Senior Project Manager

The Role and the Department Durham University has an ambitious strategy that will build on our world-leading research, education, and wider student experience. Over the coming years we will be investing in our people, estate, and IT infrastructure and our ways of working to ensure that we remain one of the World''s great universities. We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to deliver major strategic projects. The Strategy Delivery Unit is focused on co-ordinating and facilitating the implementation of the University''s ambitious strategic plans. There are three teams within the unit covering the activities of portfolio management, change and project delivery and continuous improvement. The role will sit in the Change and Projects team but will deliver projects across the University. The purpose of the role is to manage the delivery of projects within assigned parameters including scope, schedule, finance, risk, quality and resource. The role will be required to: Lead the planning and implementation of projects Collect and analyse stakeholder feedback to help define needs and requirements and the design of key deliverables Oversee and manage project scope, tasks, deliverables, and timelines Identify and manage project dependencies and the critical path Matrix manage staff teams Facilitate the delivery of benefits The successful candidate will be an experienced project manager with a good understanding of project and change methodologies and techniques. They will be ..... full job details .....