Location: Hybrid Cheltenham (some onsite working is required)
Type of Role: Perm
Start date: Negotiable
Salary: Competitive
Security Clearance: e-DV (Enhanced Developed Vetting)
Ref: PR/005606

Join us!

We are looking for a Project Manager or Delivery Lead, with active enhanced e-DV security clearance, with a proven delivery background to drive and deliver innovative change and transformation projects or programmes.

Why CMC?

As a permanent employee, you can enjoy a rewarding career with a successful and growing company. You'll have reach-back to leading experts and a truly supportive culture. We encourage development and progression, so you'll learn from your colleagues as well as share your own experience. Our people are passionate about what they do and they're supported by the stability and security of an award-winning organisation. As an employee-owned business, your voice can shape and contribute to our success.

What You'll Do?

As a CMC Consultant, you'll work on a variety of exciting, fast-paced projects and programmes across both the private and public sectors. You'll also enjoy the flexibility of working with different clients and teams on various sites and projects. You'll use your exceptional interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels.

Your role will vary across Client delivery teams, but likely to include:

• Management of project schedule, quality, scope, risk, issues and benefits.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
• Plan and designate project resources, prepare budgets and monitor progress.
• Influence and manage senior stakeholders.
• Manage the team's progress toward goals, build high performing team and lead team efforts in improvement including coaching.

About you:

You'll need to show experience in:

• Working on project/programme level assignments, with evidence of delivery responsibility in a complex technical stakeholder environment.
• Experience of leading and motivating teams towards successful delivery
• Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices.
• The ability to manage all aspects of project delivery including forecasting, planning, risk management and financial reporting.
• Hold a recognised Project Management qualifications e.g Prince 2, APM Project Management Qualification, MSP or equivalent qualification.

Ideally, you might also have:

• Recent Government or public sector experience.
• Understanding of agile principles & experience in applying those principles.
• Agile Project Management Qualification (eg Scrum, SAFe, Agile PM).

Candidates must hold active eDV (Enhanced Developed Vetting) clearance. More details can be found at United Kingdom Security Vetting: Applicant - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) United Kingdom Security Vetting: Applicant - GOV.UK

Applicants should be aware that notwithstanding any level of clearance, successful candidates will also be subject to an HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard Check.

What we Offer:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working patterns (we'll always work with you and our clients to try and reach your expectations)
• Supported career development including opportunities for achieving professional qualifications, self-directed development and mentoring
• An award-winning Well-being team and active ED&I initiatives
• An active Community of Practice and support network - we share knowledge, encourage, upskill and inspire one another
• Quarterly social events - we all love a Get-Together
• Flexible Holiday scheme - allows you to buy (or sell) holiday. Who doesn't like some extra downtime!
• Enhanced parental leave scheme
• Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Life Assurance & Income Protection Scheme
• Home office equipment allowance
• Staff referral Scheme
• Green Transport Options: A range of tax efficient salary sacrifice initiatives to support the environment e.g. electric car and cycle to work scheme
• Volunteer day - this benefit allows you to take one CMC day a year to volunteer for a registered charity of your choice!
• A truly supportive company

Who we Are

CMC is an award winning SME specialising in business transformation. We work with a wide range of customers across the UK and beyond. Our goal is to build genuine, mutually beneficial relationships underpinned by honesty, respect and clarity. CMC is made up of a community of like-minded people: committed, collaborative and passionate about what they do. We work with our customers, building on our collective strengths, to explore, evaluate and achieve together. As a permanent member of the CMC team, you'll join our thriving community of practice.

At CMC you'll be an integral part of an inclusive and welcoming organisation where we value everyone's contribution and the unique perspective that people from all backgrounds can bring. Come join us as we continue to celebrate and embrace diversity, equality and inclusion.

CMC is a people focussed organisation. We are an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) owned by its employees, which means we all play a part in shaping, contributing and enjoying in our success.

'Putting People at the heart of Change'