View Vacancy -- Project Manager

Are you an experienced IT Project Manager, looking for a new challenge, enabling and delivering a wide a range of digital change and transformation across a large organisation? 

As part of our on-going commitment to the delivery of high quality, reliable services for our residents, Haringey Council is looking to appoint an IT Project Manager. Haringey uses the latest technologies to support and provide efficient services to a vibrant community of over 250,000 residents and businesses and enabling around 3,000 staff.  

Working in Digital Services means you will join a committed, diverse and ambitious team helping to make the borough a better place for all. In a team that places a high value on people and the expertise and potential they bring, you will be making a real difference to citizens and businesses plus over 80 teams across the Council including Customer Services, Adult Social Care, Children's Services, Housing and Environmental Services. 

Job Responsibilities  

You will be responsible for managing the delivery of small to medium scale projects or workstreams which will support the delivery of our digital strategy, driving innovation around moving services online and implementing technologies that will drive efficiencies and better engagement for our services and community.  

Working with the wider project team you will be involved in identifying and managing project risk, maintaining project plans and providing regular and accurate reports to senior colleagues, as appropriate. You will be trusted to deliver, be free to make decisions, and supported in your growth and development along the way. 

Working with colleagues from across the organisation, you will ensure solutions are fit for purpose and enable us to exploit new technologies to develop our services across the council.  

Core Skills 

The successful candidate will have: 

• Experience of managing small to medium scale IT and digital technology projects such as Business Applications, ERP and Web based systems implementations across the full project lifecycle from inception through to implementation, including change management.
• Strong experience of project governance, risk management and budget control with proven experience of delivering projects on time and to budget.
• Experience of working in a customer centric organisation, driving digital technology and transformation to support customers.
• Strong experience of working within a complex organisation delivering projects using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies
• Excellent stakeholder management at all levels with internal and external partners with the proven experience of developing strong relationships across organisational boundaries
• An ability to explain technical issues to non-specialists, and to write clear technical reports and other formal documentation for solution deployments and evaluations is essential.  

As an employer of choice, Haringey Council offers an extensive benefits package including:

• A competitive salary package of £39,774 - £45,585 per annum
• 28 days leave plus 2 discretionary days and bank holidays
• Excellent pension scheme