Job Description
Project Manager / Project Coordinator
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Start ASAP – Contract to run up to major go-live date (01/11/2024), with possible extension of up to a month post-go-live if additional support is required.
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Remote Working – but must live within a commutable driving distance to Kent for onboarding days
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Salary: Negotiable
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About the Role
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We are recruiting on behalf of a client seeking an experienced and highly effective Project Manager or Senior Project Coordinator to join a key delivery programme. This is not a technical or IT-focused project management role. Instead, we are looking for a delivery-focused professional who can bring together multiple workstreams, manage dependencies, maintain momentum, and ensure successful delivery against an established plan.
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The successful candidate will be a confident communicator and relationship builder who can engage with a wide range of stakeholders, ask the right questions, challenge constructively, and keep teams aligned on priorities and milestones.
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Key Responsibilities
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- Drive delivery against an existing project plan, ensuring key milestones and deadlines are achieved.
- Coordinate and align multiple workstreams, identifying risks, dependencies and potential blockers.
- Maintain project momentum by tracking progress and holding stakeholders accountable for actions and deliverables.
- Facilitate effective communication between teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment and understanding.
- Challenge constructively where required, driving decisions and actions forward.
- Monitor delivery progress, assess impacts on timelines and re-plan where necessary.
- Ensure clear ownership of actions, deliverables and deadlines across the project.
- Build strong relationships across various stakeholder groups, creating collaboration and consensus.
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What We're Looking For
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Essential Experience
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- Proven experience as an established Project Manager or Senior Project Coordinator.
- Strong track record of delivering projects against agreed plans, milestones and deadlines.
- Experience managing cross-functional workstreams and complex dependencies.
- Demonstrable ability to monitor progress, identify risks and proactively drive solutions.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
- Experience holding individuals and teams accountable while maintaining positive working relationships.
- Competence with standard project management tools, particularly MS Project.
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Key Competencies
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✅ Excellent listening skills and the ability to absorb information from multiple viewpoints.
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✅ Strong questioning ability, understanding what needs to be delivered, by when, who owns it, and whether delivery is on track.
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✅ Ability to assess changing information and adapt plans accordingly.
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✅ Confident and credible communicator who can challenge constructively.
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✅ Approachable, collaborative and supportive leadership style.
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✅ Strong organisational skills and attention to project delivery rather than technical solution design.
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What's Important
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This role is ideal for someone who thrives on delivery, coordination and stakeholder engagement. The client is specifically seeking candidates who can demonstrate:
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- A “big picture” project delivery mindset.
- Evidence of successfully driving outcomes through others.
- Strong dependency and cross-workstream management.
- The ability to listen, influence and bring people together to achieve shared objectives.
- A focus on outcomes, timelines, ownership and accountability.
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Interested?
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If you are an experienced Project Manager or Senior Project Coordinator who excels at driving delivery, managing stakeholders and keeping projects on track, we'd love to hear from you.
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Apply today for a confidential discussion.
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