We are currently looking for a self-motivated and enthusiastic Project Manager to manage the end-to-end delivery of new multi-site projects - provisioning of new services and upgrades for our new and existing customers. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management in a technical environment. The Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and delivery of projects within the organisation. 

You will coordinate and manage most of these projects directly, scoping and using additional internal and supply-chain resources as appropriate.  

If you have experience of successfully working as a Project Manager in a multi-project environment, then this is an exciting opportunity to join a growing, award-winning and success-driven organisation.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead, plan and implementation of projects.  
• Facilitating the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables alongside the Tender team.  
• Working alongside stakeholders to perform pre-kick off meetings (both in person and online) 
• Defining project tasks and resource requirements.  
• Assembling and coordinating resource.   
• Management and responsibility of project budget.  
• Provide direction and support to project teams.  
• Monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders.  
• Present reports defining project progress, problems (risk register ownership), and solutions.  
• Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs.  
• Project evaluations and assessment of results.  
• Adhere to the company's policies and procedures including quality, environmental and information security.

Objectives:

• Establish work-packages within the overall delivery programme, develop the activity list and PM the implementation of project plans.  
• Work closely with the existing teams, third party implementation partners, consultants and other business functions as the key point of contact.  
• Build delivery confidence with the business owners, operational managers and product owners across the business divisions.  
• Proactively engage with relevant stakeholders, suppliers and governance processes.  
• Regularly communicate with customers with progress updates.  
• Inter-team communication – to ensure promises from tenders can be met. 
• Highlight relevant opportunities for simplification and efficiencies.  
• Drive for continual improvement in proposal creation processes. Identifying areas for improvement and collaborating with teams to deliver positive chang

Requirements

Essential:

• Excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills 
• The ability to pre-empt problems and solve them quickly
• Good knowledge of project management and programme methods 
• The ability to negotiate with third parties and a full understanding of the procurement process 
• The ability to command respect and create a sense of community between team members 
• Experience in monitoring, planning and controlling programmes. 

Desirable:

• Excellent business case approval and development skills 
• Knowledge of budgeting and allocating resources 

Benefits

• Salary circa £40,000, depending on experience
• Up to 25 days holiday per year plus Bank Holidays
• Wellbeing day.
• Hybrid working.
• Company events.
• Company pension - 5% employer contribution
• Referral programme.
• Contractual sick pay.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Contractual maternity and paternity pay.
• Health Cash Plan.
• Non-work related training allowance.
• Volunteering day.
• Day off for your birthday.

Closing date for applications: 31st May 2024

NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

Schools Broadband, a division of Talk Straight Ltd, is now the leading provider of web filtering, safeguarding and security software for schools and multi academy trusts. We place safeguarding and security at the heart of everything we do and as such have received several awards from the Internet Service Providers Association for providing the best security in the country. We now protect over 2500 organisations against advanced cyber-attacks and keep nearly one million school children safe online with our unique cloud-based platform.

With steady year on year growth since our inception in 2007, we are a rapidly growing company with a talent pool of over 60 employees who we place at the centre of our success.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. However, this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.