Project Manager x2 at Department for Transport, London, 6 Months, £Contract Rate

On behalf of The Department for Transport, we are looking for a Project Manager (Inside IR35) for a 6 Month contract based in any DfT Hub (2 days per week in office).

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As a Project Manager in Active Travel England, your main responsibilities will be:

• Work with investments, inspectorate, strategy and other relevant teams to develop and deliver expansions to the active travel schools programme and/or behaviour change innovation fund, including but not limited to:- Develop and submit initiation documents and business cases, develop delivery plans, manage nominated delivery partners, envisaged to be local authorities, contractors, charities, Government Grants Managed Service (GGMS) and/or Connected Places Catapult (CPC)- Manage development of any required guidance, tools, procurements and grants (e.g. fund structure, eligibility, scoring framework) and managed lessons learned and/or
• Project manage existing related behaviour change grants as part of the active travel revenue grants programme. This will include stakeholder management, monitoring and assurance activities.
• Provide ad-hoc project management support to enable delivery of wider priorities, such as the Manual for Streets update and guidance on Women and Girls ' Safety.

Essential:

• Relevant project management qualification (e.g. APM, PRINCE2) and/or equivalent experience in related sectors, eg transport
• Grant/contract award and management processes, ideally on innovation and infrastructure programmes, including monitoring and assurance
• Visible leadership and excellent organisational skills - able to deliver stated objectives and work with other ATE functions to maximise vfm, efficiency and learning
• Good communication skills - able to develop and maintain communications with project managers, specialists, and other stakeholders (e.g. local authorities and non-governmental organisations), building effective and collaborative relationships

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, DfT 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. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

DfT guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

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.