Job Purpose
This Senior Project Manager role will report to the Head of Project Delivery within the Programme Delivery directorate, working in partnership with Transformation and Information Services. You will provide strong Programme Management to provide oversight and drive the work of the team, from a project management perspective, who are developing the systems and services to enhance our staff and student experience.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
1. Responsible for leading the support of the service excellence programme within transformation: within agreed timescales, budgets, and scope: driving project initiation; management of the project and its resources to produce successful services that meet business needs.
2. Responsible for concurrently managing several large size organisational, process, systems and data projects across all Colleges/University Services and central functions.
3. Management of project staff resources for large project teams often including external parties, providing support, leadership and direction: developing plans for the delivery of required work and allocating the work according to resource type required, availability and skills; monitoring progress of work against plan, evaluating alternatives and initiating corrective action when required.
4. Communication with all relevant sponsor and stakeholder communities, including consultation and management of expectations; engaging and managing stakeholders from across the University, including academics, senior colleagues to operational staff to ensure clarity in the delivery of key project communications.
5. Deployment of a robust and responsive risk management approach to identify, assess, monitor, and actively manage risks.
6. Ensure that there are appropriate quality management processes in place to ensure that the final deliverables of projects comply with stakeholder requirements, appropriate legislation, University policies and procedures, and industry best practice.
7. Report to the relevant Project Boards and senior university forums and committees on all aspects of the management and delivery of projects, preparing high-quality papers and required project management products.
Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential:
A1 Extensive knowledge of change projects including, for example, organisation and process design, systems implementation, and data projects.
A2 Relevant Degree/postgraduate qualification, or equivalent experience.
A3 Project Management qualification and thorough understanding of project management methodologies.
A4 Extensive knowledge across a range of information systems.
Desirable:
B1 SCRUM certification and/or PRINCE2/Agile Practitioner certificate (or equivalent).
B2 Knowledge of the competitive dialogue procurement process.
B3 Knowledge of Agile project management methodologies.
B4 ITIL Foundation.
Skills
Essential:
C1 Management of complex projects across the full lifecycle with a successful track record of delivery.
C2 Ability to write detailed project plans and ensure these are agreed and communicated with the project team, project board and stakeholders.
C3 Demonstrably excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, bridging the gap between technical and non-technical.
C4 Leading change management in a large and diverse organisation.
C5 Ability to challenge the status quo effectively and develop innovative approaches.
C6 Relationship management, engaging and positively managing relationships with those delivering and affected by change.
C7 Proven ability to liaise and cooperate with people across organisational boundaries.
C8 Creating and maintaining schedules of work as an active tool for staff delivering work packages.
C9 Leadership and motivational skills in formal and informal situations.
C10 Effective negotiation and diplomacy skills.
C11 Effective writing and communication skills to produce clear project management documents and sponsor and stakeholder focused content.
Experience
Essential:
E1 Relevant experience of successfully managing projects that involve complex planning in a large organisation.
E2 Using Agile tools, or similar project planning software.
E3 Experience of managing an organisation-wide data centric programme of work.
E4 Experience of running project teams, including external contractors.
Terms and Conditions
Salary will be Grade 8, £48,350 - £56,021 per annum.
This post is full time and fixed term for up to 12 months from agreed start date.
As part of Team UofG you will be a member of a world changing, inclusive community, which values ambition, excellence, integrity and curiosity.
As a valued member of our team, you can expect:
1 A warm welcoming and engaging organisational culture, where your talents are developed and nurtured, and success is celebrated and shared.
2 An excellent employment package with generous terms and conditions including 41 days of leave for full time staff, pension - pensions handbook https: // www. gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/payandpensions/pensions/, benefits and discount packages.
3 A flexible approach to working.
4 A commitment to support your health and wellbeing, including a free 6-month UofG Sport membership for all new staff joining the University https: // www. gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/staff/healthwellbeing/.
We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community https: // www. gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/.
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We are investing in our organisation, and we will invest in you too. Please visit our website https: // www. gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/ for more information.
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