Project Manager (Maternity Cover)

Contract Type: Fixed term for 10 months or until the substantive post holder returns
Working Pattern: Full time

The Post

The Project Manager role provides project management and leadership to projects of strategic importance, managing multiple projects at any given time. Projects are typically system implementations or enhancements but can cover the full range of IT services and will include non-IT projects such as refurbishments or other improvement/change projects.

The Project Manager will lead the development, implementation and rollout of all assigned projects and ensure that they are managed and governed effectively and consistently. They will build project management skills and capacity across the Information Services team, as well as input into ongoing maintenance of project management template documentation and tools, the wider methodology, and other resources including the PMO SharePoint Hub.

The postholder will be required to be digitally adept and able to lead on the implementation of new technologies in support of the PMO, evaluating solutions and making recommendations for emerging tools in support of project or programme management and governance.

The postholder will be a highly skilled and experienced Project Manager with finely tuned communication skills, able to influence stakeholders at all levels and provide confident and credible project leadership, being clear about progress and accountability.

Description of Duties

• Effectively lead and project manage assigned projects, through the full project
  management lifecycle, including project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, closure and evaluation:
  • Ensure the completion and ongoing maintenance of detailed project
    documentation for each lifecycle stage including for example, the PID, project plan (including critical path analysis), project reports, closure and evaluation documentation
  • Ensure that project issues and risks are captured with appropriate evaluation of those identified, and risk mitigation measures or controls documented
  • Manage project budgets closely to ensure all aspects of actual or planned
    expenditure are tracked and reported on, providing phased projections;
  • Manage the procurement process for specific projects, working in liaison withprocurement, suppliers, consultants and other stakeholders 

• Lead the establishment of business requirements through business analysis and acting as a facilitator with the relevant business area using a range of engagement activities or techniques:
  • Engage the business area in requirements gathering using a range of
    techniques, including, for example, requirements workshops, document
    analysis, interviews, use cases, task/workflow analysis, process mapping, etc;
  • Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconciling any conflicts encountered. Challenge stakeholders on their assumptions on what may be required and distinguish between perceived/requested and actual user needs

Essential Criteria

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent qualification
• Formal project or programme management qualification or certification (e.g.
  PRINCE2 Practitioner, P3O Practitioner, APM PMQ, or similar)

Knowledge & Experience

• Significant experience of project or programme management, and of managing
  multiple projects simultaneously, in a large complex organisation
• Proven knowledge and experience of working with a recognised project or
  programme management methodology, such as PRINCE2, P3O, APM, etc
• Proven experience of identifying and documenting user/business
  requirements through a variety of approaches 

For further information, including a full description of duties, essential criteria and details on how to apply, please see Vacancy details | University of Stirling