Are you interested in a career where you can bring your digital subject matter expertise to help Southdown achieve our strategic priority of digitally enabled care and support services?
The Digital Solutions team supports Southdown in modernising our ways of working - improving our systems, data insights, integrations, and connectivity.
As the Senior Project Manager (Digital) you will lead and manage Southdown's Digital Solutions Project Managers, helping to steer our projects through to successful delivery, providing guidance and direction across digital projects. You will have the opportunity to make a difference - to transform our ways of working and improve client experience.
Creating detailed project plans and documentation, you will align project resources and manage team capacity. You will manage project timelines, scope, budgets, and associated contracts. You will produce project progress reports to stakeholders and senior management, ensuring project delivery and communication considers the broader organisational context and associated implications.
Who are we looking for? You are a project manager or project team lead with significant experience in managing complex and strategic projects. You are skilled in co-production or UX research and can demonstrate a depth of knowledge in digital systems and data governance.
You are familiar with and can demonstrate delivery of projects against established frameworks such as Agile and Waterfall. A project management qualification such as PRINCE2, PMP or Agile would be ideal alongside a technical education background, such as BSc Computer Science or a Certified Data Management Professional qualification.
An effective leader, you model our company values – a Force for Good, Brilliant with People, United, Trustworthy and Responsive.
Why Southdown? Join a forward-thinking organisation dedicated to making a difference. At Southdown, you'll be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence. We offer a supportive work environment, opportunities for professional growth, and the chance to lead meaningful change.
We offer a competitive salary, pension, life cover, employee assistance (EAP) and healthcare package plus a range of other benefits, including a free Blue Light Card and discounts on retail, days out, travel, gym membership, holidays and more.
Southdown is proud to be a Top 30 Family-Friendly Employer and has achieved Investors in People Gold Award. Our standard working hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm (4.30pm on Fridays). Hybrid working is encouraged, with a minimum 40% of your working time spent at our office at Bell Lane in Lewes.
Our Values: Southdown is a psychologically informed organisation where the well-being and happiness of our employees matter. We're committed to creating a positive and compassionate work environment where employees feel valued, respected, and inspired to do their best. In addition, we're a family-friendly employer that recognises the importance of a work-life balance. If you share our values and want to work for an organisation that helps change lives for the better, we want to hear from you.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and are fully committed to supporting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and welcome applications from all candidates that meet our job specifications. If you feel there is a barrier that potentially prevents you from applying, do get in contact with us, as we are always happy to discuss (or arrange a discussion with the recruiting manager) to explore if any reasonable adjustments can be made to support your application.
The organisation is currently going through the introduction of a new Job Evaluation scheme and the salary will be increased to £41,655 per annum, effective from 1 February 2025.
Closing date: 3rd January 2025
Interviews will be held on: 15th and 21st January 2025
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