Junior Project Manager

Project Manager

Job Description:

Your main role will be to deliver and manage projects through effective requirements and planning. Including; defining work-loads, risks and time scales.

In this role you will be reporting to and helping support the Project Office, in the successful delivery of our workflow solution for a number of customers. As well as providing pre-sales support, such as input to tenders and programme plans.

You will be responsible for all aspects of project delivery to ensure projects are delivered on time. You will be required to be responsible for the production of project plans, reports, documentation and the maintenance of all issue logs to ensure that information is complete, accurate and up to date.

Thorough understanding of the whole IT hardware and software development life cycle is required. This is a client-facing role so excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.

You will manage all project resources, including people and equipment and will work closely with the technical team (and senior developers) taking responsibility for the technical solution as a whole.

Ideally you will come from a software or medical background and have worked for an IT solution provider delivering bespoke software projects to the public sector. The Prince 2 qualification is not essential but evidence of working in a structured environment will be required.

The role will be office based, with occasional travel to other company offices and customer sites required.

Essential skills:

* Experience of project management of software projects
* Using formal structured management techniques
* Experience of producing project documentation (not limited to Prince 2 methodologies)
* Risk management techniques
* Experienced in project planning (with MS project)
* Project budgeting
* Stakeholder Management
* Customer facing with excellent communication skills
* Strong leadership skills
* Must be highly flexible – as customers are based around the UK and Ireland and willingness to travel is a must
* Full EU driving licence
* Own a car to travel to customer sites regularly

Desirable skills:

* Knowledge of NHS/Medical projects
* Experience of working in a multi-stakeholder environment
* Experience of supporting customers in production of their Business Case
* Previous experience gained within either the legal or medical sectors would be highly advantageous.
* Previous experience with digital dictation and speech recognition technologies

Salary 30-35k (depending on experience) + benfits

We offer up to £500 referral reward, so if you know someone who is suitable please forward their details.

If you are interested in the role please apply immediately with an updated CV.

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