Job Description

General information

Reference

001423

Publication start date

15/11/2023

Post Description

Project Manager

Vacancy location

Location

South West, Gloucestershire, Rosehill - Hybrid

Vacancy details

Job Profile

Customer Insight and Product - Business Change

Title

Project Manager

Contract Type

Fixed-term contract

Contract duration

12 Months

About us

About UCAS

UCAS is at the heart of connecting people to higher education.
UCAS is the world\xe2\x80\x99s leading shared admissions service for higher education. We provide application services for UK universities and colleges as well as delivering a wide range of research, consultancy and advisory services to schools, colleges, careers services, professional bodies and employers.
We\xe2\x80\x99re a successful and fast-growing organisation, which helps hundreds of thousands of people every year. We\'re committed to delivering a first-class service to all of our customers \xe2\x80\x94 they\'re at the heart of everything we do.

Business Unit description

The Customer Insight and Product business unit is at the heart of ensuring that UCAS delivers lasting change in line with the corporate strategy. By leveraging customer and market insight and championing the voice of the customer, we create and grow products and services that meet the needs of our markets now and in the future. Working closely with the wider organisation, we also design and manage UCAS\xe2\x80\x99 architecture to support our ambitious business goals.

About the role

Contractual Hours

35.00

About the role

This role is a 12 month maternity cover contract.
The Project Manager\xe2\x80\x99s role is to guide a team through the initiative by making sure the schedule, budget, and communications are aligned in order to hit the project\xe2\x80\x99s goals or to turn the product manager\xe2\x80\x99s vision into reality.

Key accountabilities:

• Manage all aspects of designated initiatives from conception to delivery.

• Facilitate the writing of business cases, including helping to define objectives and scope to secure the required funding and resources.

• Work with the Business Owner to run a kick-off meeting with delivery teams and key stakeholders to cover the approach, timelines, resources and overall goals including supporting the ongoing integration of third party partner resources and internal \xe2\x80\x98part-time\xe2\x80\x99 team members \xe2\x80\x93 e.g. procurement/legal.

• Translate requirements into a delivery plan, working with the wider team to achieve effective resource identification, estimation, allocation and utilisation.

• Identify and manage dependencies, including those outside the initiative, working closely with the product-focused multi-disciplinary Teams (MDTs) to negotiate and prioritise the work within the product roadmaps within the required timeframes.

• Manage the budget and keeping both non-pay and internal resource costs under control.

• Share best practice and lessons learned to drive continuous improvement.

For a full list of key accountabilities see attached role profile.

Skills, qualifications, and experience

• Strong experience of managing projects to completion specifically in a digital product business.

• Understanding and experience of utilising different project management approaches and methodologies, able to apply these in a blended way.

• Strong experience of managing without authority and the ability to lead and influence others outside of their direct team, working within a matrix structure.

• Experience of budget and supplier management to ensure control of spend and value for money is achieved

• Ability to continuously anticipate change and drive improvement in project delivery processes and tools to meet business and user needs.

• Comfortable in questioning the status quo with a creative yet pragmatic approach to problem-solving.

• Possesses tenacity, drive and a proactive approach to recognise, intercept and address challenges early.

• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with key project stakeholders to establish support and minimise resistance to the change.

• Proficient user of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Microsoft Teams and Sharepoint

• Experience of using project management software (e.g. Monday.com)

Package

Salary - up to \xc2\xa340,000

• 
  30 days annual leave (pro rata for part time) (plus 3 concessionary days over Christmas and your bank holidays!)

• Flexibility \xe2\x80\x93 UCAS positively supports Hybrid working for its employees, meaning you can work between home and the office in a way that suits you and the business and also has a comprehensive Flexible Working Policy

• A generous pension scheme

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  Hundreds of high street discounts and offers with Perkbox

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  Internal training and development

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  Subsidised gym and caf\xc3\xa9

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  Be rewarded for going above and beyond with our ex-gratia bonus scheme and Celebrating U, our quarterly employee recognition scheme