Project Manager – IT - Insurance (AWDO-P3422)

Project Manager with excellent management, organisational, analytical and communication skills is required by a successful and well-established Company based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

SALARY: £30,000 - £38,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits (includes Life Assurance, Pension Scheme, Medical Cover, Permanent Health Insurance, Free Local Gym Membership and much more…)

WORKING HOURS: 37.5 Hours per Week, Monday to Friday

** Excellent Career Development Opportunities **

** Flexible Working **

** IT & Insurance Based Projects **

JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Project Manager with excellent management, organisational, analytical and communication skills.

Working as the Project Manager you will be responsible for managing the lifespan of existing and future IT and Insurance based projects to ensure successful delivery within agreed timescales and budgets.

As the Project Manager, you will ensure that all stakeholders are kept informed, updated and that confidence is instilled by you that the Project is being managed efficiently.

As a successful candidate, you will have a great opportunity to join a well-established Company that can offer excellent career development opportunities.

APPLY TODAY

If this job looks like your ideal position then please send in your CV as soon as possible for our Recruitment Team to review.

DUTIES

Your duties and responsibilities as the Project Manager:

• Preparing and building required documentation

• Coordinating tasks and assigning responsibilities to relevant staff, monitoring and chasing progress

• Liaise closely with the Business Change Manager, internal staff and relevant external clients ensuring project dependencies are identified and managed

• Managing the communication and information flow between all parties involved or contributing to the project (minutes, risk log, issue log, project plans and Gantts, regular update meeting co-ordination and leading, regular updates)

• Attend checkpoint meetings with the steering group and report on progress against the plan

• Prepare status reports for operational and board meetings

• Instigate and maintain consistent processes to ensure tight control over progress

• Maintain accurate configuration records ensuring there is an audit trail of all activity

• Liaise extensively within the business to take account of Business, User and Technical considerations

• Report directly to the Business Change Manager for escalation of project issues and for regular formal and ad hoc progress meetings

REQUIRED

• PRINCE2 (or other formal project management methodology framework) trained is a pre-requisite of the role (qualification preferable) as well as hands on IT and Insurance based Project Management experience

• Excellent communication skills and ability to deal with people at all levels

• Ability to organise, manage and conduct meetings with staff at all levels

• Analytical, methodical and displays good attention to detail

• Ability to prioritise important and urgent tasks effectively

• Ability to work under pressure and to challenging timescales

• Assertive and capable of achieving cooperation from other staff at all levels

ABOUT THE COMPANY

The Company is a privately-owned business providing insurance solutions for over 30 years to some of the most well respected brands, insurance partners and financial intermediaries. The Company came from modest beginnings in the City of London with a small team of passionate people who wanted to help change insurance for the better. They offer their partners an end-to-end service; from product and quote platform design through to sales and retentions. The Company is now one of the largest employers in South East Essex with around 180 staff, award winning services and cutting edge technology.

They invest in the careers of all their staff, through training, qualifications and by providing a pro-active learning environment. They understand the importance of staff wellbeing and maintaining a good work/life balance and also provide opportunities such as flexible working and career breaks. There is a Group funded Sports and Social committee and they provide free local gym membership, seated acupressure massages, and fitness classes in their onsite Wellbeing studio. On completion of probation they also provide an excellent benefits package that includes life assurance, pension scheme, medical cover, permanent health insurance and much more.

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered for this job vacancy, please submit your CV to our Recruitment Team who will review your details. CV’s of Job Applicants meeting this requirement will be submitted to our Client for consideration. By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.

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