Job Description

Are you a dynamic, results driven senior project manager with a passion for driving successful outcomes? Do excel at bringing people together, coordinating activity, and deliver on time? Can you manage expectations, build strong relationships, and navigate complex project scopes to make real impact? If this sounds like you, lets talk!

The position

Joining our team of professional Senior Project Managers you'll help us enhance the services we offer our community. Through the enhancement of digital services, optimization of work practices, and delivery against our BEST programme objectives, you'll help us realise our vision. We're not just looking to meet the needs of our residents, we want to exceed them.

Your main responsibilities will be to

Lead and manage projects from initiation through to completion

Develop project delivery plans and manage resources effectively

Coordinate internal teams and key stakeholders to promote seamless communication and alignment

Monitor project progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies

Adhere to project scope, quality standards, and ensure on time delivery

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you'll have applied experience in most of the following areas:

Proven ability to manage projects on time and within budget Experience of project management systems (e.g. MS Project, Jira, Trello) Ability to manage competing priorities and navigate complex project requirements Excellent communication skills and ability to foster collaboration across all levels of organisation Project Management accreditation (e.g. Prince2, PMP, APM) or degree in related subject
On a personal level you are highly organised and results orientated individual. You are able to effortlessly engage others building trust and rapport. You thrive working in an agile way, foreseeing potential issues and creatively navigating barriers to delivery.

Working at Northumberland County Council

Every day we seek to create a community like no other- we share a collective passion and rare determination to deliver long-term solutions which best serve the community in which we live. Our community is at the heart of everything we do. We seek to put people first, as we push the boundaries of our BEST vision because we aspire to deliver real, lasting change.

What we offer

NCC's vision is a "Land of Great Opportunities" for current and future generations. Being a part of NCC means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us. We believe there is no better place to live and work. But there is, of course, more to offer than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. The additional benefits we offer are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme

Generous annual leave package of 26 days plus bank holidays & option to purchase additional 10 days

Flexible working practices including remote or hybrid working

Health & wellbeing initiatives

Free onsite parking with charging facilities for electric vehicles

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 24 months

Pay: 56,000.00-58,000.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Morpeth NE61