Health Professions Council & Arras
Recruiting Ambitious Candidates
"You provided a thorough and successful service"
The Health Professions Council is a relatively new organisation that have a number of ongoing projects across their business. Prior to contacting Arras People, the Project Manager was doing an exceptional job, but there was a need for an additional resource to pick up some of the strain, as well as look for an opportunity to take on the role of project manager on small projects or workstreams.
Candidates that fit an organisation's culture
It's never a challenge looking for exceptional project co-ordinators who are looking for that entry level project manager role – the challenge came from finding that particular individual who would work well within this type of organisation and culture as well as that depth of experience in projects – we weren't looking for an IT Project Co-ordinator, or Facilities Project Co-ordinator or Business Change, we were looking for someone who had co-ordinated a variety of types of projects.
Quickly drawing up a shortlist
At Arras People we have a dedicated PMO (Project Support) desk which means part of our business purely focuses on project co-ordinators, project office staff etc. We were able to understand the culture of the organisation and the skillset easily and once we had a flavour of the projects within the organisation it was a matter of reviewing our available candidates and talking to a number of people before selecting a shortlist.
Successfully placed candidate
A successfully placed candidate who is looking forward to the diversity of project challenges ahead and working alongside a project manager who they know they're going to learn a lot from.
A dedicated PMO team at Arras People who understand all about the PMO related roles and are able to work closely with clients to define the right person for the role (bringing the job specification to life) and effectively screen PMO candidates by talking their language and understanding their drivers when looking for a new role.
Programme Director
Eastern & Coastal Kent PCT NHS needed a Programme Director resource to ensure programme alignment of current commissioned programmes with key national objectives and policies, such as the NHS White Paper. Managing a team of two programme managers, the Programme Director had to have previous experience of large complex NHS programmes.
Events Project Manager
Age Concern (Age UK), the well known charitable organisation for older people, has worked with Arras People on a number of long-term project roles. Normally Age Concern would have approached a high street recruiter to help source this kind of role but this time they wanted to make sure the Events Project Manager had the right project skills to fit their organisation. Working with Arras People allows our clients to try new methods of recruiting staff, in this case, using a niche project recruitment company we were able to bring more experienced professionals to the shortlist.
Public Sector
Arras People have worked to supply fresh candidates experienced in managing high profile, high budget projects across the public services sector.
Salary Levels
Need salary benchmarking information? Guidance on salary levels of the roles you're recruiting for? Contact Arras People for a free, no obligation quote on salary levels of your programme and project management roles.