Salary: Up to £47,250 per annum (plus comprehensive benefits)

Closing date: 23/07/2023

Location: Eastleigh/Horndean/Windsor/Yeovil

Employment type: Fixed Term

Hours Per Week: 37

What you’ll do

​​​​​​​We’re looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our Business Change team where you’ll be based either at our Eastleigh office (SO50 6AD) or our Yeovil office (BA22 8WN).

The Business Change team is a high performing, dynamic, and pro-active team of change expertise including programme and project delivery, change management and business analysis specialists and an enabling Portfolio Management Office (PMO).

You’ll be managing complex change initiatives from idea through to business case to delivery ensuring project objectives, deliverables, and benefits are achieved.  You’ll work collaboratively with our wide range of stakeholders where you’ll use your expertise to define, scope and plan your projects successfully.  You’ll play a pivotal role in delivering our transformation, integration and regulatory projects in a timely manner.

You’ll be operating at a senior level with a track record of successful planning and delivery of highly complex programmes of transformational change ideally within the housing sector or similar non-profit organisation – we want to be the best! You’ll also have direct & Matrix line management responsibilities as a Senior Leader in the Business Change Team.

No two days will be the same in this role, so a can-do attitude, highly organised and a genuine passion for always wanting to go the extra mile will be essential as you’ll be delivering high-profile projects in large dynamic customer focused organisations.

It would be advantageous if you have worked on service transformation, system implementations and/ or the integration of two organisations systems, processes and ways of working.

If you want to join a high performing, dynamic and a pro-active team of change expertise where we make a difference, we’d like to hear from you!

About us

Hey, we’re Abri, a housing association based in the south of England. One of the largest in fact. We have 80,000 customers across 35,000 homes across the south, all supported by our 1,600 colleagues working out in our communities and behind the scenes.  We’re a passionate bunch and think we can make a real difference. Homelessness, poverty, inequality, a lack of affordable housing. They’re all linked and we’ve all got our part to play in tacking them head-on.  Homes are at the heart of everybody’s lives. And we exist to help make good homes, and good lives, a reality for everyone.

Come be part of something special.

​​​​​​​About you ​​​​​​​

We’ve all got different backgrounds, strengths and experiences. But we share the same values. It’s these shared values that bring us together as one team.

Our colleagues embrace these every day. Be the difference to our customers and colleagues, always curious and look for better solutions, achieve together by working in partnership with others, own it openly through working with others in an open and honest way, and finally embrace possibility and see changes and challenges as welcomed opportunities.

If you share our values and want to make a real difference in the world, you’re on to a winner and we’d love to hear from you!

Requirements

• • Professional project management qualification, e.g. PRINCE2.
  • Demonstrable project management experience
  • Experience of delivering within an agile environment.
  • Experience of delivering successful high-profile projects in a large, dynamic and customer focussed organisation.
  • Experience of Line Management and/or mentoring desired.
  • Lead, manage and inspire a diverse project team including technical, business and external partners. Influencing them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
  • Ensure all aspects of the project are delivered to a high standard including
    specification, documentation, communication, and analysis.
  • A track record of building effective relationships and managing expectations at all levels, both internal and external. Ensuring that a positive and consistent message is communicated across the business throughout the life cycle of the project.
  • Engage with all areas of the business impacted by the project and work with stakeholders to ensure successful transition from initiation to business as usual (BAU).
  • Commercially and customer focused driven.
  • Demonstrate a flexible approach to project delivery, proactively managing change and disseminate information promptly and efficiently.
  • Demonstrates self-motivation and proactive behaviours.
  • Strong customer-facing and communication skills.
  • Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined, and commercially astute.
  • A team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible.
  • Demonstrates our Values and Behaviours