Senior Project Manager
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Senior Project Manager
Summary
Lead strategic projects and governance for a charity, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery using tools like MS Project and PRINCE2 methodologies.
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE) is looking for an experienced and motivated Senior Project Manager to join our Strategic Delivery team.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering strategic change across the charity. Working across a diverse portfolio of programmes and projects, you will collaborate with senior stakeholders to drive successful outcomes that support our mission and long-term goals.
As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead complex projects from inception through to delivery, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and deliver measurable benefits. You will work within an established programme governance structure and have the opportunity to influence project management best practice across the organisation.
As our Senior Project Manager, you will:
- Lead the successful delivery of strategic projects, ensuring objectives, timescales, budgets and quality standards are achieved.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, registers and documentation, ensuring effective resource allocation and management.
- Provide regular updates and progress reports to project sponsors and programme boards.
- Act as the central point of contact for project governance, planning and delivery.
- Engage and coordinate stakeholders, subject matter experts and end users throughout project lifecycles to ensure alignment and adoption.
- Identify, manage and mitigate project risks, dependencies and changes to scope.
- Support the development of business cases to secure project approval and funding.
- Champion project management best practice and coach colleagues across the charity.
- Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of project management frameworks, templates and documentation to ensure consistency and quality across DofE.
We're looking for a confident and experienced project professional who thrives in a collaborative environment and can manage multiple priorities with ease.
- Significant experience of successfully delivering projects from initiation through to completion, within agreed timescales and budgets.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
- Strong planning, monitoring and reporting skills, with the ability to communicate progress against milestones and outcomes.
- Excellent organisational skills and a high level of attention to detail.
- Outstanding stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships at all levels.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- A diplomatic and collaborative approach to cross-functional working.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Microsoft Project or equivalent project management software.
- A recognised project management qualification, such as PRINCE2, is essential.
If you feel excited by this role and believe you have the necessary skills and experience to become a valued team member, please go to our website and apply.
The deadline for applying for this role is: 13th September - Midnight
1st interviews will take place on: WC 28th September via Teams
2nd interviews will take place on: WC 5th October - venue to be confirmed
If you would like to access the application form in a different format or if you would like any assistance that might help improve your experience while completing the application, please contact us by email recruitment@dofe.org
We offer excellent staff benefits including a generous pension contribution, an employee assistance programme, healthcare cash plan and volunteer leave. Also, 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays and an additional 3 days paid leave between Christmas and the New Year. Buy additional annual leave, benefits discount website, death in service benefit 4 x salary, incapacity benefit, generous family leave and sick leave.
The DofE are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. All successful applicants will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. (e.g. DBS/PVG or similar), including references covering any gaps of employment/education, confirm eligibility to work in the UK and complete a health check.
**The geographical allowance is based on a member of staff having a home or office-based postcode within 30 miles (as the crow flies) from Charing Cross, WC2N 5HS. The allowance is 7% capped at £4,000 per annum.
The DofE are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. All successful applicants will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. (e.g. DBS/PVG or similar), including references covering any gaps of employment/education, confirm eligibility to work in the UK and complete a health check.
**The geographical allowance is based on a member of staff having a home or office-based postcode within 30 miles (as the crow flies) from Charing Cross, WC2N 5HS. The allowance is 7% capped at £4,000 per annum.