Assistant Project Manager

Base salary: £44,380pa to £52,212pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.   HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities. Job Purpose    The Assistant Project Manager will work within the Hybrid Bill Team – Rail Development Directorate to assist in the coordination of the multidisciplinary delivery of activities on behalf of the Senior Project Manager in support of the successful passage of the Adapted hybrid bill for NPR (Phase 2b Adapted Bill of HS2) through Parliament.   About The Role
- To support the Senior Project Manager in managing activities related to the delivery of the Bill through the parliamentary process.
- To support the Senior Project Manager in managing a multi-disciplined team in effectively and efficiently managing the PSC contracts for Parliamentary Programme activities.
- To support the management of information related to the delivery of the hybrid Bill within the various teams in the directorate.
- To support the Senior Project Manager and technical teams in managing the instruction, specification, production, and assurance of evidence for Select Committee hearings.
- To support in activities related to Additional Provisions including Programme Change Requests.
- To monitor the delivery of a number of deliverables related to the Parliamentary Programme including Exhibits, Petition Studies, response to Ad-Hoc queries, Petition Response Documents, Petition Assurance Letters and Undertakings & Assurances.
- To assist in managing and monitoring performance towards key delivery milestones, Select Committee dates, stakeholder meetings and internal governance meetings.
- To be responsible for supporting a collaborative culture which enables high performance by encouraging innovation and knowledge sharing within the Hybrid Bill Directorate, the supply chain and the wider HS2 team.
- Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

About You

Skills

- Project Management - the ability to develop, plan and integrate projects to optimise target costs, dependencies, risk management and project benefits.
- Problem Solving – the ability to identify problems and review related information to assist in the development and evaluation of options and the implementation of solutions, including the ability to manage and plan workstreams, considering the competing demands of stakeholders, cost, time and quality.
- Decision Making – the ability to manage the gathering and synthesising of necessary information to assist in the identification of options and the application of judgement based on logic and reason.
- Analysis - the ability to analyse inputs, assess data in order to assist in the development of strategies and document supporting rationales.
- Influencing & Negotiating – the ability to influence and negotiate with internal functions and external supply chain partners.
- Building Relationships – ability to establish and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders and suppliers to resolve emergent risk situations.

Knowledge

- Understanding of the project management knowledge including change management principles.
- Understanding of project schedule management, dependencies and risk assessment.
- Understanding of the powers within the hybrid Bill / Acts of Parliament and how they interact with the engineering design, environmental assessment and development.

Type Of Expereince

- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary environment across functions and disciplines to deliver complex objectives.
- Ideally have experience of the project lifecycle including development, planning, procuring, developing and implementing project activities.
- Ideally degree level qualification in project management, engineering, commercial management or the equivalent experience.
We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process - YouTube   Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.