Job Title - Project Manager

Location - Milton Keynes

Rates - GBP345.26 (PAYE) or GBP395.43 (Ltd)

In scope of IR35

My client is looking to employ a Project Manager for a period of 3 months with a view to extending for the right candidate. As the Project Manager, you'll be responsible for managing the tender assurance process which involves liaising with sponsors, capital investment directors and colleagues across the business.

What you will do:

• You will be responsible for identifying the projects and programmes requiring tender assurance and a suitable time to undertake the review with consideration to other assurance activities.
• Once identified, you will plan and deliver milestones pre and post the tender assurance review, which includes identifying appropriate reviewers across multiple disciplines and making sure they have the relevant material to undertake the tender assurance review on the day.
• Analysing the outputs and feedback following the review to identify improvement opportunities that will benefit the wider business and the tender assurance process itself.

Your experience will include:

Essential

• Stakeholder management with senior leaders, including the ability to communicate, influence and negotiate at senior levels.
• Being able to effectively plan, amend and deliver a schedule of assurance reviews.
• Experience of identifying and implementing process improvements.
• Any experience of undertaking or receiving assurance reviews and providing assurance prior to funding decision points is desirable.

What you'll get in return

Capita and our client understand what it is like to work as a contractor and we will do everything we can to make it a simple process for you - this includes dedicated on-boarding, extension teams and access to a web based timesheet portal giving you an ability to access and submit your timesheets wherever you are.

About our client

Our client is the largest rail infrastructure business in the country and is at the operational centre of the railway and playing a key role in a rapidly evolving industry. They are responsible for rebuilding Britain's railway infrastructure and are managing some of the biggest and most complex engineering programmes in Europe. Over the next five years they will be spending around GBP23 billion to maintain and upgrade every aspect of an infrastructure that comprises 21,000 miles of track, 2,500 stations, 9,000 level crossings, 40,000 bridges and tunnels, and signalling and power for the movement of 25,000 trains every day.

What we hope you will do next

Help us find out more about you by completing our short application process - Click apply now. You will then be directed to a Capita owned microsite that will assist you with your application. Once completed you will then be contacted by the relevant recruiter.

Our client welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, marital status (including civil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status, sex (or gender), employment status, trade union affiliation, or another irrelevant factor. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.