PROJECT MANAGER

In this job you will
1. Lead, plan and manage the delivery of complex projects within a programme framework,in accordance with the specified scope, quality, budget, timescale and resource objectives, and in a way which ensures high customer satisfaction.
2. Direct, motivate and manage the project resources, particularly staff teams drawn from a range of service areas as required to work on specific projects.
3. Work with customers and stakeholders throughout the project from defining quality criteria for project deliverables to delivering new capabilities into the business to ensure that project benefits and outputs remain aligned with customer priorities.
4. Map, analyse and constructively challenge business processes and requirements to ensure that opportunities for efficiencies and service improvement are maximised.
5. Identify, baseline and track both financial and non -financial benefits through the project lifecycle including putting measures in place to ensure post -project benefits realisation is robust.
6. Drive delivery of project products and work packages applying recognised good practice change management tools and techniques within the framework of the Cheshire East Council formal project management method.
7. Create, maintain and share agreed project documentation including the project initiation document, project plan, project budget, risks and issues log, benefits realisation plan and progress reports to ensure that all stakeholders including the project boar d have a clear and consistent understanding of the project. This may also include writing reports for, and presenting to, the Corporate Improvement & Transformation Board.
8. Manage project risks and issues including identification, assessment and escalation of risks and issues, maintaining a risks and issues log and horizon scanning both internally and externally to identify interdependencies and risks to achieving the project s agreed benefits.
9. Be the first point of contact for the project with all stakeholders including partner organisations and any suppliers as necessary. Be an ambassador for the directorate and for the council when working with other teams and organisations.
10. Proactively take steps to maintain an awareness of local, regional and national policies, initiatives and strategic drivers that could impact on the project and ensure that such impacts are understood, communicated and shared with project stakeholders and the wider programme team.
11. Maintain and share up to date project plans, ensuring that changes that exceed agreed tolerances are taken through change control and governance processes so that the project and programme board agree changes to the critical path.