Senior Project Manager

The City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

Senior Project Manager - fixed term until 01/05/2026

Waverley Court

Salary: £52,373 - £62,685

Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Strategic Change and Transformation team, working to deliver high priority programmes that support the implementation of the Council's Business Plan and Medium-Term Financial Plan.

We are looking for an experienced Programme Manager with passion and insight into effective change management, supported by an ability to lead a complex Financial Transformation programme. This will include a range of projects, designed to deliver a smooth adoption of new financial technologies, changing work practices and interdependencies across the department.

You must enjoy a fast-paced project management environment and want to be part of change and transformation in the public sector, improving services for the people of Edinburgh.

You will be responsible for all aspects of project management, will be outcome focused and be able to establish and maintain excellent relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

We Are Looking For Candidates With Experience Of

• building robust business cases to support the need for and viability of change
• building, managing and leading project teams and relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
• planning and organising to ensure multiple complex projects are delivered on time and within budget including managing the governance
• communicating well at all levels in writing and in person and being able to analyse and distil complex information for a variety of audiences.

Should you have any queries about this role please contact us.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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