Job Title: Project Manager
Contract Type: Fixed term
Salary: £58,279.01 (£64,358.37 is achieved after 12 months successful performance in the role)
Working Hours: Full time 35 hours per week
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday/ Hybrid
Location: Liverpool
If you share our values and are excited about making a significant impact at Riverside, please ensure you attach a current CV and covering letter. At Riverside we recruit to potential not just on skills and experience, so we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the essential criteria on the job description.
The difference you will make as a Project Manager
You will be responsible for managing a multi-disciplinary highly skilled team to deliver a specific set of products or services via the Riverside Transformation Portfolio. You’ll be adept at delivering complex projects, using various methodologies (waterfall/agile), breaking down barriers for your team and both planning at a higher level, whilst getting into the detail to make things happen when needed. As Project Manager, you will work closely with other Business Transformation (BT) colleagues, as well as peers across the CIO directorate and wider business to ensure scope, finances and timescales are met, as well as risks and issues appropriately managed. Strong communication skills and stakeholder management experience are essential for this role, as you will be required to work with our single governance model and support our wider BT team and CIO directorate manage expectations in a controlled and assured manner.
About you
We are looking for someone with
• Experience of delivering change within a complex, multi-site organisation
• Experience of delivering projects using a range of methodologies / approaches such as SCRUM, Kanban, Lean,
waterfall (PRINCE / MSP) or other Agile methodologies
• An understanding of Agile principles
• Experience of workflow tools to manage projects including Monday.com, Jira, Planner, O365 etc
• Strong programme and project management skills in planning, resourcing and budgeting
• Experience of leading a multi-disciplinary team in the successful completion of change
• Understanding of risk management
Why Riverside?
At Riverside, we’re a housing association with a difference – enhancing the everyday for all our customers. For 90 years, we’ve been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewarding lives.
We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK. Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us.
Working with us, you’ll enjoy:
- Competitive pay & generous pension
- 28 days holidays plus bank holidays
- Flexible working options available
- Investment in your learning, personal development and technology
- A wide range of benefits
Diversity and Inclusion at Riverside:
We are inclusive. At Riverside, we value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard. Our commitment to inclusivity drives our success and enriches the lives of our customers and colleagues.
This role also falls under our Ethnic Diversity guaranteed interview scheme. If you are Ethnically Diverse and demonstrate you meet the minimum criteria for the role you will be guaranteed an interview.
Riverside is a Disability Confident Employer and operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicant who declares they have a disability. If the applicant meets the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview.
Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.