Junior Project Manager

Location: Peterborough - Lynch Wood
Job Reference: 1303902
Role Grade: B2 - TLS

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About This Role

Summary of the role
As a Junior Project Manager, you will support the planning, coordination, and execution of projects under the guidance of Senior Project Managers. You will assist with scheduling, resource tracking, documentation, communication with stakeholders, and monitoring project progress to ensure deliverables are completed on time and within scope. If you are beginning your project management career and are detail-oriented, proactive, and eager to learn established project management methodologies while contributing to successful project outcomes this could be the role for you.

What you’ll be doing
  • Responsibility for delivery of a project or small change, ensuring delivery is on time, within budget, to scope.
  • Ensures the application of the appropriate project management disciplines, i.e. planning, resourcing, scheduling, monitoring, reporting and risk, issue, lessons learned and dependency management, including escalation/resolution of issues and contingency planning for risks.
  • Responsible for project resource planning, task allocation, prioritisation, and monitoring.
  • Responsible for the budget reporting, forecasting and expenditure associated with projects.
  • Responsible for ensuring that the delivered project or work stream meets the needs of the business as specified in the original requirements.
  • Responsible for managing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders and key customers, ensuring delivery meets requirements.
  
What we’re looking for
  • Educated to degree level standard or equivalent.
  • Accredited or desire to work towards Project Management discipline (practitioner level) (e.g. Certified Project Manager, APMP, Prince2, ISEB)
  • Proven decision-making ability
  • Ability to manage and develop people effectively
  • Good communication skills, at all levels
  • Experience in planning and organising
  • Preferably previous project experience with proven track record of delivery in small projects otherwise, some awareness of Project Management disciplines
  • Some experience of estimate/actuals management
  • Knowledge of Life and Pensions (desirable, not essential)
  

The hiring manager to contact is: Sarah Colegate HM Name Email: Sarah.Colegate@diligenta.co.uk

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