Role: IS Project Manager REF 364540
Contract Length: Until 11/11/2025
Location: Warrington/Hybrid
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £30.82 per hour
Spinwell is recruiting for a IS Project Manager for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF IS PROJECT MANAGER
The IS Project Manager is responsible for the successful implementation of IS Projects assigned by the manager of the ICT projects team to an agreed specification and within defined costs and schedules.
The IS Project Manager identifies the tasks necessary to implement a project, calculates the resources and budget required for the project, and agrees the timetable for implementation with the system owner and the appropriate parts of the NWROCU.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF IS PROJECT MANAGER
- The post-holder will be educated to degree level or equivalent. The post-holder must have successfully completed a training course on the management of ICT projects.
- The role requires previous experience of implementing IT systems or similar projects in large and complex organisations.
- The post holder must be familiar with one or more project management and project control methodologies and must have used those methodologies on multiple projects during their career.
- A wide knowledge of different IT systems is necessary so that proposed solutions can be assessed and the impact from their implementation can be understood and quantified.
- Good interpersonal skills will be required to liaise with NWROCU users, to establish their requirements and to persuade them of the viability and efficiency of a proposed solution.
- Good management skills will be necessary to motivate and co-ordinate the activities of project staff and external suppliers who are not direct reports.
- Significant project management skills are essential to plan, co-ordinate and manage all resources allocated to projects. Attention to detail will be critical in monitoring the ongoing status of projects.
- The postholder will work across groups, departments and with external suppliers and will facilitate multi-discipline meetings therefore a diplomatic but authoritative approach will be required.
- A strong negotiating manner will be required to manage user requests for change and to ensure that external suppliers meet specification and cost targets.
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