Project Manager

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:

• Implementing Sage Accounting systems (including Sage Intacct) or other financial/accounting systems
• Working with and leading third-party vendors to deliver complex projects
• Delivering complex data migrations.
• Previous experience in delivering financial/accounting business change projects

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.