Project Co-ordinator
- Sheffield
- £38,220-41,711 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- The use of agreed project management framework and management tools to drive projects to successful completion.
- To prepare and contribute to the development of contracts and drive the contract management and administration required to successfully deliver the project through to completion.
- To ensure that the project is delivered in accordance with council financial, procurement, legal and management procedures.
- Be a strong customer advocate by ensuring the customers voice is at the heart of the Staying close project, challenging common practice and procedures and if necessary working with others to find customer focused solutions.
- To robustly manage all project risks, issues, opportunities, budgets, contracts and costs throughout the life of the project and manage any change, risk or resource pressure pro-actively and take active responsibility to resolve or escalate as required.
- Experience of successful support to project management teams and external grant funding.
- Experience of supporting the project management with multiple stakeholders and complex requirements.
- Knowledge of all stages of project management including the development, implementation and use of all the necessary controls and processes to ensure successful delivery.
- Experience and ability to identify and deliver specific project objectives with support guidance from Senior staff within the Staying close project.
- Emerging skills in negotiating, influencing and decision making.
- Commercial awareness and understanding of project financial management and contract management procedures.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills. Able to produce reports, presentations and other written material to a very high standard and tailored to different audiences.