Project Professional

Lead Project Professional

47 - 62.02 per hour

Morson are currently recruiting for a Project Professional for one of our prestigious defence clients based in Barrow-in-Furness. Reporting to a senior project manager, you would manage a small project within a more complex project framework. You would manage a small team of professional staff, being responsible for managing their delivery and performance.

This role is being offered on an initial 6-month contract; hybrid remote with 2 days a week on site. We’re ideally looking for someone with experience of managing projects within a highly regulated industry such as Defence, Aerospace or Nuclear.

Responsibilities

• Advanced project reporting & scheduling.
• Lead a small project or a work package of a larger project.
• Manage the full project lifecycle.
• Manage risks to the success of the project. Apply appropriate PM methods and tools whether predictive or adaptive. Agrees project approach with stakeholders, and prepares realistic plans, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate.
• Manage a small team with the ability to deliver with limited guidance from the Line Manager.
• Accountable for supporting development and implementation of appropriately tailored PM practices.
• Accountable for ensuring one or more aspects of PM practices in the project are suitable for purpose.
• Manage a budget between 1M to 10M per annum.

Requirements

• A University Degree, or a substantial amount of practical knowledge gained through experience.
• A PM Qualification such as the APM Project Management Qualification.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of PM policies, processes, procedures and systems.
• Comprehensive PM Experience demonstrated in a professional capacity. Able to guide others in application of Project Management processes.
• Comprehensive understanding of one or more Project Management tools techniques and practices.
• Good knowledge and experience of PM governance and assurance processes such as Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs).
• Experience of building relationships and negotiating outcomes with internal stakeholders.
• Problem solving skills for situations of moderate complexity in the field of PM, taking requirements and data from internal and external sources.
• A comprehensive understanding of how team integrates with others teams & projects in order to achieve objectives.
• Able to train members of the team, monitoring their quality of work and contributing to pay decisions
• Diplomacy skills required in order to work across business boundaries to achieve optimum solutions.
• Application of related PM Competencies will be expected at this level.

Recognising the RESTRICTED nature of the work, suitable candidates will be SC cleared or eligible for this level of clearance