Knowledge, Skills/Qualifications & Experience

About the role - Project Manager:

 In this role you will be working with a diverse range of stakeholders and partners planning and delivering our infrastructure projects. You will be managing projects of  low/medium risk and/or low/medium complexity by applying processes, methods, knowledge, skills and experience to achieve the project objectives.

 You don't need to have worked in a charity before, but we believe we can offer you an exciting change of environment and impactful projects to support and manage.  Our towpaths and various historic assets provide a refreshing backdrop and unique working environment.  As a Project Manager with the Canal & River Trust you will further develop your already established skill set and project management career alongside our canals and waterways, in an organisation that values wellbeing and work life balance.

 Key accountabilities:

• Manage projects in accordance with the Trust’s Health and Safety policy and defined standards to ensure compliance. Work safely at all times, ensuring the safety of others and contribute to safe working in all activities.
• Capture project requirements, assess customer and stakeholder impact, and prepare a business case to justify investment in a project.
• Develop, implement and monitor a schedule of project activities and key milestones to achieve the project objectives.
• Provide financial and cost management, budgeting and cost control. Estimate and justify  project costs, whilst controlling actual costs and forecasts against the agreed budgets.
• Lead and direct the project team to ensure all project (time, cost, quality, health and safety and environmental and heritage) objectives are achieved.
• Manage risks, issues and changes on the project.
• Maintain communications with stakeholders and the project team / organisation to satisfy their differing needs.
• With assistance from others, manage all contracts applicable to the project (e.g., NEC ECC, NEC PSC), administering all their aspects to ensure commercial control and compliance. Carry out the role of the Project Manager and Supervisor as defined in the NEC.
• Provide environmental management by appraising the environmental impact of the project activities and ensuring that all controls and requirements are implemented and actioned.
• Handover and closure of the project in a controlled manner highlighting any areas for improvements or elements of good practice to be considered in future projects.
• Always display the Trust values and behaviours at all times. Ensure that diversity and inclusion are integrated into all aspects of Trust life and promoting inclusion by challenging behaviour, practices, actions or decisions that are counter to the objectives of the Trust’s policies and values.

Qualifications:

• HND (or equivalent) in a related discipline e.g., Civil Engineering, Project Management.
• Graduate / Associate level (or equivalent) membership of an appropriate professional body.  i.e. Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE), Association for Project Management (APM), Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
• Project / Programme Management accreditation / qualification i.e., APM Project Management Qualification, Managing Successful Programmes (MSP), Prince 2 [Desirable].
• Valid UK driving licence - Car Cash allowance & regional/national travel, including to remote locations is expected.

Experience:

• Previous Project Management experience of successfully managing multiple low/medium complexity projects within the relevant discipline / sector (e.g., construction, asset management).
• Knowledge of project management processes and systems.
• Some experience of administration of NEC ECC form of contract.
• Experience of SAP particularly in Logistics, Accounting and Information System Modules. [Desirable].

Skills:

• Possess good communication skills both verbal and written, including experience in making formal presentations in project management subjects.
• Ability to manage stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence.
• Ability to prepare and maintain schedules for activities and events for projects, taking account of dependencies and resource requirements.
• Develop and agree budgets for projects and control forecast and actual costs against budget.
• Be good at problem solving and be able to resolve conflicts.  
• Open, positive, can-do attitude which builds confidence and credibility both within the team and stakeholders.
• Possess good IT skills. Use of MS project would be an advantage