EHC Online Project Manager

• Managing and coordinating the project work-streams at operational level. Supporting the PMO Manager to ensure successful delivery of key milestones to the required quality and to the timescales agreed within the project plan
• Managing a single, agreed approach to project delivery as defined in the Project Initiation Document, ensuring best practice is identified, recorded and utilised across the Project
• Identify, monitor and manage project risks and issues. Develop mitigating strategies and escalate as appropriate. Identify and work with related projects to manage interdependencies.
• Maintain and deliver against other project controls (including planning, assumptions, decisions, change control and configuration management)
• Ensure the required Project reporting is completed through the various Defra governance structures in an agreed timely manner.
• Ensure that the key assurance bodies are appropriately involved, and that the agreed deliverables from the Integrated Assurance and Approvals plan are met through the life cycle of the Project.
• Ensure all necessary Business Change activities are defined, agreed and implemented in accordance with the Project plan
• Support the relationship with internal and external project stakeholders. Identify and manage collaborative relationship through support of the Business Change work stream. Actively engage senior level support when required.
• Build, maintain and improve relationships across the project, stakeholders and wider government
• Communicate project vision and status effectively, using established meetings such as the steering group and project boards. Ensure visibility of project status to the wider business and stakeholders.

Additional information

Please note that Defra procurement uses an E-tendering system for Procurement activities. This is currently provided by Bravo Solutions. To access appropriate tendering and contractual documents, please access the E-Tendering portal at https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk", ensuring that your registration includes "Defra". If you have any problems with this system, please contact Bravo on their telephone helpline number 0800 368 4850 or by emailing them at help@bravosolution.co.uk.