Senior Project Manager

We are currently working with Bristol City Council who are looking to recruit a Senior Project Manager.

Duration: 6-months

Rate: £475/day via Umbrella Company, Inside IR35

Site presence: Hybrid – occasional onsite presence

You will be directly responsible for the effective shaping, planning and delivery of the council’s transformation projects with the broadest reach, the highest risk and the most significant budget.

Responsibilities

• To provide confident leadership and clear management so as to ensure the effective operational delivery of the service
• To provide confident leadership and clear management of significant and complex high-risk projects and/or programmes
• Develops and manages business cases and budgets effectively and in line with Bristol City Council’s financial procedures and regulations; accurately models benefits and manages actual/ forecast expenditure to within agreed tolerances and dealing with variances appropriately
• Develops and maintains a detailed, integrated, logical plan, often with complex interdependencies
• Effectively manages risk through analysis, mitigation and contingency planning; where appropriate the post-holder provides senior stakeholders with clear analysis

Requirement

• Expert at translating the strategic vision and priorities of senior managers into deliverable programmes & projects
• Advanced planning, sequencing and dependency management skills
• Experience of developing very complex business cases effectively
• Experience of building and leading teams with a broad range of expert specialist roles
• Qualified to degree level or equivalent (or has developed in skills and experience to this level) and advanced knowledge & practical, creative application of a range of recognised project methodologies (e.g. PRINCE2/MSP/Agile)

At Venn Group, we endeavour to respond to all applications However due to the volume of applications we receive, if you have not heard from us within 48 hours please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion