Senior Project Manager

at  Kings College London

Job id: 097388. Salary: £52,874 - £61,921 per annum inclusive of London Weighting Allowance.
Posted: 23 January 2025. Closing date: 09 February 2025.
Business unit: Transformation Office. Department: Transformation Office.
Contact details: Zoë Fearnley / Anna Wainwright / Jessica Weereratne. zoe.fearnley@kcl.ac.uk / anna.wainwright@kcl.ac.uk / jessica.weereratne@kcl.ac.uk
Location: Guy’s Campus. Category: Professional & Support Services.
About Us
The Senior Project Manager role sits within the Transformation Office Directorate. The Transformation Office supports the senior leadership of the university in effective strategy execution, delivering a complex set of transformation initiatives and driving sustainable improvements to our core business.
About The Role
The Senior Project Manager role is key in leading successful project delivery within the Transformation Portfolio to deliver the aims and objectives of Vision 2029. The roleholder is responsible for the day-to-day running of a number of large and complex projects to deliver to the needs of the organisation, within set budgets, timescales, and quality. You will build relationships across a wide stakeholder community, engaging with colleagues across Professional Services and faculties and with external partners. The portfolio includes a wide range of projects, and you will be required to deliver across all stages of the project lifecycle, as well as supporting broader strategic developments, benefits realisation and change management approaches. The team also contributes to the transformation agenda across the university, encouraging best practice and common standards. This is a full-time post (35 Hours per week).
About You
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

• Educated to Degree Level standard or equivalent relevant experience
• Significant, demonstrable skills and experience of project management tools and techniques including scoping, business case development, planning, controls & reporting, risk management and benefit management.
• A recognized project management or change management qualification e.g., Prince2, PROSCI.
• Strong strategic and analytical skills, with the ability to synthesise and interpret information and communicate effectively to a variety of audiences.
• Significant experience of managing, engaging and motivating teams, with an ability to liaise effectively with colleagues from different professional backgrounds.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of process review and improvement methods e,g., Lean Six Sigma.
• Experience of using Microsoft Project.
• Knowledge and understanding of the UK Higher Education sector.

Further Information
We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.
We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King’s. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.
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