Commissioning Project Manager
Project Management

Commissioning Project Manager

Salary: £36,922 –£40,876

Hours: 36.25

Contract: Fixed Term Contract until September 2023

Location: Flexible working (Tootal Building, Oxford Road, Manchester and working form home)

Closing date: 24th June 2021 at midnight

Click here to access the Role Profile

Your role

 

This is a critical and new role within the Education, Work and Skills team that will project manage the commissioning of a wide range of activities and programmes across Greater Manchester’s employment and skills landscape.

The purpose of the role will be to drive the commissioning of delivery on GM’s European Social Fund (ESF) Skills for Growth Programme which will deliver £42m worth of technical skills meeting the needs of GM’s priority sector employers.

Working as part of a team the role will be responsible for transforming the intelligence gathered by GMCA’s Intelligence team into programme’s and projects of work, commissioning key organisations across GM to deliver these, ensuring the projects are successfully commissioned, implemented and delivered.

 

About you

 

We are looking for an exceptional individual with a track record in using research and analytic skills to present the business case for change whilst designing programmes that are able to contribute towards an evidence base that can influence policy makers and commissioners, producing and overseeing the delivery of project plans, developing specifications and supporting the implementation and oversight of aspects of their delivery.

For this role it is vital that you are able to effectively project manage multiple schemes of work in parallel. You must be able to think strategically, anticipating and resolving problems before they arise and used to making decisions autonomously, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales. You will be able to prioritise your own work and direct the activities of others.

You will need to build and maintain relationships with potential providers through market engagement activities and wider strategic communications.

 

About us:

As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Recourses; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.

 

We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.

 

The GMCA is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation

 

To find out more about working for us please click here: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/   

 

Our offer

In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer, which includes:

·         - Flexible working conditions with the ability to accrue 2 flexi days every 4 weeks (up to grade 11)

·         - Family friendly policies including parental leave (maternity, shared parental, adoption, maternity support)

·         - Ability to buy additional annual leave

·         - Generous Annual leave scheme - 25 days + Bank Holidays per annum upon starting, after 5 years service increase to 30 days + BH and after 10 years service increase to 32 days +BH.

·         - Local Government Pension Scheme

·         - Employer investment in training and development, and professional sponsorship including CPD

·         - Corporate travel loans

·         - Cycle scheme

·         - Discount scheme (MiRewards) on local and national high street brands

·         - Health and wellbeing offer - Occupational Health and Employee Assistance programme

·         - Modern city centre offices (role specific)

·         - Sports and welfare club

·         - Commitment to diversity and inclusivity with 4 active staff networks for; LGBTA, BAME, Disability and Womens

 

Mandatory Information: -

 

Privacy Notice

 

COVID 19:

Please also note, due to COVID-19 and the social distancing guidance, all interviews will be taking place virtually on Microsoft Teams or Skype. For more guidance and hints and tips for remote interviewing see our website: https://www.greater.jobs/content/10275/our-top-tips-for-video-interviews If successful on application, the hiring manager will be in contact so that you can both test the technology before the interview

 

Employees on the redeployment register will be given priority for any vacancies in the first instance. If employees are identified as a match from the register then the vacancy may be withdrawn or put on hold pending an outcome.
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Vacancy Description
 

Commissioning Project Manager

Salary: £36,922 –£40,876

Hours: 36.25

Contract: Fixed Term Contract until September 2023

Location: Flexible working (Tootal Building, Oxford Road, Manchester and working form home)

Closing date: 24th June 2021 at midnight

Click here to access the Role Profile

Your role

 

This is a critical and new role within the Education, Work and Skills team that will project manage the commissioning of a wide range of activities and programmes across Greater Manchester’s employment and skills landscape.

The purpose of the role will be to drive the commissioning of delivery on GM’s European Social Fund (ESF) Skills for Growth Programme which will deliver £42m worth of technical skills meeting the needs of GM’s priority sector employers.

Working as part of a team the role will be responsible for transforming the intelligence gathered by GMCA’s Intelligence team into programme’s and projects of work, commissioning key organisations across GM to deliver these, ensuring the projects are successfully commissioned, implemented and delivered.

 

About you

 

We are looking for an exceptional individual with a track record in using research and analytic skills to present the business case for change whilst designing programmes that are able to contribute towards an evidence base that can influence policy makers and commissioners, producing and overseeing the delivery of project plans, developing specifications and supporting the implementation and oversight of aspects of their delivery.

For this role it is vital that you are able to effectively project manage multiple schemes of work in parallel. You must be able to think strategically, anticipating and resolving problems before they arise and used to making decisions autonomously, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales. You will be able to prioritise your own work and direct the activities of others.

You will need to build and maintain relationships with potential providers through market engagement activities and wider strategic communications.

 

About us:

As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Recourses; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.

 

We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.

 

The GMCA is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation

 

To find out more about working for us please click here: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/   

 

Our offer

In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer, which includes:

·         - Flexible working conditions with the ability to accrue 2 flexi days every 4 weeks (up to grade 11)

·         - Family friendly policies including parental leave (maternity, shared parental, adoption, maternity support)

·         - Ability to buy additional annual leave

·         - Generous Annual leave scheme - 25 days + Bank Holidays per annum upon starting, after 5 years service increase to 30 days + BH and after 10 years service increase to 32 days +BH.

·         - Local Government Pension Scheme

·         - Employer investment in training and development, and professional sponsorship including CPD

·         - Corporate travel loans

·         - Cycle scheme

·         - Discount scheme (MiRewards) on local and national high street brands

·         - Health and wellbeing offer - Occupational Health and Employee Assistance programme

·         - Modern city centre offices (role specific)

·         - Sports and welfare club

·         - Commitment to diversity and inclusivity with 4 active staff networks for; LGBTA, BAME, Disability and Womens

 

Mandatory Information: -

 

Privacy Notice

 

COVID 19:

Please also note, due to COVID-19 and the social distancing guidance, all interviews will be taking place virtually on Microsoft Teams or Skype. For more guidance and hints and tips for remote interviewing see our website: https://www.greater.jobs/content/10275/our-top-tips-for-video-interviews If successful on application, the hiring manager will be in contact so that you can both test the technology before the interview

 

Employees on the redeployment register will be given priority for any vacancies in the first instance. If employees are identified as a match from the register then the vacancy may be withdrawn or put on hold pending an outcome.