Senior Project Manager

Location: 1 Guildhall Square

Salary:  £37,075 to £46,924 Per annum

Full Time Permanent

Closing Date:  Monday 07 August 2017

Reference: 898517JF

iSolutions are recruiting for an experienced, dynamic, Senior Project Manager to drive the delivery of our PMO projects.  The primary responsibility is to deliver new and in-flight projects, in line with best professional practices.

We deliver a full range of IT services to all staff and students and this Senior Project Manager will join our PMO teams of Project Managers, Business Analysts, Test Analysts and IT Trainers, on a permanent basis.  We run a wide range of projects and programmes to improve current services and introduce new services that deliver to a diverse community of 20,000+ students and over 5,500 University staff.

You will already have significant Project Management experience, including delivery of multiple concurrent, large and technically complex ICT projects and programmes, which deliver long-term, strategically-aligned outcomes.

You will have a highly professional approach, be able to work with senior staff to create governance, drive decision-making, project planning, prioritisation and delivery that supports our strategic direction.  You will demonstrate excellent direct and indirect communication skills appropriate for a wide cross-section of stakeholders.

You will have a skill level (including experience and other qualifications) equivalent to a post-graduate degree.  A PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent agile or traditional project management qualification is also required.  You will be able to build, manage and motivate project teams in a matrix management environment.  You will be professional, clear-thinking under pressure and have a thorough, diligent approach to project management.

Desirable experience: MSP, Agile, OJEU procurement, ITIL, knowledge of enterprise-scale technical systems and HE organisations.

About the University of Southampton:

We are committed to our strategic principles of: collegiality, quality, sustainability and global reputation; which our new leadership team is using to implement meaningful change.  We value equality and diversity and we are a founding signatory of the Athena SWAN Charter.  We have held an Athena SWAN Bronze Award since 2006, demonstrating that we are committed to addressing equality issues in order to maximise the potential of all our people.

Work-life balance is important to us and this is reflected in our generous maternity policy and childcare facilities; employees are also able to participate in the Childcare Voucher Scheme.  Our staff may wish to have working patterns that fit in with their caring responsibilities so we invite requests to undertake this role on a part-time or a flexible working basis.  We also welcome applicants who have had career breaks for reasons including maternity, paternity or adoption leave, disability, or illness.

As part of our commitment to your well-being we offer an occupational pension scheme and generous holidays.  Staff also have access to our state-of-the-art on-campus sports, arts, and culture facilities, a full programme of events, and access to a number of University employee-discount schemes.

Interview Date:       w/b 21^st August 2017

Application procedure:

You should submit your completed online application form.The application deadline will be midnight on the closing date stated above. If you need any assistance, please call Suzanne Stone (Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 4043. Please quote reference 898517JF on all correspondence.