Senior IT Project Manager

We’re looking for an experienced and talented Senior IT Project Manager to join our growing Consulting team, starting immediately, on an initial 12-month fixed-term contract, with the potential to extend.

Potential projects include Office 365/SharePoint Migrations, Mobile Device Management, Wide Area Network Migration, Disaster Recovery Testing and Penetration Testing.

Celon is a Microsoft Gold Partner with a growing consultancy team. We value building experience and responsibility; you will have the opportunity to work closely with our leadership team and will benefit from mentorship guidance and support. We also activelyencourage continued personal and career development, with learning and development incentives and a generous training budget to sponsor professional qualifications.

Key Responsibilities :

• Support Projects delivery to agreed time, cost and quality criteria
• Produce and maintain project management documentation including project plans, RAID registers, and project status reports
• Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks
• Define and document all phases of projects including tasks, escalation paths, milestones and acceptance criteria
• Review and validate work plans of external service providers contracted to execute elements of projects
• Ensure that risks, issues and changes are documented and managed effectively
• Support other functional and operational areas such as testing, documentation, and training as required.
• Facilitate the release of projects to the support/services team.

Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience :

• Very good experience and demonstrable success in managing IT projects, delivering them to agreed time, cost and quality criteria
• A recognised Project Management qualification such as Prince II.
• Significant experience of producing and maintaining project management documentation including project plans, RAID registers, and project status reports
• Excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills
• Degree level education or equivalent in a professional or related discipline, and/or with equivalent relevant practical experience

Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience :

• An understanding of Microsoft technologies

Benefits :

• Hybrid Working - to support a better work-life balance
• Continuous Professional Development - a personal programme to maximise employee potential, including bonus incentives for passing industry certifications
• Medical Insurance - all employees are eligible for comprehensive private medical insurance cover that includes a Virtual GP Service
• Pension Scheme - to help employees plan for their future we offer a competitive pension scheme