Project Manager - New Shire Hall, Alconbury, United Kingdom

Project Manager - New Shire Hall, Alconbury, United Kingdom

Our Benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing , both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities , apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to support the delivery of Cambridgeshire County Councils Change portfolio on a fixed term basis until March 2028. Reporting to a Programme Manager, you will play a key role in planning, managing and delivering projects that support the Councils strategic ambitions and deliver meaningful outcomes for residents, services and partners.

This isan important rolewithin theChange and Delivery Service, working collaboratively across services and the wider system to deliver complex projects from initiation through to successful handover and closure. You will use the Councils project management methodologies,standardsand tools to manage plans, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies,budgetsand reporting.

As Project Manager, you will work closely with stakeholders at all levels to shape project scope, coordinate resources, support effective governance andmaintainmomentum across delivery. You will provide clear information to programme governance,identifyand escalate delivery risks, and act as a trusted source of project managementexpertisefor colleagues and partners.

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About you

You will be an experienced project manager with a strong understanding of project and change management methodologies, tools and techniques, and the ability to apply these in a complex organisational environment. You will bring proven experience of managing projects from initiation through to delivery, c oordinating resources, risk management, budget monitoring and delivering sustainable service improvements.

You will be confident working across organisational boundaries, able to build strong professional relationships and influence a wide range of stakeholders. You will be comfortable analysing complex information, translating ideas into practical plans, andprovidingclear advice and reporting to support good decision making.

You will have excellent communication, planning and organisational skills, with high standards of accuracy and the ability to work to tight deadlines. You will be resilient, collaborative and proactive, with the confidence to constructively challenge, hold others to account and support colleagues to deliver their best.

About us Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities. our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.