Project Manager - Corporate PMO

Project Manager – Salary Grade 9 £52,584 - £56,646pa

Fixed term/Secondment for initial 12 months, with possibility to extend.

With its excellent transport links into central London, extensive town centre regeneration and the highest concentration of green space anywhere in London, Havering has a unique offer as a place to live, work and visit. By making the most of its position and opportunities, Havering is becoming a hub for start-ups and expanding businesses, as well as construction, logistics, engineering and manufacturing industries.

We are looking for Project Managers with a strong background in transformational change to work as part of a team delivering projects across the Council.

You will be given a wide range of projects to deliver, such as implementing a new policy for Home to School Transport, delivering Transitions services improvement plan for Children's and Adults Social Care, implementing new business systems across council services, collaborating with the Digital Team on D365 development/enhancements, leading on refreshing the Contact Centre telephony solution and procurement of the Registrar online booking system.

About the Job

The main duties and responsibilities of this role are to:

• Ensure that projects are well-defined with clear scope and deliverables
• Create project plans including resource and benefit plans and ensure that risks, issues, dependencies and assumptions are identified and managed
• Identify stakeholders and put in place a strategy to manage and communicate with them to ensure buy in and support for projects
• Manage project from day-to-day using the Council’s portfolio management tool. Report progress in accordance with the schedule required by the Programme Office. Manage risks, issues assumptions and dependencies, escalating where necessary
• Ensure that projects have robust governance structures and processes to facilitate transparent reporting and clear accountability
• Manage project budgets producing forecasts and actual. Mange deviations from forecasts and escalate where necessary
• Manage any suppliers (internal or external) ensuring that they have clear accountability and plans

About You

Experience:

• Experience of change management in local government
• Experience of delivering change/projects in or across different council services e.g. Children's and Adult Services, Social Housing, Environmental Services, Planning and Enforcement.
• Experience of delivering a number of projects using project management techniques to meet corporate priorities
• Experience of working within matrix management structures
• Experience of resource and financial management
• Experience of working with complex multi-agency partnerships and stakeholder groups, managing ambiguity and complexity
• Experience of using IT (e.g., Excel, MS Project) in order to plan and manage projects, analyse and aggregate data, manage budgets, build financial models, and develop and track savings
• This role will be carried out via hybrid working, consisting of a combination of remote working and office based working. Face to face engagement and communication sessions will be necessary.

The closing date for the receipt of applications is 11/08/25, however interest in this job may be high and we therefore reserve the right to close the vacancy early.

You will be notified if your application has been successful. Interview date to be confirmed.

Should you require any help or advice with your online application, please contact the Recruitment Helpdesk on 01708 432770.

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Additional Information

We want everyone to choose Havering. When you apply for a job with us, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. Our residents and service users come from all walks of life, and so do our employees. Find out what it means to Choose Havering.

The London Borough of Havering has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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If you would like an informal chat about the role, please contact Julia Blow: julia.blow@havering.gov.uk