Group Shared Services deliver numerous projects focused both around Business and IT change within the Global RI IT estate. With a focus on the technical and process platforms of Customer, Workplace and Infrastructure Services, the role will work within the team of PMs.
Responsibilities
- Defines, documents and carries out medium to large sized projects, alone or with a team, actively participating in all phases.
- Identifies, assesses and manages risks to the success of the project.
- Agrees project approach with stakeholders, and prepares realistic plans (including quality, risk and communications plans) and tracks activities against the project schedule, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate.
- Monitors costs, timescales and resources used, and takes action where these deviate from agreed tolerances.
- Ensures that own projects are formally closed and, where appropriate, subsequently reviewed, and that lessons learned are recorded.
Requirements
Experience
- Demonstrates a passion for IT and ambition to work in a project management framework.
- Has experience in managing deliverables in a project environment and / or shown a capability within their current / previous roles.
- Has a good general technical awareness of IT Infrastructure environments.
Knowledge & Skills
- Autonomy - Works under general direction within a clear framework of accountability. Exercises substantial personal responsibility and autonomy. Plans own work to meet given objectives and processes.
- Influence - Influences customers, suppliers and partners at account level. Would be responsible for ensuring the delivery of work by others and for the allocation of resources. Participates in external activities related to own specialism. Makes decisions which influence the success of projects and team objectives. Collaborates regularly with team members, peers locally and globally, users and customers. Engages to ensure that user needs are being met throughout.
- Complexity - Work includes a broad range of complex technical or professional activities, in a variety of contexts. Investigates, defines and resolves complex issues.
- Business Skills - Communicates fluently, orally and in writing, and can present complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences. Plans, schedules and monitors work to meet time and quality targets. Facilitates collaboration between stakeholders who share common objectives. Selects appropriately from applicable standards, methods, tools and applications. Fully understands the importance of security to own work and the operation of the organisation. Seeks specialist security or data privacy knowledge or advice when required to support own work or work of immediate colleagues. Understands and uses appropriate methods, tools and applications. Demonstrates a rational and organised approach to work. Is aware of health and safety issues. Identifies and negotiates own development opportunities. Has communication skills for effective dialogue with key stakeholders, customers, suppliers and partners. Is able to work in a team. Is able to plan, schedule and monitor own work within short time horizons. Absorbs technical information when it is presented systematically and applies it effectively. Displays a responsible attitude to following procedures, keeping records, and caring for equipment and other assets.
- Team work - Working cooperatively (rather than competitively) with others to achieve a common goal.
- Customer focus - Understanding the needs of the internal or external customer and keeping them in mind when taking actions or making decisions.
- Analytical thinking - Acquiring a proper understanding of a problem or situation by breaking it down systematically into its component parts and identifying the relationships between these parts, selecting the appropriate method/tool to resolve the problem and reflecting on the result, such that learning is identified and absorbed.
- Attention to detail - Applying quality standards to all tasks undertaken and ensuring that nothing is overlooked.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and bonus
- Hybrid working
- Rentokil Initial Reward Scheme
- 23 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Death in service benefit
- Healthcare
- Free parking
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