Project Manager - IT Development

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Overview

Introduction

Spicerhaart is the largest independently owned property services group in the UK. We work together with thousands of customers a year using multi-award-winning marketing and leading smart technology to help buy, sell, let or rent property, as well as their financial needs.

Our success is attributed to our focused ambition to be the best at what we do with the emphasis on delivering the ultimate customer experience. This is supported by excellent training and development delivered by our highly skilled in-house team. Our people are our brand, and our unique organisational culture echoes our commitment as a forward thinking business.

We understand that none of this would be possible without the drive, dedication and determination of our colleagues. When you join Spicerhaart you become part of the Spicerhaart family. Your career is important to us; we are passionate about training and developing you to realise your full potential and achieve success.

We expect you to do all that you can to meet our expectations and achieve our personal goals. You will be motivated and committed to perform to the best of your ability and put the customer at the heart of everything you do.

Role Title:

Project Manager / Business Analyst

*Please note, this is a 3 month fixed term contract*

Location:

Colwyn House, Head Office, Colchester.

**Hybrid working available**

Salary:

£60,000- £66,000 per annum (pro-rata)

Accountable to:

Senior Business Analyst

Main Purpose of the Role:

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager / Business Analyst to join our busy IT and operations team at our Head Office. Reporting to the Senior Business Analyst, the primary project focus will be supporting the delivery and implementation of a new technology solution for our Lettings business, as well as other key business projects. This encompasses point-of-sale needs, property management requirements, and back-office client accounting.

You will work proactively with internal and external stakeholders to elicit, communicate, and validate requirements to determine the most appropriate solutions, considering factors such as existing practice, business process, and sector trends to provide real business value. This is a new and exciting position suitable for an ambitious individual with a deep understanding of successful IT program delivery, which potential candidates must demonstrate.

The ideal candidate will be adept at managing demanding workloads, priorities, and stakeholders across a footprint that covers most of England and South Wales.

Activities/Main Duties:

• Create, optimize, and drive schedules and project plans across cross-functional teams and suppliers.
• Advise on the timeline and dependencies required for the implementation, including clear breakdowns.
• Identify potential risks and mitigate them, providing governance mechanisms for the organization.
• Gather and manage requirements and undertake detailed business and systems process analysis to fully understand requirements.
• Facilitate collaboration across the project team to ensure the impact of any solution is fully considered and addressed.
• Work closely with various stakeholders from the business, technical teams, and third parties to ensure proposed solutions are fully understood and signed off.
• Provide analysis input to support project issues and ensure all are tracked and reported in a timely manner.
• Participate in project planning, team meetings, reviews, release planning, demonstrations, and other meetings as required.
• Produce quality products to specification, on time, and within budget.
• Seek opportunities to improve project processes and outcomes, identifying areas for improvement and working with operational teams to implement changes as needed.

Role Specific Competencies

The ideal candidate will need to be:

• Process-driven.
• Project-focused.
• Familiar and able to prepare use case logic/diagrams.
• Collaborative.
• Strategic.
• A clear communicator.
• Experienced in working with third-party providers.
• Ambitious.

Candidates will also need to have:

• The ability to quickly assimilate business knowledge and logically interpret it.
• Excellent analytical skills: the ability to view a problem from different angles, formulate recommendations, and support any chosen solution with a reasoned and persuasive argument.
• Excellent communication skills; explain complex business problems to a wide audience and have demonstrable experience in writing requirements specifications.
• The ability to assess project tasks and risks and allocate work to team members.
• Manage project schedules and timelines, check quality, and monitor progress against the timeline, ensuring the progress of the project is maintained.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of five years' experience in Project Management and/or Business Analysis with references.
• Experience or knowledge of the letting property process and/or Financial Services mortgage lending would be an advantage.
• A good working knowledge of analysis and design techniques with experience in business process identification, modelling, and documentation.
• Experience with project management software to plan and monitor work would be an advantage.
• A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.

The Finer Details:

To be eligible to proceed in our recruitment process, you will need:

• Legal entitlement to live and work in the UK (in accordance with the Immigration Asylum and Nationality Act 2006)
• Evidence of your right to work in the UK, in the form of a Passport or Birth Certificate
• Proof of Address
• National Insurance

Armed Forces Covenant: Spicerhaart is a forces-friendly company offering many Estate Agency roles to those considering leaving the forces. If you are looking for an exciting career, where you feel part of something bigger, and where your excellent communication skills come into play every single day, then the world of property sales and lettings could be for you.
https://www.haart.co.uk/about-us/armed-forces-covenant/

Equal Opportunities: At Spicerhaart, variety makes our Company DNA come to life. We love people, and what's more, we love the differences that make each person who they are, we support you and encourage those differences, to make you the best person you can be. Spicerhaart are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we welcome all talented individuals to apply for a career with us. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let our Talent Team know and we will be happy to assist to the best of our ability - regardless of how small or large your requirement may be.

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