IT Project Manager

Contract Type   Permanent Working Pattern   Full time - flexible working may be considered Working Hours   35 hours per week Salary   £41,951.63 per annum Location Options   Hybrid - home based and Birmingham Function Type   Corporate Functions (HR, Finance, Project Management, IT, Risk and Audit)  

Do you have a strong background in delivering digital IT projects? Would you like to provide strategic influence to help shape the way projects are run? Then read on:

This IT Project Manager role gives you the opportunity to get involved in a variety of different technical projects. Enjoy a hybrid working environment, with one or two days per week in the office. Join a maturing and growing IT function which you can help shape and influence. Be part of a valued and talented community of IT and business professionals and work with cutting edge cloud technologies.

The role
We are looking for a credible and proactive IT Project Manager to join the Solutions, Development and Delivery team to manage and successfully deliver multiple key external facing digital/software development projects.

As one of three IT Project Managers reporting to the Senior Project Manager, you will join a friendly and supportive team that delivers and drives the organisation’s commitment to change and continuous improvement.

Working with teams across the organisation, you will manage the full project lifecycle. Using your knowledge and experience you will follow processes, manage governance and risk to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of IT projects within budget and time restraints.   

Developing good business relationships is key for this role. Using your excellent relationship management skills, you will liaise with project sponsors to agree project deliverables, timings, and expected benefits. As a competent negotiator with the ability to influence others, you will build and develop project teams and be comfortable matrix managing conflict and performance when needed. You will build joint working relationships with stakeholders and colleagues at all levels to align the elements of the project.

To succeed in, and most importantly enjoy this job, you will be a proactive planner who looks and thinks ahead to creatively solve problems and be a confident communicator, who can clearly tailor communications in an appropriate way to people at all levels of the organisation.

What we are looking for:

• A team-orientated individual who can provide clear direction to groups or individuals to achieve the project objectives and outputs
• Professional qualification of Project management including Prince2, Agile PM, APMP, or any other equivalent qualification
• Ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders with competing deadlines and priorities
• Experience of creating and effectively managing project plans, alongside risks and issues
• Excellent planning and organisational skills - to manage own time, work effectively with minimum supervision and plan the work of the project team
• Experience of managing external consultants/suppliers under a statement of works (SoW) and/or call-off frameworks.

 

 Useful information

• There is a role profile attached at the bottom of this advert which details the full skills and experience needed for this role
• We have moved to a hybrid working model and there will be a blend of home working and an office presence of one or two days a week in our newly refurbished offices in The Cube in Birmingham
• If you have any questions that aren’t answered in the advert, or on our website, please contact us via: recruitment@sra.org.uk.

To apply

Select the apply button at the bottom of the advert. Please upload a CV and cover letter, addressing how you meet the requirements outlined in this advert and the attached role profile. In your CV, please include portfolio or summary of your past projects, specifying the type of projects you have worked on, the objectives, the project cycle you followed, and the achievements you made throughout each project.

To find out more about the recruitment and selection process and how to make the most of your application, please visit our jobs pages.

Closing date for applications is 28 October 2024 at 9:00am.

All our interviews are being conducted starting in the week of 11 November 2024. If you are shortlisted to interview, Human Resources team will be in contact to let you know the next steps.

The SRA is the independent regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales, protecting consumers and supporting the rule of law and the administration of justice. We do this by overseeing all education and training requirements necessary to practise as a solicitor, licensing individuals and firms to practise, setting the standards of the profession and regulating and enforcing compliance against these standards. We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.

Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation. Attached Role Profile   Role profile IT Project Manager Oct 2024.pdf – 87KB Opens in a new window Vacancy closing date: 28/10/2024, 09:00

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain staff.

Everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work because we appreciate the value that a truly diverse workforce brings to an organisation. We celebrate difference, recognising the benefits this brings to our inclusive culture, including age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation and socio economic background.

 We are a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, a member of ENEI, a disability confident employer and we are happy to talk flexible working.

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