Analysts (BA) in the collection and definition of business requirements, helping to identify and define critical business processes, and guide the solution and highlevel design.
Manage the planning, analysis, design, development, implementation, communication, transition into BAU and satisfaction of project deliverables.
Provide management and direction to project teams.
Drive continuous improvement in reducing cost and waste and improving efficiency in project implementation.

Key responsibilities of the role will include:

Establish goals, negotiates project commitments, analyse risks, prepares estimates both financial and resource, and develops project plans. Gain approval for the business and technical requirements.
Document and define project scope.
Create, monitor, and update detailed project plans.
Establish work breakdown structures for each phase of the project.
Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel, including outsourced staff, to ensure projects progress on schedule to the required quality and within budget.
Identify, document, and assign project roles and reporting relationships.
Provide performance feedback on service providers.
Monitor & communicate progress and deliver on the measurables throughout the project process, especially the result. Produce plans and tasks and delegate to relevant working parties and maintain communication to ensure achievement of goals.
Utilise project management tools, systems, and methodologies to ensure the best chance of project success.
Manage multiple projects at varying stages and with varying levels of involvement, whilst managing own workload with a dynamic list of tasks and prioritising to meeting multiple deadlines.
Challenge process by considering new ideas and implementing change where needed.
Act as a change advocate ensuring the wider vision and purpose is communicated and understood and maintaining a positive approach to new styles of working.
Share best practices and learning opportunities to wider interested parties throughout the process and as part of the evaluation process at the end of a project.
Take on any other responsibilities or tasks that are within your skills and abilities whenever reasonably asked.

About you:

At least 2 years demonstrable experience in a Project Management role.
Experience working to multiple and/or tight deadlines, often under pressure.
Evidence of delivering successful projects in line with specification.
Proficient in Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office.
Excellent Communication skills & Stakeholder management.
Experience of project management in a software development environment. (Desirable)
Experience of Agile, Waterfall & Hybrid project methodologies. (Desirable)
Experience in a B2B industries and/or software development. (Desirable)

Benefits

Competitive salary (£45,000 £50,000 per annum)
22 days annual leave plus bank holiday (increases to 25 days after 5 years' service and 30 days after 10 years' service).
Discretionary profitled quarterly bonus scheme.
Company pension scheme.
Staff discounts.
Charity fundraising events.
An active staff forum.
Cycle to work scheme.
Subsided staff canteen.
Social events including Summer BBQ and Christmas party.

Hours of work will be 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:30, although there is some flexibility around this.

The business operates hybrid working, which will be available for this post once the initial onboarding and training process is complete.

Green Orchard Recruitment Ltd is acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this role.