Job description

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES/SKILLS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

• Experience of successful support to project management teams and external grant funding.
• Experience of supporting the project management with multiple stakeholders and complex requirements.
• Knowledge of all stages of project management including the development, implementation and use of all the necessary controls and processes to ensure successful delivery.
• Experience and ability to identify and deliver specific project objectives with support guidance from Senior staff within the Staying close project.
• Emerging skills in negotiating, influencing and decision making.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of project financial management and contract management procedures.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. Able to produce reports, presentations and other written material to a very high standard and tailored to different audiences.
  Further information from: Anna.Daniels@sheffield.gov.uk
  We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
  It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.
  Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
  Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.
  If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.
  Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our New job evaluation process to be introduced at Sheffield City Council | Sheffield City Council

• The use of agreed project management framework and management tools to drive projects to successful completion.
• To prepare and contribute to the development of contracts and drive the contract management and administration required to successfully deliver the project through to completion.
• To ensure that the project is delivered in accordance with council financial, procurement, legal and management procedures.
• Be a strong customer advocate by ensuring the customers voice is at the heart of the Staying close project, challenging common practice and procedures and if necessary working with others to find customer focused solutions.
• To robustly manage all project risks, issues, opportunities, budgets, contracts and costs throughout the life of the project and manage any change, risk or resource pressure pro-actively and take active responsibility to resolve or escalate as required.