Assistant Project Manager / Project Manager

Description

• Establish and manage the change control process
• Establish a communication strategy and information management plan and implement this across the project managing the interface between all parties and the client
• Supporting account leaders to develop new opportunities for our business including cross-selling our solutions to help our clients overcome challenges
• Define and agree project governance structure aligned to client and legislative requirements
• Define the project success factors including time, cost, quality, environmental, and social outcomes
• Leading and acting as an integrator of multidiscipline services at all stages of the project life cycle
• Manage our commissions in accordance with our BMS process
• Support the client to establish and procure the project team
• Advising the client to help them define the strategic brief, including goals and objectives of the project
• Implement performance management techniques, including the use of KPI’s to improve project performance
• Monitoring and advising upon project performance against success indicators
• Driving innovation to support efficiency and quality of service delivery
• Establish reporting requirements and production of progress reports
• Management of bids through our WIN process
• Oversee resourcing and commercial performance of our commissions managing risk and maximising opportunities
• Capturing project capability and add value evidence through Project Case studies and Client feedback
• Produce a detail project execution plan that outlines how the project will be managed

Requirements

• Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a larger team
• Relationship building skills –ability to build strong relationships with clients, teams and stakeholders as well as an ability to build and maintain networks of business contacts
• Excellent oral and written communication and organisation skills
• Demonstratable relevant project management experience in the Buildings Sector
• Willingness to mentor and coach junior members of the team to support career progression and chartership
• Demonstrable knowledge and application of pre and post contract project management and contract management methodologies
• Working towards or be a MAPM / MRICS / MCIOB or equivalent Chartered Professional
• Soft skills including self-motivation; taking initiative; leadership, adaptability and flexibility; effective listening, collaboration; influence and persuasion, insightfulness

Benefits

• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.

Training + Development

Interview process

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