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Hays recruitment are recruiting a Project Manager to join a large public sector organisation in the Leeds area on a 12-month fixed term contract, with the view to-go permanent. You will be reporting to the Assistant Director of Finance & Business Support.

Your new role
In your new role you will be taking responsibility to co-ordinate the project plans for various programmes and projects as part of the organisation's business plans and oversee delivery in line with time, cost, and quality constraints. You will be supporting project and other work stream leads and influencing and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of the work.

You will be responsible for working with project leads to create business project plans, monitoring processes and reports and updating them through the life of the project and providing training and support to the organisation's staff involved in project work. You will be developing, maintaining and monitoring plans for projects, tailoring the plans in accordance to the complexity of the project.

What you'll need to succeed

• Experience of managing projects in a structured environment ideally in accordance with PRINCE2
• Experience of managing several overlapping complex projects of different scales and scope to often competing deadlines
• Experience of delivering projects within a research or public sector setting would be beneficial but not essential
• Experience of delivering small/medium projects with limited supervision in both the project management and change management arena
• Experience of working on end to end projects across various business areas implementing change would be ideal
• Prince 2 qualification or similar
• Strong stakeholder management skills

What you'll get in return
This exciting position is paying 43,000- 50,000 negotiable on experience and offers an excellent work life balance including: hybrid working, generous annual leave, public sector employer contribution pension scheme, flexibility, training, and development opportunities.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

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