Assistant Project Manager

Are you driven and passionate about continuous improvement, working with stakeholders to deliver change and improve their service areas? If so, we have a great opportunity for an Assistant Project Manager to join the Projects team.

This is an interesting and varied role that will support the development of your project management skill set, whist embedding you as an integral part of the change and project management life cycle. You’ll be tasked with supporting your project management colleagues to deliver large organisation-wide projects, whilst being given the responsibility to lead smaller change projects / initiatives yourself. You’ll be liaising with stakeholders across our organisation to develop different approaches to support change, in-line with your internal customers’ needs. You’ll develop initial change requests and support the production of business cases, including cost benefit analysis.

Our ideal candidate? We’re seeking an organised and proactive individual who is driven to identify continuous improvement opportunities. You’ll also demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• You’ll have experience of supporting, coordinating or managing projects through the full project lifecycle – experience of business change or transformational technology projects would interest us!
• You’ll have excellent stakeholder engagement skills with experience of working with individuals across different teams within an organisation.
• You’re able to communicate confidently with a range of stakeholders to achieve buy-in and influence outcomes.
• You adopt a structured approach to delivering change.
• You’ve the ability to matrix manage resources to successfully deliver projects.

We’re a Smart Working organisation so you can expect a balance of working from our Birmingham Bath Row office and remotely from home.

Who are Midland Heart? We’re a large and ambitious housing organisation providing more people an affordable place to call home. We welcome people from every walk of life, at every stage of their career. We expect a lot from our people but in return you can be assured of a great place to work, where you will be well rewarded and where great people are able to succeed. Whether you want to build your career with us, or use your experience to move on, we’re here to develop your potential.

Interested? Click on "Candidate Information" below for a full Role Profile. Applying is easy - simply register on our candidate portal uploading a CV and Covering Letter, which show us that you have what it takes to make a success of the role.

Applications close midnight Monday 12th June 2023, however the advert may close earlier, dependent on the volume of applications received.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to discuss any adjustments you might need in order to be successful in this role.