Role: IT Project Manager
Contracting Authority: Government
Contract Length: 7 Months
Location: London
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate: Up to £500 per day
Clearance: BPSS/DBS
An exciting opportunity has become available with our prestigious client who is a prominent government department. The client is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to join their welcoming team.

MINORITIES, WOMEN, LGBTQ+ CANDIDATES, AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

Interviews will take place next week, so please apply immediately to be considered for this exciting contract role or call Bangura Solutions to discuss this role further.

• Lead on a range of dedicated projects, including technical and non-technical, which will involve the following
• Plan projects, with local and contracted subject matter experts to deliver change and new capabilities
• Create and maintain project plans for delivery and reporting purposes
• Identify and mitigate risks within your projects, ensuring that records are up to date and escalation routes are utilised promptly
• Create and support project teams
• Plan projects and initiatives in line with the organisation’s project management framework to capture key activities, milestones, risks issues and benefits
• Establish and maintain project governance that provides quality and risk assurance · Report regularly on project progress through standard reporting and governance processes and demonstration of project outputs
• Provide project updates in written, graphical, and numerical formats for dissemination to Programme Boards supporting effective governance. Present information to Project or Programme boards where required.
• Work with the Lead Business Analyst to effectively introduce, embed and sustain new initiatives
• Ensure benefits are identified, understood, measured, tracked, and owned to ensure they are delivered
• Effectively manage project budgets in accordance with the organisation’s Financial procedures and standing orders
• Ensure that realistic project, quality, communication, and risk plans are prepared and maintained for projects and sub-projects.
• Ensure that projects are formally closed and reviewed, that lessons learned are captured, appropriate action taken and to produce appropriate documentation to support these processes.
• Lead multiple project teams, allocating and monitoring tasks, motivating staff and appraising individual performance.
• Ensure that projects are delivered to scope, within budget and to agreed timeframes, prioritising the work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability Programme team.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams of stakeholders from a variety of business areas.
• Lead on prototyping, evaluating, and delivering new and innovative initiatives, iterating solutions in response to user feedback using design led or Agile methodology.
• Build productive working relationship with our suppliers to ensure that projects are consistently delivered on time.
• Work in a matrix environment across the PMO and wider IT and Digital Services Division.