Specific Job Title: Project Associate
Recruitment Type: Contractor - Inside IR35
Location of role: Basingstoke
Location requirement: 4 Days a week on-site
Clearance: High level of Security Clearance required

The role:
Are you able to connect people, technologies, and processes to create customer value and support customers on their digital journey? Then we are looking for you to join our team as an IT Project Associate. In this exciting role you are responsible for managing complex IT Infrastructure Projects within the Defence and National Security Business Unit. You ensure projects are successfully executed and all requirements regarding time, quality and budget are met.

The projects you will be working on are medium in complexity and risk and managed in line with standard Project- and Program approach. In this role you will be reporting to the Senior Project Manager or Programme Manager.
With your rich experience in managing projects - preferably within the Defence & National Security sector, you know how to stand your ground dealing with complex environments and challenging stakeholders. You have a great way of bringing people and responsibilities together and are fully aware of the impact of these projects on the services organization. You will ensure that your financial management is in order, your scope management is adequate and all stakeholders as well as project related risks are also managed effectively by you.

Your experience:

• Manages and leads people in the delivery of the work package or project stage in partnership with the customer and business unit to ensure acceptance, closedown, and handover to service.
• Defines the work package or project stage requirements and manages the agreement process of requirements and objectives
• Operates to working practices ensuring compliance with the relevant local policies.
• Report to the Project or Program Manager through Highlight Reports and stage assessments
• Ensures that formal review procedures are used.
• Manages the risks associated with the deliverables of the project or work package.
• Ensures that the impact on the business unit's profit & loss due to project activities within the scope of the project is clearly visible and that all contingency usage is signed-off by the appropriate governance authority.
• Builds and manages the relationship with key stakeholders - typically, at project level.
• Ensures own objectives are aligned to the Project or Program objectives
• Actively supports the Project to comply with any associated policies.
• Knowledge of AGILE principles is an advantage.
• You will have solid experience of delivering Transition and Transformation projects.

If this role is of interest to you, and you have an active high level of security clearance - please apply now!

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.