Project Manager

About The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join the Guinness Team. This is a permanent, full-time, 35 hours per week vacancy based in our Oldham office. We are currently working to a hybrid working style.

The overall purpose of the role is to plan, lead and deliver multiple medium sized, technical or business change projects, or workstreams in larger projects, to the agreed scope, budget and timescales that meet customer and business requirements.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for a candidate who ideally brings some background or direct experience in the housing sector, as this knowledge and experience will be crucial in navigating the context and nuances of the related projects within our change pipeline for which they would be directly responsible for if they were successful in securing the role. Having this experience and understanding already established will help candidates hit the ground running and deliver immediate value in project delivery, and in building relationships with stakeholders within housing-focused business teams.

We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do, so you’ll not only be highly self-motivated with the rigour to pursue goals, but you’ll also be a confident collaborator, networker and relationship builder with a willingness to go the extra mile to get the job done. 

You’ll be able to demonstrate

Essential:

• Proven track record of delivering projects in a range of disciplines including people, processes and technology. 
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Experienced in matrix management of delivery teams.
• Commercial awareness and experience of contracting and managing third parties.
• Experienced in the application of multiple project methodologies and able to determine appropriate use of a methodology.
• Excellent oral and written communications including presentations. 
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office 365, including MS Project for Planning, Tracking and Reporting. 
• Proficient in use of delivery and collaboration tools (i.e. DevOps, SharePoint. MS Teams, Asana).
• Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours.

Desirable:

• Experience of cloud adoption projects.
• Experience of ITIL Principles & processes.
• Housing sector industry experience.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Professional qualification in Project Management PRINCE2, APM or similar.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience.

If you’re interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and/or to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the attached role profile.

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The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for nearly 160,000 residents nationwide. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our residents, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services. The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.