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IT Project Manager

Job Type : Contract, Full Time

Salary :

An exciting new opportunity has arisen to work for a Public Sector organisation who are seeking to appoint an IT Project Manager on a fixed term contract.
Key responsibilities will be:
Review the various ICT systems currently in use within Ipswich Borough Council with a view to gaining efficiencies through software and process rationalisation and amalgamation.
The successful candidate will be required to:
– Conduct interviews and fact-finding exercises with the current system administrators;
– Generate business cases for any proposed changes;
– Assist the ICT Operations manager in seeking board approval;
– Project manage the implementation of any agreed changes;
– Assist the relevant service areas through the change management process.
Knowledge / Experience:
– Experience of working at a senior management level;
– Ability to demonstrate skill in working in a corporate and political environment;
– Working knowledge and awareness of local government issues, legislation and procedures;
– Experience of successfully providing leadership to ICT, change management and other large scale corporate projects;
– Significant experience of managing project scope (feasibility, timelines and budget) for multiple projects simultaneously using a recognised framework or methodology;
– Demonstrable experience in gathering and interpreting technical or complex client requirements including the ability to be detail-oriented with an emphasis on accuracy and delivery of high quality projects;
– Experience of managing organisational change and supporting people through behavioural, system and process change.
Personal Skills:
– Excellent ICT skills, demonstrating significant degree of ICT and project literacy ideally developed through project delivery on complex, high profile projects;
– Experience of leading and managing project team member activities across varying disciplines and locations with a strong commitment to fostering and promoting team-work;
– Experience of managing stakeholder relationships within complex projects with the ability to manage and resolve conflict, meet challenging deadlines and delivering under pressure 

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