Senior Project Manager

Annual salary: up to £60,000.00

Senior Project Manager

Location: Remote

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Salary: £60,000 per annum plus £4,800 car allowance and company benefits

We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of some of the Group’s most high profile and complex projects. This is a senior level role requiring strong leadership, excellent stakeholder management and the ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy while delivering results against demanding timescales and budgets.

You will be responsible for planning, executing and finalising projects from initiation through to completion, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives. Working closely with senior stakeholders across the business, you will provide assurance, governance and expert guidance to ensure successful outcomes and continuous improvement in project delivery.

Mears is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing and care services to the public and private sectors. We are committed to making a positive difference to the communities we serve, delivering essential services that support people to live safely and independently. Our values of integrity, teamwork and excellence underpin everything we do.

About the Role:

As Senior Project Manager, you will take ownership of complex and high stakes projects and large contract mobilisations across the Group.

• Lead the prioritisation and oversight of projects, working collaboratively with senior stakeholders to ensure alignment with strategic goals.
• Provide senior stakeholder management, acting as a trusted advisor and using advanced influencing and diplomacy skills to shape strategic decisions and deliver the Group strategy.
• Manage complex and high stakes projects and large contract mobilisations, applying expert judgement, leadership and governance to ensure successful delivery and alignment with strategic objectives.
• Lead and develop a specialist project delivery team, setting clear objectives, performance measures and a culture of accountability and continuous improvement to deliver a high performing project delivery function.
• Act as the Subject Matter Expert for the project delivery team and colleagues throughout the Group, providing expert advice, leadership and assurance, and shaping best practice and standards within the function.
• Oversee scheduling activity and resource allocation across the project delivery function, assigning direct report resources and negotiating with senior colleagues and third parties or suppliers to ensure optimal resourcing for the flawless execution of projects.
• Undertake other duties and responsibilities as may reasonably be assigned

Key Criteria:

• Educated to A level standard (or equivalent), including English and Maths
• Qualified to PMP, PRINCE2 or Agile Project Management level qualification or equivalent.
• A minimum of five years’ experience in a project management role, managing complex projects.
• Advanced knowledge of project management software and tools.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience of dealing with challenging senior stakeholders.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
• Able to work autonomously and manage priorities independently.
• Full UK driving licence.

Benefits

• Family friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.
• Generous Pension Scheme
• Sick Pay
• Refer a friend scheme (total award £1000)
• Share saver scheme
• Eye test vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
• Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors)
• Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blair Drummond Safari Park, M&Ds Theme park, fully paid for including lunch
• Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers
• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• 25 days holiday entitlement along with bank holidays.

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.

Required Qualifications:

Project Management

Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:

Joe Monger (joe.monger@mearsgroup.co.uk)

If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.

At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.

We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.

In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.