Project Manager

Job title:

Project Manager

Company

A2Dominion

Job description

Project Manager – Agile
Salary: Circa £50,000
Contract: 12 month fixed-term contract, Full time (35 hours per week)
Location: Winchester / Ealing / Staines (Hybrid role with the ability to work from home – regular office attendance in Ealing for collaboration)About us
We are one of the UK’s leading housing associations. Our vision is to improve people’s lives through high-quality homes and services.We operate across London and southern England, providing affordable, private and social rented homes, student, NHS and temporary accommodation, as well as supported housing and homes for older people. We also offer high-quality sustainable homes for sale and shared ownership, available through our FABRICA by A2Dominion brand.Whilst we take a commercial approach to house building, all the profits the Group generates are reinvested into supporting our social purpose, helping to deliver more homes and services for customers.About the role
As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for effectively planning, overseeing, and completing projects within established budget, timelines, and quality benchmarks. Additionally, you’ll ensure that client departments are ready to achieve and maintain the anticipated benefits.More about the role

• Develop the business case for projects with Project Sponsor(s) to the agreed standard, assessing the high-level requirements, cost, forecast benefits, risks and issues
• Determine the project governance and frequency of meetings and reporting with Project Sponsor(s). Including but not limited to Project Board meetings used to actively update key stakeholders on progress, challenges and to gain decisions & direction. Report upwards on project progress frequently, ensuring appropriate and timely escalations
• Define the project scope and plan with Project Sponsor(s) to meet business requirements
• Assemble and manage the project team to undertake the project, planning and co-ordinating both internal and external resources using appropriate toolsManage and lead project team members and third-party suppliers, influencing them to take positive action and accountability for their work, to ensure plan tasks are achieved, risks & issues understood and appropriately managed, escalating as appropriate. Establish the governance mechanisms to enable this
• Support Project Sponsor(s) in providing regular updates through the established governance framework and reporting lines
• Ensure a framework for benefits realisation is put in place for client departments to track and report progress against baseline measures
• Work collaboratively to evaluate and share good practice and achieve continuous improvement in ways of working. Participate in periodic peer assessments and operate positively through matrix management arrangements to facilitate learning across the department. Lead on lessons learnt at appropriate points of project delivery

More about you

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent in English (Grades A*-C)

• Agile practitioner
• Experience of stakeholder engagement, sprint planning, risk and issue management, and ensuring deliverables meet quality standards while maintaining transparency and alignment with strategic goals.
• Proven experience of delivering large projects in corporate environments that include people, process, and technology changes
• Experience of applying Agile methodologies to manage and adapt to changing priorities, enabling the seamless integration of the system into operational processes to enhance service delivery and customer experience
• Demonstrated experience in implementing large IT systems.
• You will also be confident in learning new systems and proficient in using Microsoft packages.

Choosing us is easy
As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits. For this role, these include:
– 25 days’ holiday (Plus Bank Holidays) increasing up to 28 days with 3 years of service
– Up to 8% contributory pension
– Flexible working
– Investment in your learning and development.If you require a reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact our Talent Team to request: resourcing@a2dominion.co.ukA2Dominion Group is a Disability Confident Employer which means that we are committed to employing disabled people and will: actively look to attract and recruit disabled people, provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process, offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job, be flexible with assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job, make reasonable adjustments as required.At A2Dominion Group, we recognise the positive value of diversity, promote equality and inclusivity in our hiring processes. We always aim to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – men and women, people of all ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, religions, and beliefs.Meeting the role requirements
We recognise that some females will only apply for a role if they meet 100% of role requirements. If this sounds like you, we’d still encourage you to apply and also to arrange a call with one of our recruitment team to discuss your application further at resourcing@a2dominion.co.ukA2Dominion are proud to be a family friendly employer.
Everyone is welcome at A2Dominion Group. We know that equality, diversity, and inclusivity make us better. We embrace the unique contributions of our people and seek to create a workplace where everyone feels like they belong. Find out why our people love working with us.”Join us at A2Dominion, where your expertise will be integral to our recovery journey, creating lasting positive changes in the lives of our customers. If you possess the right motivation and drive to contribute to our recovery and change initiatives, we invite you to apply and be a crucial part of our team.

Expected salary

£50000 per year

Location

Winchester – Staines, Surrey

Job date

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:58:17 GMT

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