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Salary APPLICATIONS PROJECT MANAGER CONTRACT
- SC CLEARANCE REQUIRED
- UNTIL 31/03/2024 + EXTENSIONS
- 3 DAYS REMOTE WORKING + 2 DAYS ON SITE
- SITE LOCATION: CORSHAM
- INSIDE IR35
- £550 TO £600 PER DAY
Our client are currently looking for an experience Project Manager with domain experience in Defence to lead and plan a Digital Service Migration of Applications.
Requirements:
Lead on the planning, migration and lifecycle management of all applications and peripherals across to new digital services. This is in preparation of the full migration of the digital estate. Support the planning and execution of an initial 500 User migration and support to the planning and rollout of a full, Defence wide migration.
Lead on the planning, migration and lifecycle management of all applications and peripherals across to new digital services. This is in preparation of the full migration of the digital estate. Support the planning and execution of an initial 500 User migration and support to the planning and rollout of a full, Defence wide migration.
* Manage and plan the projects delivery within agreed timelines.
* Working with project controls to update schedules for monthly reporting to Programme Dep Head and Programme Director.
* Identify, engage, and manage their projects stakeholder community both internal and external, to ensure successful rollout of the capability.
* Update, identify, manage, and monitor all risks, issues, and dependencies across the project for monthly reporting to Dep Programme Head and Programme Director.
* Organising and holding regular supplier/authority /internal stakeholder project boards to co-ordinate, plan and deliver the end-to-end rollout of the capability.
* Organising and holding regular supplier/authority /internal stakeholder project boards to co-ordinate, plan and deliver the end-to-end rollout of the capability.
* Brief the Programme Dep Head and Programme Director on project progress, issues, and risks.
* Undertaking deep dives where required and escalating issues to the Programme Dep Head and Programme Director.
* Managing project finances within agreed Forecast of Outturn (FOO), ensuring accuracy in forecasting and financial reporting (including accruals).
* Reporting on project finances to the Programme Dep Head and Programme Director once a month.
* Addressing and managing commercial issues that arise during the project life cycle.
* Identifying and monitoring conformance against the contractual obligations and payment milestones, resolving challenges and escalating issues to the Programme Dep Head and commercial as required.
* Create and distribute targeted and timely communications on the project progress.
* Ability to communicate and coordinate delivery with all stakeholders.
* Ability to be flexible in approach to problem solving and to proactively manage issues as and when they arise.
* Support Authority governance processes, ensuring timely engagement / input into Release & Deployment (R&D), Service Transition Boards (and other) for approvals.
* Ensure the project conforms to the standard governance processes.
This PM will be required to support the team for the full rollout across the MOD estate, therefore the position may be required until at least Mar 2024.
To be considered, please send through an updated CV.
Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.
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