Project Manager - Educational Change
Project Manager – Educational Business Change / Project Initiator
Purpose: An experienced Project Manager – with specific experience within the initiation of business change projects is required for an educational institution based in Cambridgeshire. The Project Manager should be experienced in managing business change projects (business process re-engineering) and be able to take initial ideas and kick start the proposals, business cases, feasibility studies etc and lead the project through the initiation stages. Working closely with others within the project management field you’ll also be managing resource allocation, planning, issue resolution, change management and providing best practice project management techniques.
Key requirements for the role include;
Experienced at working at board level / strategic level through to project initiation and delivery – taking the initial idea/concept and working through to viable business solutions
Experience in change management – issues, approaches, tools/ strategies etc
Process Modelling experience – data modelling etc
Experienced in both private / public sectors – main experience needs to be in organisations that have experienced large / complex changes (people, process, technology changes)
An opportunity for any project manager with significant business change experience specifically around the initiation of projects. If you are motivated by the initial concepts and planning stages of projects this is the role for you. A highly visible role and an opportunity to make a difference in this fixed term 11 month role. Interviews to be arranged ASAP with immediate start.
Area: The Midlands
Region: Cambridgeshire
Location: Cambridgeshire
Type: Contract
Salary Guide: To £40K + benefits Fixed Term Contract – 11 months
Start Date: ASAP – interviews next week
Skills:
- Qualification or working knowledge of Prince2
- Knowledge and experience of leading on Change Management projects or programmes
- Have worked in complex environments
- Understanding of general approaches, tools and applications in Process modelling and information architecture
- Understanding and appreciation of typical corporate and strategic technologies that play an enabling role
- Excellent planning skills to meet project objectives
Person Specification:
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels
- Excellent negotiation skills with both clients and suppliers
- Ability to say ‘NO’ when something is not in the best interest of the project
- Ability to manage and motivate team
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Challenging nature inc “why”, “what”, “how”
- Ability to research and investigate to further your own knowledge