Required: Project Manager
Location: Full time on site in Northumberland
Duration: 6 months+
Clearance level: SC level and no opportunity for sponsorship on this occasion.
IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Mandatory skills:
* Defining project requirements.
* Delivered various types of projects through the full project lifecycle. Specifically, network infrastructure
* Knowledge of ECR process
* Managed the agreement process of the project requirements and objectives with the Project Board or appointed project assurance role.
* Managed the delivery of projects in partnership with the customer and business line to ensure acceptance, closedown, and handover to service.
* Operated within defined working practices, ensuring compliance with local project management policy, procedure and methodology where this is in place.
* Gathered status reports of team members across their project and address issues as appropriate.
* Established reporting project Key Performance Indicators to the Senior Project Manager or Project Board through Highlight Reports and stage assessments.
* Managed project risks and produces an effective plan and risk assessment so that timescales and project costs are understood and underwritten by all by the parties.
* Ensured that formal review procedures are used.
* Managed risks associated with the deliverables of the project
* Integrated financial data for multiple projects.
* Ensured that the impact on the Business Line Profit & Loss due to project activities within the scope of the project is clearly visible and that all contingency usage is signed-off by the appropriate governance authority e.g. Project Board.
* Accountable for tracking the project costs and supporting Business Units in meeting payment milestones.
* Ensured that the milestone achievements are signed by the customer and relevant invoices are raised



Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

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