U Law - Project Manager – Strategic Projects

PERSON SPECIFICATIONS

Training & Education

• Clear ability to demonstrate strong commercial, financial, and analytical skills – from identifying opportunities (internal and external), to securing approval/buy-in (from the Executives to the Board) and through to successful implementation. • Proficient on Microsoft packages including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel • Project financial analysis capabilities.

Essential

• Graduate level or equivalent

Education

Desirable • A Project Management qualification – e.g., PRINCE2 Practitioner, PMI-ACP, PMP Experience Essential • Significant experience in business transformation projects and change, leading complex transformation projects end-to-end within a fast- paced, large organization, including cultural, system, process, and people impact. • Proven ability to lead projects and ensure objectives, goals, and commitments are met. • Experience in leading business change project teams, including 3rd party teams. • Experience interacting with both business and IT stakeholders at all levels with excellent oral and written communication skills . Desirable • Consultancy experience. • Experience in a hybrid Business Analyst / Project Manager role. • Experience of working in virtual teams.

Experience

Desirable • Knowledge of the UK legal and higher education sectors.

Special Skills & Knowledge

Behavioural Skills

Behavioural Skills

Special Circumstances

Essential • Ability to work on own initiative and with minimum supervision; self-motivated with a hands-on, positive attitude. • Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building. • Strong analytical, planning, and organisational skills with an ability to manage competing demands work under pressure, prioritise and ensure all deadlines are met. • Assertive but with outstanding interpersonal skills and an ability to carry opin- ion by effective persuasion. • Ability to secure quality and timely output from others. • Methodical in approach; accurate with high attention to detail. • Quick learner; focussed and driven work ethic. • Fair, consistent, open, and honest.

Skills & Knowledge

Essential • Substantial knowledge of project management frameworks and governance approaches. • Ability to manage and influence multiple stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally. • Ability to foresee potential issues and manage novel and unusual projects. • First class communication skills and a real ability to secure results via diplomatic influence and authority, with the necessary confidence to build senior level relationships and help drive forward major change programmes.

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