Waltham Forest Council - Project Manager - Childrens

Posted 28 June 2022
Salary Up to £460 per day
Job type Temporary
Discipline Social Care
ReferenceLORNA_1656408024
Contact NameLorna Burner

Job description

Experience required for this role includes;

  • Experience of managing medium to large-scale projects in complex and challenging environments.
  • Experience of project delivery through overseeing multi-disciplinary project teams and encouraging them to meet personal and organisational objectives.
  • Experience of delivering projects and products using the appropriate agile project management methodology, learning & iterating frequently.
  • Experience of managing multiple projects and a mixed and varied workload of conflicting priorities responding effectively to the needs of all customers.
  • Experience of report writing and communications for a variety of audiences, demonstrating numeracy and literacy, and applying expert knowledge.
  • Be effective at planning, monitoring, and reviewing.
  • Ability to operate and empathise with stakeholders and project teams to influence and gain commitment to objectives.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and responsibilities at the same time.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills with an ability to interact effectively with people at all levels in an organisation including senior level executives.
  • Work effectively as part of a team and have a genuine desire to assist colleagues.
  • An ability to respond to unpredictable volume of work, with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn new ways to accomplish work activities and objectives.
  • Work effectively and efficiently, paying careful attention to detail, data confidentiality and accuracy.
  • Self-starter with high degree of initiative, urgency, and follow through.
  • Possess strengths in organisational, attention-to-detail, reasoning, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to lead, motivate, and direct a cross-functional project work groups/ teams.
  • Ability to work autonomously to meet the objectives of the organisation.

If you are interested in this role please send your updated CV in the first instance.