Senior Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Oversee strategic initiatives from their inception to successful delivery.

• Ensure that project goals, timelines, budgets, and quality standards are met.

• Create and maintain comprehensive project plans, registers, and documentation.

• Effectively allocate and manage project resources.

• Provide consistent updates and progress reports to project sponsors and programme boards.

• Serve as the main point of contact for project governance, planning, and execution.

• Engage and coordinate with stakeholders, subject matter experts, and end users throughout the duration of projects.

• Ensure alignment and adoption among stakeholders.

• Identify, manage, and mitigate risks, dependencies, and scope adjustments associated with the project.

• Assist in the development of business cases for project approval and funding.

• Advocate for best practices in project management.

• Provide coaching and support to colleagues within the charity.

• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of project management frameworks, templates, and documentation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in successfully delivering projects from initiation to completion within established timelines and budgets.

• Proven capability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities concurrently.

• Strong skills in planning, monitoring, and reporting.

• Ability to communicate progress against key milestones and outcomes effectively.

• Exceptional organizational skills with a keen attention to detail.

• Excellent stakeholder management abilities.

• Proficient in influencing and building relationships across all levels.

• Superior verbal and written communication skills.

• Diplomatic and collaborative approach to working across functions.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.

• Experienced with Microsoft Project or comparable project management software.

• A recognized project management qualification, such as PRINCE2, is essential.

• An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required.

• References to cover any employment or education gaps are required.

• Eligibility to work in the UK is required.

• A health check is mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• Generous pension contribution.

• Employee assistance programme.

• Healthcare cash plan.

• Volunteer leave.

• 25 days of holiday plus Bank Holidays.

• Additional 3 days of paid leave between Christmas and New Year.

• Option to purchase extra annual leave.

• Benefits discount website.

• Death in service benefit of 4 times salary.

• Incapacity benefit.

• Generous family leave.

• Sick leave.

• Fully remote working opportunities.

• Regional travel as needed.

• Geographical allowance of 7%, capped at £4,000 per year, for staff residing within 30 miles of Charing Cross, WC2N 5HS.