Project Manager
Remuneration: £35 – 50K per annum dependent upon experience.
Contract Length: Permanent.
Hours: Full time – 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday.
Location: Hybrid Working, with a minimum of one day a week in the Head Office located in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
Candidates must be within reasonable commuting distance of Harrogate.
Who we are: LINK is a not-for-profit company governed by an independent Board and is the UK's largest cash machine network, connecting virtually all the UK’s ATMs and providing communities with access to cash through services such as cashback at retailers’ tills and Banking Hubs. While many consumers are now embracing digital payments, there are still millions of people who rely on cash every day. At LINK, we are passionate about protecting access to cash on the UK’s High Streets and ensuring it is maintained for as long as it is needed through the operation of our well-established Financial Inclusion Programme. LINK is regulated by the Payments Systems Regulator and the Bank of England and have a great track record of delivering results for communities.
What does the role involve?
Working within the Change & Controls team the Project Manager will play a key role in delivering a busy and diverse portfolio of projects and change initiatives across LINK.
The role offers the opportunity to work on varied, high-profile projects, involving multiple business areas, senior stakeholders and external delivery partners. The Project Manager will take ownership of assigned projects from Initiation through to closure, ensuring they are well planned, effectively governed, and delivered to agreed scope, quality timelines and budgets.
Working under general direction, the Project Manager will plan and manage their own workload, build effective relationships with stakeholders and suppliers, identify and manage risks and dependencies, and provide clear and accurate reporting through the appropriate governance forums.
The role will also support the continued improvement of LINK’s project delivery capability by contributing to the development and consistent use of project standards, tools and ways of working. Your key responsibilities will include:
· Manage assigned projects and change initiatives from initiation through to implementation and closure, in line with LINK’s Project Management Methodology
· Develop and maintain proportionate project plans and control documents, covering scope, deliverables, resources, timelines, budgets, dependencies, and quality requirements.
· Monitor project progress against agreed plans and take timely action to address emerging issues, delivery constraints or changes in priorities.
· Identify, assess, and manage project risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies, escalating significant matters promptly where additional guidance or decisions are required.
· Produce accurate and timely project documentation and reporting, including project initiation documents, plans, RAID logs, status reports and closure documentation.
· Establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders, subject-matter experts, suppliers and other delivery partners.
· Provide clear, project-level information and highlight cross-project risks, dependencies and delivery commitments.
· Contribute to the improvement of LINL’s project management tools, templates, processes and standards, and support the implementation of agreed improvements.
· Share project management knowledge and good practice with colleagues and provide practical support where appropriate.
· Ensure project activity complies with LINK’s risk management framework, Information Security, data protection and governance requirements.
What will I need to know?
· Relevant experience of managing projects or change initiatives through the full project lifecycle.
· Demonstrable experience of planning, coordinating and delivering projects to agreed scope, quality, timelines and budgets.
· Experience of maintaining project plans, RAID logs, governance documentation and status reporting.
· Experience of working with a range of internal stakeholders, senior colleagues, subject-matter experts and third-party suppliers.
· Experience of identifying and managing risks, issues, dependencies and delivery constraints.
· Experience of working within a defined project governance or delivery framework
· Experience within financial services, payments, technology, data or another regulated environment would be beneficial.
· A recognized project management qualification, such as PRINCE2, APM, PMP or equivalent is desirable.
· Evidence of continued professional development in project management or change delivery would be beneficial.
· Strong project management skills, with experience of planning, scheduling, monitoring and controlling delivery.
· Sound understanding of project governance, risk management and change control.
· Ability to manage routine and complex projects with limited supervision.
· Strong organizational skills, with the ability to prioritise competing demands and changing priorities and meet agreed deadlines.
· Good analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess information, identify risks and recommend practical actions.
· Clear and confident written and verbal communication skills.
· Ability to build constructive working relationships with stakeholders at different levels of the organization.
· Ability to facilitate meetings and workshops and maintain focus on actions, decisions and outcomes.
· Commercial awareness and confidence working with suppliers.
· Confidence using Microsoft 365 tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams and SharePoint. Experience of project planning or portfolio reporting tools would be useful.
· Collaborative team player.
What is in it for me?
You will be joining a not-for-profit business with a lovely working culture, and our employees are at the centre of our focus.
In addition to the base salary, LINK operates a bonus scheme and offers a wide range of employee benefits including group life and income protection, company pension scheme, private medical and dental insurance, hybrid working and learning opportunities. Our Harrogate office has an on-site café, gym, free car parking including electric charging points and bike parking facilities as well.
We will be interviewing as we receive CVs so if you are interested in this role, please apply as soon as possible.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £35,000.00-£50,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Work from home
Application question(s):
- Do you live within reasonable commuting distance of Harrogate, West Yorkshire?
- Are you able to reliably commute to the office in Harrogate, North Yorkshire a minimum of once per week?
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Harrogate HG3
