Project Manager
- Durham County Council
- Full Time
- Durham
- Grade 12 £42,708 to £46,731 per annum
Job Description
Are you a Project Manager feeling like your current role is not offering you the diversity of work to keep you on your toes?
Perhaps you are looking for a team to drive you towards your maximum potential and success?
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Transformation Team for a Project Manager (temporary for 18 months from the start date) to assist transforming the Council into a forward-thinking modern organisation with an opportunity to make a significant difference for those who live or work in County Durham.
WHAT IS INVOLVED?
This is a cross-functional role within the Corporate Affairs Directorate in the Authority, so strong communication and relationship building skills are essential. The environment is fast paced so you'll need to be a passionate and energetic individual with a proactive approach who can multi-task and work well under pressure.
You will be leading and managing a variety of programmes and/or projects, both large and small, as well as managing tasks as briefed, and all whilst working in new and innovative areas of sustainable improvement across different teams. You will act as an interface for the service providing professional advice on all aspects of the projects, ensuring efficiency whilst building great relationships.
You will be responsible for:
- Providing project management expertise and advice to others throughout the council in relation to methodologies, best practice, or other specialist initiatives
- Developing plans, activities, and processes to ensure best practice and to meet Council objectives, often in a continually changing environment.
- Driving improvements within internal and customer-facing services and processes.
- APM Project Management Qualification and/or Prince2 Practitioner with substantial recent proven experience of individually managing several complex projects through the full project lifecycle
- APM Introductory Certificate PFQ and/or Prince2 Foundation level with exceptional recent proven experience of individually managing several complex projects through the full project lifecycle.
- Competitive salaries and 27 days holiday per year rising to 32 days after five years continuous local government service.
- Option to purchase up to 10 additional days annual leave per year.
- Excellent work/life balance through schemes including job sharing, compressed hours and flexi-time (allowing up to 13 flexi days per year).
- Hybrid working (home and office working).
- Excellent contributory career average Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). Plus, top up options - Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme and standard AVC scheme for members of the LGPS.
- Wellbeing Portal and access to an Employee Assist Scheme.
- Wide range of learning and development opportunities including professional qualifications, coaching and mentoring.
- Employee Benefits Portal and Lifestyle Savings Scheme (discounts across a host of major retailers).
- Discounted DCC gym membership.
- Staff networks run by staff for our staff, including Race Equality and Diversity, Disability, LGBT+, Armed Forces, Carers, Menopause.
- Trade Union membership.
- A range of other salary sacrifice schemes such as car leasing.
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