Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager, Operations Manager

Oldham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

We have a new opportunity for an experienced Project Manager to join the Guinness team. This is a full time, 35 hours per week, permanent role based at our Oldham office. We currently offer hybrid working, blending office days with working from home.

The purpose of this role is to plan, lead and deliver multiple technical or business change projects or work streams in larger projects. You will also be responsible for delivering change across The Guinness Partnership, our business change team provides programme management and support for impactful business change projects. The team continually looks for ways to improve our services and ways of working.

We are looking for a professional with a track record of delivering initiatives across people, process and technology, supported by excellent stakeholder ‑ management skills. Commercial awareness in addition to written, verbal and presentation skills are required for this role.

• Proven track record of delivering projects in a range of disciplines including people, processes and technology.
• Experienced in matrix management of delivery teams.
• Commercial awareness and experience of contracting and managing third parties.
• Experienced in the application of multiple project methodologies and able to determine appropriate use of a methodology.
• Excellent oral and written communications including presentations.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office 365, including MS Project for Planning, Tracking and Reporting.
• Proficient in use of delivery and collaboration tools (i.e. Dev Ops, SharePoint, MS Teams, Asana).
• Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours.
• Experience of cloud adoption projects.
• Experience of ITIL Principles & processes.
• Housing sector industry experience.

• Professional qualification in Project Management PRINCE2, APM or similar.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience.

The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for nearly 160,000 residents nationwide. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our residents, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re‑invested in new and existing homes and improving services.

The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.