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SalaryOur local authority client based in East London are urgently seeking an experienced IT Programme Manager.
*£550 - £600 a day Outside IR35*
Overall Role Purpose:
Cx Housing project manager is responsible for all aspects of delivery of assigned IT programmes and projects. You will be responsible for ensuring that the projects you manage follow the council’s governance framework to ensure that all stakeholders understand the how the project will be delivered and how decisions will be reached and communicated.
You will be responsible to ensuring that the business case, the project brief, the delivery plan and benefits management plan are aligned to produce the outcomes which the sponsor and other stakeholders expect. You will report on progress without at any time glossing over problems or risks to the delivery plan.
You will communicate with all stakeholders, the IT service and other effected parties to preempt problems and ensure that projects will be delivered within time and budget constraints.
Knowledge & Experience
- Prince 2 Practitioner or equivalent qualification (Essential)
- ITIL® Foundation (Essential: higher levels desirable)
- Quality Management Certification (Desirable)
- Managing Successful Programmes (Desirable)
- Experience of practicing Agile project management techniques
- Operation of governance frameworks within local authorities
- Portfolio, programme and project management experience
- Project planning, management, evaluation and quality assurance techniques,
- Project planning and monitoring of projects involving multiple stakeholders and interest groups
- Financial management of projects over £50,000.
- An excellent working knowledge of the principles, methods, techniques and tools for the effective management of projects from initiation through to implementation.
- Excellent working knowledge of ITIL practices.
Please apply with your updated CV ensuring that any gaps in employment are explained.
At this point, may we take this opportunity to thank you for the interest you have shown in this role. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications that we receive, it is not always possible to respond to everyone. Therefore, unless you hear from us within the next 7 days, your application for this vacancy will have been unsuccessful.
