We are recruiting for a Project Manager here at City & Guilds on a 12 month Fixed -Term Contract. As Project Manager you will provide project management services to the business. You will be required to lead the delivery of business-critical projects ensuring that they adhere to the agreed schedule, cost, and scope, in order to support the organisation to meet its strategic objectives.
Working with the Senior Leadership teams and key stakeholders across City & Guilds, you will provide project and change management skills and expertise to shape and implement technical and business change programmes and projects as required.
This appointment will be made on merit.
We believe that diversity and inclusion strengthen and enriches us, and that it is the responsibility of everyone at the City & Guilds Group to drive this value. As ethnic minority groups and disabled people are currently under-represented within the Group, we particularly encourage and welcome applications from these communities.
As Project Manager, you will support the development of project business cases, display strong project management skills, and utilise your generic technical expertise and knowledge of the organisations systems landscape to benefit of the project.
You will be required to ensure change projects are delivered on time, in budget and to quality standards, utilising best practice methods for project management and business analysis. The role holder will work to promote project and change management tools and techniques, sharing knowledge with colleagues to upskill and/or expand their understanding.
Our successful candidate will successfully engage in multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring effective application of agreed C&G project methodology and enforcement of project standards across the project team.
You will plan, design, execute and monitor projects from inception to completion. As Project Manager you will support the project sponsor to develop and achieve sign off Business Cases, facilitating Business Case kick off sessions whilst ensuring that all Business Cases include customer validation and research.
You will be required to provide generic technical expertise in order to successfully deliver projects with significant technology development. You will be able to ensure that non-technical stakeholders have a sufficient understanding of the technical solutions delivered by the project.
You will need to be based in the UK working on a hybrid basis with a mix of home and office – but you do need to be within commutable distance from one of our City & Guilds hub offices
It is a mandatory requirement that you will need to have 2-3 years’ experience of end-to-end project management of large scale, multi-stream workstream technology projects (>£1m budget) which have significant reputational risks and impact to revenue.
Ideally, additional desired qualifications include proven experience in:
You should be able to evidence your experience of reviewing business cases, analysing/validating the ROI and challenging appropriately on what is to be achieved and the validity of the business case.
You are analytical in nature, an intelligent and clear thinker with a creative, inventive outlook and the ability to articulate and implement your ideas.
Our successful candidate will be able to work at pace, multi-tasking and prioritising your work efficiently.
You will have a proven ability to communicate confidently with a diverse range of stakeholders at different levels of seniority.
Experience of SAAS implementation would be advantageous.
Whilst not essential, it would be beneficial if you have experience with Prince2 methodology and/or agile developments.
Our vision is for a world in which everyone has the skills and opportunities to succeed. We support almost five million people each year to develop skills that help them into a job, develop on that job and to prepare for their next job. As a charity, we’re proud that everything we do is focused on achieving this purpose.
Through our assessment and credentialing, corporate learning and technical training offers, we partner with our customers to deliver work-based learning programmes that build competency to support better prospects for people, organisations and wider society. We create flexible learning pathways that support lifelong employability, because we believe that people deserve the opportunity to (re)train and (re)learn again and again – gaining new skills at every stage of life, regardless of where they start.
At the heart of our business sits the City & Guilds Foundation which amplifies our purpose by helping to remove barriers to getting into a job, celebrating best practice on the job, and advocating for jobs of the future.
We were founded in 1878 by the City of London and the trade guilds of the time, to help people, organisations and economies to develop their skills for growth.
Our rich experience means we’re uniquely positioned to understand the future of work and learning. And we continually evolve to develop and deliver skills for the workplace of the future. Today, as well as qualifications and assessment, we offer digital credentialing, eLearning technologies, executive leadership development, technical training, and consultancy.
Our success is driven by the people we work with. We pride ourselves on our ability to offer an equal opportunity to all our staff and we value diversity within our inclusive culture. We recognise that a diverse workforce is the only way we will achieve our ambitious business goals, so we work hard to be flexible to accommodate everyone.
We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, engaging and market-leading organisation with opportunities to develop your existing skills and explore new ones.
You’ll receive an excellent benefits package which typically includes a great base salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension, private healthcare, volunteering opportunities and much more.
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City & Guilds are a Disability confident employer. Please let us know if you require any support/adjustments at your interview and if successful any adjustments needed to support you in your role. If this is required, please email; careers@cityandguilds.com