Project Manager
Location flexible across our sites (hybrid working - travel will be required)
Salary up to £46,849 (plus a £2,000 South East allowance per annum for individuals based at Culham) and generous benefits package
Fixed Term Appointment for 12 months, Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)
The Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) is an armed police service that’s dedicated to the nuclear industry. Our vision is to be recognised as a provider of a world-class service for the protection of nuclear material and facilities. Given the critical nature of our work, it’s vital that we recruit skilled and committed professionals to join our high-performing team. We are looking for a Project Manager to lead and deliver required projects and work streams through initiation, delivery, handover to ‘business as usual’ and closure.
The role holder will be part of the Portfolio Delivery team. They will lead and manage the work of the project team responsible for the implementation and delivery of allocated work streams, this work may fall within an overarching Programme. The role will directly manage a team of internal colleagues, external contractors and consultants coordinating the involvement of key technical professionals in support of the day-to day running of the respective Projects. The role is responsible for delivery of their allocated projects and work streams within agreed tolerances (Time, Cost, Quality and Risk), controls (RAID, Plan etc.) planning and forecasting expenditure and assessing impacts on related budgets throughout the life of the project as agreed with the Senior Project Manager, Programme Manager and/or Portfolio Lead.
The role holder will functionally manage a project team of Subject Matter Expert(s), Project Support and Administrative staff which may include a combination of Full-time/Fixed term, external contractors and individuals/teams temporally assigned to their projects. The role holder will be responsible for ensuring they are compliant all relevant Corporate policies.
- End-to-end responsibility for defining and delivering Project work streams in support of the Senior Project Manager, Programme Manager, Portfolio Lead and the SRO.
- Controlling and coordinating the activities of the project, or work stream(s) within the Programme including resource planning.
- Responsible for delivery of assigned project/s (these may be within a Programme) and accountable to the Senior Project Manager, Programme Manager, Portfolio Lead and SRO.
- Overseeing Project planning activity, including but not limited to, identifying and managing interdependencies, defining quality measures, development of technical solutions and identifying/exploiting opportunities.
- Develop and agree budgets for projects, control spend and identify variance against forecast.
- Protect the interests of the CNC and its stakeholders.
- Identification and management of risk to projects and escalation to senior management when required.
- Managing changes to project scope through defined project change processes.
- Capturing and managing delivery of project requirements through the project lifecycle.
- Developing, maintaining and ensuring the application of quality management processes for project/programme activities and outputs.
- Handover of the project to business owner/change teams for implementation as ‘business as usual’, providing support and guidance on the most effective implementation of the project outputs. Controlling the process of project closure.
- Facilitating workshops and other forums for project definition and business case production, stakeholder engagement, benefits mapping and realisation, tendering and procurement activity, after action reviews and lessons learned.
- Taking responsibility for project governance and exception reporting through accepted project management methodologies (APM, PMI, PRINCE2).
- Acting as the main point of contact for all matters related to assigned projects, including direct liaison with internal and external project stakeholders at all levels; preparing reports to ensure stakeholders are kept fully informed of project status and progress; promoting effective cross-team project working; taking responsibility for ensuring project quality with a comprehensive understanding and awareness of process dependencies and project implication.
- Providing professional opinion to the Senior Project Manager, Programme Manager and/or Portfolio Lead to ensure continuous improvement of project delivery within the CNC
Skills and Experience Required
- Formal project management experience and accreditation (e.g., APM, PMI, PRINCE 2 Practitioner) with extensive delivery experience covering the project lifecycle.
- Business process acumen including change, risk, finance, planning and people management skills.
- Knowledge of project management methodologies, including risk management, resource and budget planning & estimating, quality management and change control.
- Experience of benefits identification and management.
- Capable of defining, shaping and leading changes of significant value and/or of a strategic influence and/or complex nature.
- Ability to lead and effectively manage project teams.
- Well-developed liaison, interpersonal and communication skills at all levels.
- Professional presentational skills both written and verbal; presentation and briefing up to Executive / Board level.
- Skilled in both stakeholder and communications management
- Must be able to work autonomously to high standards and deadlines.
Benefits of working for the CNC:
- 27.5 days annual leave (rising by 1 day after 2 years’ service, and 0.5 days ever year thereafter until a total of 32.5 days is reached) plus Bank Holidays
- Additional 30 minutes time worked during the week to accrue additional leave of 3 days, which can be used for period between Christmas and New Year
- Generous pension scheme (20.7% employer contribution, 8.2% employee) The employer contribution for this grade is £8,377 minimum per year, and minimum employee contribution of £3,318 minimum. A total minimum annual pension contribution of £11,695!
- Flexi-time working scheme
- Bonus scheme – dependent on oganisational and personal performance, up to a maximum of 7% of salary
- Subsidised Costa Coffee, restaurant, and deli on site at HQ
- Eligible to join the national Blue Light Card scheme, which offers discounts on a variety of products and services
- Enhanced family friendly and wellbeing policies
- Cycle to Work scheme
As police staff the public expect us to display the highest standards, values, and professional qualities at all times. The CNC values and Code of Ethics applies to all police staff and sets out the principles and standards of behaviour we expect to see, and you are responsible for displaying and delivering these to the highest standards.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are central to the values of our organisation. At CNC we value and embrace the unique experiences, identities and abilities that each of us bring to our roles. We strive to empower everyone to bring their authentic self openly and safely to work.
Through the dedicated commitment of our affinity networks, ED&I team and wider HR departments, we are on a journey to embed our ED&I commitments, ensuring the CNC is an employer of choice; where everyone feels included.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact the Police Staff Recruitment Team to request accommodation.
Please review the video links below which will give you an overview of the vetting process that you will be required to go through if you are successful in your application to join the CNC:
- Vetting: An Overview - https://youtu.be/lRit8RA7Zpo
- Vetting and Finances - https://youtu.be/JmZP7r-9MEE
- Vetting and Life Experiences - https://youtu.be/jVPHvgpB8nc