Surrey County Council Looking for Senior Project Manager at Reigate , Surrey Full Time

The starting salary for this position is £45,734 per annum based on a 36 hour working week. The role is offered on a 10 month fixed-term contract or secondment opportunity.

This role is open to remote working meaning you aren’t required in the office 5 days a week. We’re less about you driving to work and more about us collectively driving down our carbon footprint. We care about how you work rather than where you work; the people rather than the postcode. In support of our people and our greener futures strategies, we’d welcome a conversation with the successful candidate on what remote working may look like for you.

About Us

Surrey County Council’s IT and Digital Project Delivery Team has an opportunity for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join us. In this role, you will deliver a number of large concurrent, complex and strategic IT business solutions to support major IT-related change initiatives across the Authority. These will be delivered through the use of internal staff, contractors and third party suppliers.

Working with Heads of Services, Technology Boards and other key stakeholders, you will develop and agree project briefs, PIDs, and project and resource plans, and be responsible for the day to day management of projects to ensure completion to agreed cost, time and quality criteria. This will often involve working and negotiating with external suppliers.

Our project managers are at the centre of a major transformation programme to deliver IT solutions that make the Authority’s staff more mobile, flexible and responsive; providing them with ability to work in partnership with colleagues, other public bodies, agencies and residents, using a variety of IT devices, tools and applications. 

Some of our current major projects include:

• Waste Management
• LAN router/switches replacement
• Pension migrations
• Library Management system
• Various projects for Surrey Fire & Rescue
• Managed Print Service

About You

As a recognised expert in the theory and practice of Project Management you will develop good Project Management expertise in others and enhance Project Management processes in the organisation. We are looking for someone who is an experienced PRINCE 2 project manager.

You will manage virtual project teams and will therefore have good communication, engagement and organisation skills together with credibility in the role. 

The post requires strong influencing skills and the ability to bring together project sponsors (usually senior managers), expert advisers, external consultants, contractors and end users to form an effective team focus on delivery of the projects.

If this sounds like you, we welcome your application!

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Additional Information

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 08/05/2023 with interviews to follow.

Contact Details

For an informal discussion please contact Cary Osborn on or by e-mail at .uk. We look forward to receiving your application

Benefits

From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role. You will benefit from 26 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 2 years’ service, a generous local government salary related pension, as well as the option to join our car lease scheme. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all under represented groups.