Project Manager for External Website Redevelopment

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Summary of the work We are working with our partners to improve our website design (externally hosted). The Project Manager shall: - Plan, manage financials, control and governance. - Be accountable for effective scoping, design and implementation to time, cost and quality. - Build, lead and manage Project Team comprising internal and external resources. Specialist role Product manager Expected Contract Length Approximately 6 months Latest start date 31/10/2016 Maximum Day Rate £1,000 Who Speclialist Work With Key Stakeholders including our CEO, Communications Director, Architects, Business Analysts, subject matter experts, third party suppliers and others as required to shape the project in line with target benefits, the IT and Business Strategies, as well as the relevant technical and applications standards. What Specialists Work On Manage the design, development and integration of our external website to time, cost and quality targets through our third party suppliers. Project aims are: - Improve website design ensuring it continues to deliver effectively for our core customers whilst supporting a broader appeal to a wider group of influential stakeholders. Content Management Solution - Significantly improve the efficiency and stability of content management capability by replacing the current solution. - Provide new, modern features and capabilities to meet our future website design. - Implement governance and maintenance processes and guidelines to ensure the solution remains stable and in good health. Skills & Experience • Have at least 10 year's IT experience, of which 5 years will have been spent delivering high-profile external web sites or redevelopment of external facing web sites. • Have delivered a number of high impact and complex digital and software projects including external web site redevelopments where the external spend was in excess of £3m. • Have expert knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling Projects. • Have extensive knowledge and experience of project and Project delivery lifecycles and methodologies. • Have significant demonstrable success in Project / Project Management using leading methodologies and processes within a medium to large organisation. • Have experience of managing multiple parties including Senior Project Managers and third party vendors on high ‘enterprise scale’ solutions. • Have strong Systems Integration experience. • Have a thorough grasp of the full range of IT issues encountered within Project delivery and demonstrable experience of driving resolution. • Have active management of third party suppliers. Nice to Haves • Experience in managing projects within the Finance and Pensions sectors. • A background in Communications and Marketing. Work Location The Pensions Regulator, Napier House, Trafalgar Place, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 4DW. Working Arrangments 3 days a week. Predominantly required to work on-site at our offices in Brighton. Travel may be required to other locations including London and Birmingham. Expenses will be paid, as deemed appropriate, in line with our expenses policy, capped to a maximum of 10% of the total services charges. Supporting documentation will be required to substantiate any claim made. Additional T&Cs 1 The Pensions Act 2004 –Section 82 Restricted Information 1.1 The Services involve information that constitutes ‘Restricted Information’ for the purposes of section 82 of the Pensions Act 2004. Such Information is subject to the restrictions on onward disclosure as set out in sections 82 to 88 of the Pensions Act 2004. 1.2 The Supplier acknowledges that the Customer has drawn the Supplier’s attention to sections 82 to 88 of the Pensions Act 2004, and undertakes to ensure that all Supplier members are: a. Aware that anyone who discloses Restricted Information in contravention of those provisions is guilty of offence. No. of Specialists to Evaluate 4 Cultural Fit Criteria • Identify, prioritise and plan effectively • Deliver appropriate outcomes in line with our objectives • Evaluate, learn, adapt and improve • Understand our audience • Communicate clearly • Build good working relationships • Respect others • Take responsibility • Behave professionally Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 20% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers 1. What level of security clearance does this assignment require, if any? Our expectation is that the organisation providing the services will have performed all the relevant checks on the personnel being proposed. 2. Can you please clarify whether you require 3 days per week in total for the 6 month period, or 3 days a week onsite in Brighton (and the other two elsewhere). We anticipate that the resources will be required, on average, 3 days a week, throughout the assignment, predominantly at our offices in Brighton. The Project Manager may be required to work further days in addition to this as required. 3. Please can you confirm that the successful candidate will only be required to work a 3 day week throughout the entire duration of the contract? We anticipate that the successful candidate will be required to work, on average, 3 days a week throughout the duration of the contract. However, they may be required to work additional days as required. 4. Is there a possibility of reducing the number of days in Brighton to 2? With the potential to work form London/Birmingham to increase to 3 per week. Yes.