Project Manager For Procurement Processes

Salary: Up to £35,000 depending on experience

Location: Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 0PS

Contract: Permanent 12 Months Fixed Term

Hours: 37 per week (Some flexible homeworking available)

What do we do?

Our well established organisation that is a leading local authority has one of the largest and most successful music services in the country with a national reputation for excellence and opportunity. With over 560 instrumental and vocal teachers teaching over 25,000 children in schools and in our music centres across the county, the service is highly regarded within Hertfordshire for both the quality of service and the broader set of common good activities that it undertakes which the wider private sector market alone does not provide.

Are you a Project Manager with recent experience of implementing financial systems? Would you like to work with one of the leading Local Authorities?

What is the role?

We are looking to grow by around 5% year on year and placing music at the very heart of the organisation. We are now recruiting for a Project Manager - Finance and Procurement. This is an exciting and rare career opportunity to be part of an exceptional team at an exceptional time. If you have passion and ambition that sets you apart from your peers, if you can deliver true craftsmanship and quality with charm and flair then join us on this project.

This is a new post, as we've identified the need for some dedicated embedded Project Management expertise within the service, particularly with the view to Project Managing an upcoming key systems procurement project.

You will be an energised individual seeking to make that difference.

What you will need?

We are looking for someone to manage the implementation of our new finance & procurement system - working at pace and engaging our finance, procurement and operational stakeholders throughout the project.

The ideal candidate will have a local authority background. The main purpose of the role will be with the new system. You will be reviewing the current process without the new system and looking at process mapping for when the new system is implemented-Experience of this is essential.

Have a high degree of autonomy to deliver project benefits.
Manage Project team members during the lifecycle of the project.
Provide excellent project management and co-ordination to defined projects; providing leadership to the project, engaging positively with staff at all levels;
Develop and agree with the Programme Management Office (interdependencies and committing resources as required.
Ensure delivery to time, quality and cost (i.e. to budget). Ensuring there is an effective appropriate communications and training plan.

Are you a dynamic Project Manager? With previous experience in a large educational setting would be advantageous, or a good mix of public and private sector experience would also make an ideal candidate.

Yes! This is a fantastic opportunity.

What are you waiting for?

Please email me your CV to ruksanaruksana.begum1begum1 @guidantglobal.com for immediate consideration.

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