IT Technical Project Manager​/BA

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We have an exciting permanent opportunity for a motivated and highly driven IT Technical PM/BA to join our friendly and high performing PMO team. You will be responsible for working with the IT Projects Team to assist in the delivery of IT Projects. The person will be expected to have a good understanding of the IT systems landscape, develop and implement detailed functional requirements, create functional design documents, and perform testing and validation.

In addition, the person will also be responsible for business analysis where required in multiple concurrent technical/software projects in line with agreed business analysis standards and methodologies. Responsible for developing documentation and process maps required for projects, which support the Council’s strategic objectives working along with cross-functional teams to deliver agreed outputs, outcomes and benefits.

Special requirements for this post

• Proven knowledge, understanding and experience of working within an IT Projects environment.
• Develop specifications, functional requirements, and user stories to ensure the successful delivery of IT projects and solutions.
• Recognised Project Management methodology qualification (Prince2, Agile, PMI, etc.), or willingness to work towards suitable qualifications.

You will be a positive self-starter with experience working within a pivotal role in an IT project management environment. With knowledge of project planning, implementation and best practice methodologies, you will also have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to build effective relationships with people from at all levels and backgrounds.

Motivated to deliver, you will have:

• Gather, analyse and document stakeholder requirements and develop business cases to justify the development of IT solutions.
• Develop, maintain and test IT solutions to ensure they meet stakeholder requirements.
• Provide technical support to stakeholders and customers and ensure IT solutions are fit for purpose.
• Monitor the performance of IT solutions and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Develop training materials/documentation and provide support to users to ensure they are able to use IT solutions effectively.

Our DRIVE values are the guiding principles and standards that we want every employee to bring to their working life every day. No matter what job you do, every single one of us is here to help improve the borough and residents should be driving everything that we do, including how you engage with you colleagues, your team, peers, external parties etc.

Our DRIVE values are:

• Deliver the best outcomes for residents whenever we can.
• Respond to residents’ needs in a helpful and friendly way.
• Inspire others and ourselves to achieve their best.
• Value residents when making decisions.
• Engage with residents and colleagues in the best way we can

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