QA Ltd

Project Manager (Government and Defence)

London
Posted about 1 month ago

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Project Manager (Government and Defence)

About The Role

Project Manager (Government and Defence)

Location: Hybrid (London Or Cheltenham) with travel to QA sites when required.

Your Role

Working with QA's key clients in the government and defence section you will be responsible for ensuring that your projects achieve their objectives within agreed timescales and budget, whilst ensuring that quality measures are continually adhered to.

Key Responsibilities

You will be responsible for the successful delivery of medium to large complex learning and engagement programmes. Working closely with client stakeholders and consultants/SMEs to scope the objectives, deliverables, timelines, dependencies, assumptions, risks and quality acceptance criteria. Creation and ongoing management of project tools/documents, including project plan, RAID log and RACI. Support programme specific resourcing through clear definition of content expertise and managing a ‘briefing’ process. Manage operational risk within sensible parameters, escalating risks and issues when necessary. Organising and running a SteerCo when projects risks are many/high. Manage a complex network of client stakeholders, internal and external resources and external suppliers across project workstreams. Track and manage project budget within agreed parameters. Understanding and using project tolerances where needed. Provide on-going direction, support and motivation of the project team to deliver continuity of quality.

Your Experience

Fully familiar with project lifecycle and methodologies and hold a industry recognised qualification/certification, such as PRINCE2 or APMG PMQ. Experience of managing complex projects, for a minimum of 5 years, for a range of clients. Understand how to produce and manage project tools and documentation. Ability to work in both agile and classic waterfall project environments. Experience of complex scheduling of project resources. Experience of effectively managing or mitigating against risk. Experience of effectively communicating on complex issues at a range of stakeholder levels (to C-suite). Proven experience in influencing stakeholders to drive change successfully. Willing to travel for client or internal meetings. You will demonstrate a willingness to go through security clearance for government programmes.

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About Us

What We Offer

Wellbeing & Benefits

Your wellbeing matters to us. That’s why we offer benefits designed to help you recharge and thrive, including:

27 days Annual Leave (4 days used for the festive closure) plus Bank Holidays Holiday Buying scheme Medicash plan, Wellhub, Cycle to Work scheme Private Medical Insurance at corporate rates Employee Assistance Programme Employee Discounts Benefit Hub 3 Development days 2 Charity days per year Pension Scheme Early Friday Finish at 4pm

Personal growth

Learning and opportunity is at the core of what we do - and that applies to you too!

You’ll have the unique opportunity to develop your skills on our QA authored courses in the latest tech (you’ll get 3 training days/year to do this). You can also delve deep into our world-class digital learning content on a variety of tech and business topics. Orperhaps you’d like to enrol on a Degree or Masters programme to enhance your skillset or learn new things.

Our people

We are an equal opportunity employer, focused on promoting a welcoming and inclusive environment. We embrace diversity, welcome applications from all candidates and aim to support the career growth of everyone. This means no matter what your gender, age, ethnicity, beliefs, or sexual orientation, or if you are disabled or a carer, we welcome you and the different perspectives you bring to our diverse family. We’re proud of the progress we’ve achieved over the last few years to build an inclusive culture and celebrate our diversity.

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As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee that all applicants with a disability who meet the role criteria will progress to the next stage of the process. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

A Little About QA

At QA, we believe the future belongs to organisations that are able to learn, master and apply new skills at pace and scale. As the largest tech training company in the UK and the fastest growing in the US, we partner with 96% of the FTSE and most of the Fortune 500. We have served over 4,000 customers and 1+ million learners in the last 3 years.

Our Mission

We teach the critical AI, technology, digital and Human skills needed to transform and succeed in a changing world.We do this through tailored learning programmes that connect learning across an organisation, create continuity for learners, and feature collaborative, cohort-based modalities to apply skills at pace and at scale. Our unique end-to-end learning solutions draw from deep expertise across Apprenticeships, Instructor-led training, Self-paced Learning and Blended Learning.

You can find out more about us at https://www.qa.com/about/careers/

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Skills

Project Management
Stakeholder Management
Risk Management
Agile Methodologies
Waterfall Methodologies
Budget Management
Scheduling
Communication
Team Leadership
Quality Assurance
Documentation
Client Engagement
Resource Management
Problem Solving
Influencing
Security Clearance