Hybrid Projects Manager – Corporate

at Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP

• Job title: Projects Manager – Corporate
• Job type: Contract
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: £56,376 - £61,653 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Projects Manager leading high-profile projects and programmes in support of Barnet Council's strategic priorities. Ensuring effective governance, reporting, and stakeholder engagement across services and directorates.

Responsibilities

• Defining project scope and leading on the design of business cases, PIDs and project plans.
• Ensuring project controls and governance arrangements are in place, including appropriate risk and issue management.
• Analysing financial and other resource requirements of projects and programmes.
• Ensuring benefit realisation plans are in place and benefits are tracked.
• Undertaking gateway reviews and quality assurance activities.
• Providing regular reports to board meetings, senior management meetings and committees.
• Ensuring change is effectively managed, advising on engagement activities or other controls.

Requirements

• Experience managing multiple projects and programmes, working at a senior level.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder and relationship management skills, with proven ability to integrate well into a team and build relationships with a diverse group of senior stakeholders, including councillors.
• Ability to lead a multi-disciplinary project team, working across services and directorates in a virtual environment, including planning and delivering work to specific timescales.
• Ability to problem solve and identify innovative solutions to challenges.
• Ability to work effectively, flexibly and constructively with colleagues in a team.

Benefits

• 31 days annual leave, plus public and bank holidays.
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, which provides a valuable. guaranteed income in your retirement together with security for your dependents
• Work-life balance options may include hybrid working, flexitime, job share, home working, part-time.
• A vast range of lifestyle discounts from major retailers, supermarkets, energy suppliers and more.
• Broad range of payroll benefits including cycle to work, eye care vouchers, travel and gym membership.
• Excellent training and development opportunities.
• Employee well- being training programs including confidential employee assistance.