Project Manager- Organisational Change/HR Projects-Higher Education

Project Manager with experience of supporting complex organisational change/HR-related projects with a focus on service design, people and processes is urgently needed to support our prestigious Russell Group University client on their research transformation programme.

The Project  Manager will be responsible for supporting the delivery of complex key strategic projects/features, in collaboration with subject matter experts, faculties and senior stakeholders.

Project Manager- Organisational Change/HR Projects-Higher Education

• Successful involvement in service design, development and/or organisational change/HR/transformation project work.
• Experience and evidence of involvement in Organisational Change/HR Projects
• Effective end-to-end project delivery experience from scoping to achieving outcomes
• Ability to use of a range of delivery management methodologies, principles and techniques to plan, monitor and progress delivery to completion.
• Capability to ensuring a focus on people throughout: delivering change while building trust and buy-in.
• Influencing and negotiation skill to work with stakeholders to keep things on track and ensure progress in the face of uncertainty of different perspectives
• Pragmatism and flexibility to implement delivery approaches to suit organisational context.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills to work with senior leaders and peers in a collaborative and consultative manner that enables delivery.
• Experience of delivering within complex programmes and projects in large organisations
• Experience of managing a project team involving programme and operational staff. Influencing team members not under direct management.
• Highly collaborative, able to work colleagues in a wide variety of contexts, delivering results that consider the widest needs of the organisation

Project Manager- Organisational Change/HR Projects-Higher Education

• Experience of working within a complex and large scale environment, within a higher education, research, government, legal, regulatory, international or equivalent environment.
• Professional Agile or Project Management Qualification

This contract is inside IR35 for an initial 6 month

Hybrid working with 1 day on site per week in central London.

InterQuest Group is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy. InterQuest Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, religion/belief, race, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, sex or sexual orientation. Please make us aware if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.