Project Delivery Manager

Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) has an exciting opportunity available for a Project Delivery Manager to join our team in Maidstone. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £53,480 - £61,028per annum depending upon experience.

Being a part of Kent Fire and Rescue Service

Everyone is unique. Everyone has value. Everyone helps to make Kent Fire and Rescue Service a great place to work. We are one team. Together with our customers, we are creating a safer future for Kent and Medway.

Being a Project Delivery Manager:

As a Project Delivery Manager, you will be managing a team of Project Managers and Business Analysts; ensuring that a broad range of business and technical projects are delivered to time, cost and quality.  You will mentor and coach team members to continuously improve Project Delivery and develop project and business analyst standards to create a centre of excellence. 

Working alongside the Portfolio Manager, you'll inform portfolio prioritisation decisions and provide support to project sponsors on how to resolve project issues and implement effective risk mitigation.

What you'll do:

• Managing a team of Business Analysts and Project Managers
• Implementing standard project management methodologies including PRINCE2 and Agile
• Supporting a diverse portfolio of complex technical and business projects
• Defining, implementing and evolving robust project standards and associated reporting 
• Working with the Portfolio Office in relation to resource allocation and project prioritisation

What you'll bring:

• Significant experience of delivering a wide range of complex projects over a number of years
• Experience of managing and embedding business change, considering the processes, people, culture and technology
• Experience of managing a team and continually improving business functions
• Experience of working collaboratively at all levels in the delivery of projects
• In-depth knowledge of project life cycles and structured project methodologies including PRINCE2 and Agile
• Knowledge and the ability to apply best practice in all aspects of project management with focus on outcomes and benefits realisation

Benefits we’re offering 

• Automatic membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• 31 days annual leave plus public holidays
• Blue Light Card discount scheme
• Hybrid working - 3 days per week in office
• A range of family friendly policies including promoting work-life balance
• Access to health and wellbeing services and advice
• Access LinkedIn Learning online training 
• Above all you’ll become part of a service that is committed to the safety of our community

How to apply 

Please complete an online application and CV by midnight on 19 March 2024. 

If you feel have the skills and experience to become our Project Delivery Manager please click ‘apply’ today, we’d love to hear from you!

Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We know that great minds don’t think alike, so we rely on diverse thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and backgrounds to create the best working environment that we can possibly offer.

Kent Fire and Rescue Service, its employees, and volunteers are committed to safeguarding, protecting, and supporting children, young people, and adults at risk. As part of our safer recruitment process, we will undertake pre-employment checks to verify your suitability for the role. These checks will include your references and a standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Enhanced DBS check with barred lists are carried out for roles with direct and unsupervised access to children, young people, and adults at risk. Risk assessments will be undertaken on any disclosures identified as part of the pre-employment checks.

As a Public Sector organisation with added responsibilities under the Equality Act, 2010 the candidate must demonstrate an understanding of what is meant by Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and how this fits in with their everyday work.