Job Description
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An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join a Council Transport Department during a period of transition, supporting the continued delivery of critical highways and transport schemes on a temporary basis with room to extend into the longer term.This interim role sits within a Transport Delivery function, working closely with subject matter experts across the wider transport service, including transport planning, network management, road safety and active travel.The role offers hybrid working, with 2 days per week based in Portsmouth, one of which must be Thursday, and the remainder working remotely.
The Role
You will be responsible for leading and delivering complex transport and highways projects, including business transformation and statutory change programmes, ensuring continuity of service and successful project outcomes.
Key responsibilities include:
Project Management
- Manage business transformation and process change projects, supporting compliance with legislative and digital requirements (e.g. Digital TROs and Moving Traffic Offences)
- Lead multiple live transport projects from inception through to implementation
- Work to recognised project management standards, following Government guidance and internal project management frameworks.
- Produce, own and maintain full Project Initiation Documentation (PID), including mandates, business cases, programmes, risk registers and budgets.
- Direct and monitor project staff and manage external consultants to ensure delivery against agreed objectives.
Financial & Commercial Management
- Prepare project cost estimates and manage budgets to completion
- Monitor expenditure and ensure projects are delivered within agreed financial controls
- Achieve value for money whilst maintaining quality standards
- Agree final accounts, measures and payments
Scheme Delivery & Implementation
- Deliver successful project management across the full project lifecycle
- Manage tender preparation, assessment and contract documentation with support from legal, procurement, finance and technical teams
- Appoint and manage contractors and consultants as required
- Ensure schemes are delivered to programme, specification and budget
Stakeholder & Communication Management
- Represent the organisation at meetings with internal teams, external partners and the public
- Support and participate in consultation on scheme proposals
- Prepare reports and updates, including regular reporting to Project Boards
- Liaise with elected members, external funders, government departments and other internal services
- Ensure projects integrate effectively with the existing highway network
About YouYou will be a confident and experienced project management professional with a strong track record of delivering transport or infrastructure projects in a public sector environment.Essential requirements:
- HND or Degree in a relevant discipline
- Professional project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2 Practitioner) and/or membership of a recognised professional body (e.g. APM), or equivalent demonstrable experience
- Extensive post-graduate experience with proven end-to-end project delivery
- Experience managing public sector transport or highways projects
- Strong understanding of contracts and procurement
- Excellent commercial awareness and financial control experience
- Ability to lead and manage small project teams
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication and report-writing skills
- Experience engaging with elected members and the general public at a non-technical level
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Project
Desirable:
- Knowledge of environmental legislation and regulatory frameworks
- Experience of digital or service transformation programmes
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