Project Delivery Manager (Fixed Term)

The University's Finance Transformation Programme is an ambitious programme which aims to create a compelling new future for Finance across the University of Cambridge. Projects within the programme include Strategic Procurement & Purchasing, Enhanced Financial Transparency, and replacing our current finance system.

The Role

You will lead project teams in the transformation by ensuring the project is delivered on time, to budget and to the required quality standard (within agreed specifications) whilst effectively resourced. This will be achieved through effective management of relationships with a wide range of groups, such as senior stakeholders, within, and outside of Finance, in Colleges and departments in the University.

Playing a key management role in monitoring and managing all interdependencies including the collation of other projects within the overarching FTP Programme including University Payment System, Source to Contract, Enhanced Financial Transparency (EFT) as well as other major University wide projects such as HRTP and Transforming Research Services.

Your Skills

Demonstrable experience of applying professional Programme Management processes to manage the delivery of the delivery of IT projects that utilise a range of development methods and approaches (e.g. Agile, Iterative, Waterfall).

Demonstrable experience managing the delivery of infrastructure, application development and/or Software-as-a Service projects. Experience should include working in a matrix management organisation and in large-scale (up to £2m+) multi-project programmes.

You will ideally be educated to degree level and/or possess an equivalent professional qualification, and must have practitioner or other equivalent qualification or demonstrable project delivery experience. It is essential you have demonstrable experience in client facing roles and managing suppliers and 3rd parties.

Benefits

The University offers an excellent benefit package including:

• 41 days annual leave, inclusive of Bank Holidays
• Defined benefits pension schemes
• Flexible working options
• Family-friendly initiatives
• Career development opportunities
• Support for health & mental wellbeing

Location

The University is supportive of hybrid working, where some work is undertaken on University premises and some in a remote working environment. The aim of our approach is to enable as many staff as possible to work in a hybrid way if they wish and where their role allows. This arrangement is subject to change and will not form a part of the contractual terms of the role. 

Funding for this post is available for 3 years.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a basic disclosure (criminal records check) check, a health assessment and a security check.

Applications are welcome from internal candidates who would like to apply for the role on the basis of a secondment from their current role in the University.

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Further information can be found here.

Please include your salary expectations within your covering letter.

If you would like more information about this, informal enquiries can be directed by email to John Dennis - jsd3@cam.ac.uk

If you have any questions the application process, please contact a Recruitment Administrator at Finhr_recruitment@admin.cam.ac.uk.

The interviews date for the role are planned for w/c 13th May 2024.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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