Senior IT Project Manager

We are One Housing and we create places for people to call home and support them to live well. With a breadth of services and expertise to help people whatever their housing, care, or support needs.

Our IT team is friendly and we love what we do. We are passionate about the high-quality support we provide.

We offer our colleagues a friendly, collaborative workplace and the chance to build a rewarding career with a not-for-profit organisation that is proud to make a genuine difference to people’s lives, each and every day.

Join our I.T. Team as an IT Senior Project Manager

Smooth-running, dependable systems are essential to any modern and flexible organisation. This is particularly so for One Housing. With our various departments, locations and diverse services, our I.T. specialists encounter a broad range of changing requirements and fresh challenges.

We offer the opportunity to put your problem-solving skills and technical knowledge to fantastic use, in support of an organisation with a social purpose and strong values.

We keep our promises; we do a great job; we value diversity; we work together; and we look for ways to improve. These are what make us such a great team, working together as one to achieve our vision.

The role

We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join us in the position of IT Senior Project Manager. This role will be based in Camden. However, this role be based at home and hybrid working will be put into place.  Your responsibilities will include:

• Manage a portfolio of complex initiatives that span one or multiple lines of business
• Liaise with IT Management to project manage IT Technical Services projects, including the formation and management of project teams (including 3rd parties and contractors where necessary), assembly and management of project budgets and overall project management to deliver systems solutions.
• Manage project and program issues and risks to mitigate impact to baseline
• Provide weekly progress reports to the Project Board and other senior stakeholders
• Effectively manage risks, issues and dependencies
• Create and maintain all project documentation according to PRINCE2
• Establish and manage the project’s procedures and controls
• Manage the production of the project’s product

What you will need to succeed

We are looking for someone who believes in working together as part of a team, who shares our values and who demonstrates a friendly, positive demeanour. The successful candidate will:

• Extensive understanding of project and program management principles, methods and techniques
• Previous experience of implementing both Infrastructure (20%) and Software (80%) projects
• Able to conform to quality criteria set by the PMO (Project Management Office) with respect to documentation standards and project management best practice
• Results-focused: able to set high work standards for self and demonstrate drive to meet targets.
• Customer-orientated: desire and willingness to address the needs of residents and project team members, continually seeking to improve quality and standards of excellence
• Solid track record of successful IT implementation project delivery within cost, time, quality, scope, risk and benefit constraints
• Ability to create simple Project Management documentation and reports; such as PIDs, Dashboard reports and RAID logs

The offer

Our Life@One benefits offer you an array of perks designed with your wellbeing in mind.

• Salary: £55-63,000
• Your holidays are important to us. Take up to 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Lean travel. Spread the cost of your commute with a season ticket loans and our Cycle2Work scheme, open to all colleagues!
• Looking forward to your big bucket list trip? You can buy or sell up to five days annual leave each year.
• Get paid to do good. We offer you two days off on full pay each year to volunteer in our communities.
• Well done! With our colleague recognition programme you will know when you’ve done a #greatjob
• Learning never stops. One Academy, our innovative, in-house learning and development offering is designed to help you take your career to the next level.
• We’re here for you. Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you and your family 24/7.
• Stay book-smart. Take up to five paid days off per year to study toward a relevant qualification.
• Experience new things. We offer you a career break after 3 years’ continuous service.

About us

As an organisation with a strong social purpose, One Housing works in some of the most diverse communities in the UK and their workforce reflects that. We understand the strength we gain from having and supporting our diverse teams. The different skills and experiences that our colleagues from different backgrounds bring to us allow us to make better decisions, consider different views and be an altogether more interesting and cohesive place to work.

We welcome applications from everyone.