Project Manager

Location Bristol
Job Type Permanent
Salary £35000 - £43000 per annum
Reference PMBristol_1575390896

Project Manager

Bristol

Perm Opportunity - £35k - £43k

We have a new vacancy for a Project Manager to join our team in Bristol. The role will be to manage and deliver a project or a defined element of a programme in order to meet business objectives.

Your Responsibilities:

  • Responsibility for delivery of a project or a work stream within a programme, ensuring delivery is on time, within budget, to scope.
  • Ensures the application of the appropriate project management disciplines, i.e. planning, resourcing, scheduling, monitoring, reporting and risk, issue, lessons learned and dependency management, including escalation/resolution of issues and contingency planning for risks.
  • Establishes an effective project organisation structure and responsible for project team shaping, building, development, management and motivation including project resource planning, task allocation, prioritisation and monitoring.
  • Responsible for the budget reporting, forecasting and expenditure associated with projects.
  • Responsible for ensuring that the delivered project or work stream meets the needs of the business as specified in the original requirements.
  • Manages and contributes to the selection of supplier delivery relationships for technical partners, software vendors and contract agencies
  • Responsible for managing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders and key customers, ensuring delivery meets requirements

Your Competencies and Past Experience:

  • Educated to A level or equivalent experience and/ or relevant Industry qualification
  • Accredited at Project Management discipline (practitioner level) (e.g. Certified Project Manager, APMP, Prince2, ISEB)
  • Proven decision making ability
  • Ability to manage and develop people effectively
  • Good communication & influencing skills, at all levels and up to Head of level (G)
  • Proficient in planning and organising
  • Role model for Project manager behaviours, skills and disciplines
  • Previous project experience with proven track record of delivery in small - medium projects
  • Good awareness of Project Management disciplines
  • Experience of budget management
  • Knowledge of Life and Pensions
  • Good understanding of end to end FPLC life cycle

Guidant is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.