Project Consultant

Project Consultant

If you are good at multi-tasking, have excellent organisational skills and can lead a project team, this opportunity might be the career for you. You need to ensure projects meet the requirements of the business, stay within budget and are delivered on time; managing client expectations throughout.

Job Description:
Act as the primary point of contact and manage daily operational aspects of your projects
Build excellent relationships with clients and internal teams
Take ownership for each element of your projects
Liaise with other areas of the business to ensure required resources for project work
Assign and monitor tasks distributed within the project team
Create, maintain and monitor project documentation with support from the Project Office
Hold and coordinate regular project update meetings
Obtain client sign off at key points of the project
Ensure internal acceptance testing is completed prior to client user acceptance testing
Conduct post project review’s and actively seek client feedback to identify lessons learnt
Ensure effective communication to all project resource throughout project lifecycle
Ensure all project activities are delivered against agreed timeline, scope and cost
Reporting in to stakeholders internally and externally and being proactively involved in the development of best practise and product enhancements

Person Specification:
Previous experience performing in a similar role
PRINCE 2 or equivalent qualification would be desirable
Experience or understanding of Flexible Benefits and/or Pensions/AE market
Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal
MS project, word and excel skills
Ability to prioritise and multi-task on simultaneous projects
Excellent problem solving skills, with high attention to detail
Ability to identify when escalation is required
Ability to remain calm and focused in a pressured environment
Team player with the drive and ability to work alone when required
Self-motivated with the drive to achieve their objectives

Additional Information:
Based in Leatherhead
Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 5:30pm
Competitive Salary
Pension scheme
Life assurance
Income protection
20 days holiday plus bank holidays
Free parking

Please note; Due to the large number of applications that we receive, if you have not had a response within 7 days, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

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