Project Manager

What we need from you

The PMO is a team who demonstrate the following values and behaviours, at an appropriate level for their grade:

• Be credible - have personal and professional credibility at all levels of the organisation, showing how project management can help deliver excellent services.
• Be values-based - follow and show the City Council’s values.
• Be flexible and driven - help develop the project management office, have the knowledge and skills, and be flexible to handle changing demands on time and resources.
• Be technically proficient - know basic project management methods.
• Be delivery-focused - understand the local setting and deliver solutions that meet local needs.
• Be policy focused - work within Salford City Council procedures, understand the methodology, public contract regulations, and political environment.
• Be a people person - show integrity, build and maintain rapport, and gain trust and confidence to influence team performance.
• Be an achiever - have a proven drive to achieve outcomes and deliver organisational priorities.
• Be a skilled communicator - deliver clear verbal and written messages across all levels of the council with enthusiasm and conviction that builds trust and confidence.
• Be assured - work well as part of a team, be self-motivated, show initiative, confidence, and take personal responsibility for actions.
• Be a negotiator - manage in-house and external relationships that need resolution.
• Be a solutions seeker - show a flexible, creative, and innovative approach to finding solutions.

If you have completed the GM Elevate Leadership Development Programme within the last 2 years, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

This is a fixed term post to cover maternity leave.

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