Senior Project Manager

Lorien

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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh EH105BP, Scotland

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

A Senior Project Manager position is available for a 12-month fixed-term contract in Edinburgh, offering a salary between £40,000 and £50,000.
The role involves managing projects through their lifecycle, ensuring effective governance and decision-making throughout stages such as planning and execution.
Candidates are expected to have significant experience in project management, with a focus on maintaining delivery momentum while managing time and cost constraints.
The position requires building relationships with various stakeholders to secure multidisciplinary resources and provide coaching to team members.
Additionally, the Senior Project Manager will be responsible for regular reporting on project status, risks, and overall performance.

Senior Project Manager- 12 month FTC - £40,000 - £50,000 - Edinburgh

One of Loriens leading Public Sector Clients are looking for a highly experienced Senior Project Manager to join their team on an initial 12-month FTC contract .

The position is based in Edinburgh and will operate on a hybrid working model.

Assignment Description

To manage a project through its lifecycle stages of identify, initiate, plan, execute, deliver and close. Ensure that progress is tracked, and activity is appropriately monitored and controlled, to enable effective project governance including decision making. 40%

Lead on the continual project planning process and maintain project delivery momentum aligned to the constraints of time and cost as defined as part of project initiation. Ensure assumptions are tested, dependencies are monitored, and innovative ways to unblock issues are identified. 30%

Identify and build relationships with relevant leaders, managers, staff, students and external partners to ensure the required multidisciplinary resource to deliver the project is secured. Ensure the delivery flow of the project team is optimised by providing direction, support and coaching to project team members ensuring they are aware of, and able to deliver, their project responsibilities. 10%

Provide regular, standardised and accurate project management reporting. Providing overview reporting and management information for inclusion in project and associated programme governance reporting. Monitor and report on the key project aspects of scope, cost, plan, deliverables, issue and risk. 10%

As a member of the programme and project management capability, support the Head of Programme and Project Management and associated community of practice in the continuous improvement of the Programme and Project Management Framework including supporting the delivery of training and development of guidance materials. 10%

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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