87312 - Project Manager (Community Justice)

Project Manager (Community Justice)
Building on the success of Grand Avenues, the ten-year reducing reoffending pilot, the Project Manager (Community Justice) will support the development of joined-up, place-based approaches, which reduce harm and reoffending, whilst working with families and communities in a way which provides positive intergenerational outcomes and promotes community wellbeing.
The successful candidate will be a strong advocate for the role of local communities. You will build trusted relationships with local communities, VCSE organisations, the academic community, and other key stakeholders to understand issues, ideas, and best practice, and draw on them to strengthen existing pieces of work and develop evidence-based plans for future work.
To succeed, the successful candidate will need to build strong connections with other teams to deliver their own objectives. Experience of working with or for community organisations, or on issues relating to neighbourhoods and communities would be a significant advantage.
We would expect applicants to have excellent written and oral communication skills, experience of collaborating and working with a diverse range of stakeholders, and a good working knowledge of project delivery fundamentals.
Overview of the job
The Project Manager has the authority to run the project on a day-to-day basis on behalf of the project board. They are responsible for ensuring that the project produces the required products within the specified tolerances of time, cost, quality, scope, risk and benefits.
Summary
The Project Manager will require professional expertise in the effective use of project methodologies and techniques in managing a variety of projects and the day to day delivery of the project team.
The job holder will be responsible for the project producing a result capable of achieving the benefits defined in the Business Case.
Responsibilities, Activities & Duties
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
• Day to day management of the project
• Ensures project delivers to quality, time and budget within agreed tolerances
• Prepare appropriate project documentations in conjunction with any Project Assurance roles, and agree them with Project Boards.
• Plan, monitor and control the project in order to achieve programme/project objectives
• Create a mechanism to identify, measure and report risks and mitigation.
• Ensure that progress is appropriately reported, controlled and maintained
• Identify the resources and processes necessary to deliver each stage of the project's lifecycle
• Responsibility for change control and any configuration management
• Act as a central point of contact and source of information for stakeholders. Prepare and report to the Project Board through Highlight Reports or any other relevant documentation
• Lead and motivate the project management team.
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The Job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the Job Holder.