Project Manager at UK Research & Innovation, Remote/Swindon, 5 Months, £Contract Rate

This Project Manager will provide project management support on programmes across the Place and Levelling Up Directorate in 24/25. They will work closely with the Place Directorate team and other internal and external stakeholders to ensure interfaces and dependencies between systems and projects are managed effectively.As a Project Manager, your main responsibilities will be:Providing project management support for the Launch Pad programme and wider Directorate activities working with the Programme Manager & other relevant delivery teams to support delivery of key milestones and objectives.Project managing the delivery of clear, concise & well-formatted governance papers and management reports & dashboards, ensuring necessary content is sourced & documented accurately.Using PMO systems to track & review timelines, finance, risks & benefits to generate and update management information and reports as required to support effective governance.Supporting the monitoring, evaluation & benefits realisation across programmes, ensuring benefits are identified.Supporting stakeholder management throughout the project.Ensuring effective change management processes are in place to document changes to deliverables as agreed with stakeholders.You 'll have:Demonstrable Project Management experience, supporting public sector projects, with involvement in a range of activities such as; funding delivery, communications, innovation programme delivery, etc. Experience of creating management reports & governance papers for a range of internal & external stakeholders.Advanced Excel & Word skills, with extensive knowledge & experience.Excellent written & verbal communication skills.Expert stakeholder management skills.

 

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.Disability Confident As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, UKRI guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.