Project Management

Project Managers

The Opportunity:

We are seeking several Project Managers to join our dynamic team and work alongside our other Project and Delivery Managers, Comms and Engagement professionals, Change Professionals, and Business Analysts. You will work primarily in the National Security and Defence domain, which is dynamic, fast paced and extremely rewarding.

You will be part of a Clarion team that provides full lifecycle support to the design, development and delivery of change and transformation activities to our clients. The Clarion team’s focus is on developing highly effective client teams of all sizes and taking them through a process of vision and strategy development, operating model design and implementation, brand, and identity development.

About you:

Ideally you will have experience of successfully delivering projects throughout the full project lifecycle, preferably within a public sector environment. You will be comfortable with client engagements at all levels and be able to develop effective comms and engagement strategies, approaches, and plans, as well as being able to present key management information to stakeholders.

We are looking for individuals who are able to work as part of a team or leading a small team of business analysts, and comms and engagement specialists. Ideally you will:

• be able to think creatively, constantly looking for new and innovative ways to engage different audiences.
• have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Be accredited as a professional project manager and hold a qualification such as PMQ (was APMP) or PRINCE2 Practitioner.

Responsibilites:

As a Project Manager at Clarion Insight, you will work with our client(s) to use well established and appropriate project management techniques to deliver successful products and outcomes that meet client expectations and support business transformation and change. You’ll be tasked with initiating, planning, scheduling, implementing, and managing low to medium complexity project work throughout the full project lifecycle.

You will typically take a leading role in managing a team to enable successful delivery, and take a leading role in establishing governance arrangements, monitoring and reporting progress, and stakeholder management within your project work.

You will be expected to:

• maintain the business case throughout the life of a project where required
• develop a project plan
• manage external project dependencies
• plan for and manage stakeholders in connection with product delivery
• perform financial planning and management
• manage risks and issues

Security Clearance

We have a number of roles at different levels and would welcome all applicants, we would prefer a minimum of SC clearance and ideally DV clearance. However, all successful applicants must be eligible & willing to obtain an SC clearance and be prepared to progress this to DV level. For further information on the criteria to obtain this please visit: United Kingdom Security Vetting: Applicant - GOV.UK.

Location

These are hybrid roles; working from home and either London, Manchester, or Cheltenham, with some travel, particularly to our head office in Cheltenham.

Employment Type

Permanent or Contract

Our values and company ethos are very important to us, and we strive to live these through everything we do, as a result, we are committed to equality of opportunity for our team. We also encourage all applicants regardless of age, disability, sex, pregnancy and maternity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnership

Apply Now

If you are interested and want to join a dynamic and growing team, please forward a CV to recruitment@clarioninsight.com. Successful candidates will be interviewed by VTC followed up with a second interview at our main offices in Cheltenham, however we will look to accommodate any individual requirements to ensure our selection process is inclusive.