Head of Project Management

**Head of Project Management**:
**Reporting to Managing Director - Professional Services**:
**Summary of responsibilities**:
- Overall leadership responsibility for the Project Management (PM) business unit. The PM business unit is in growth mode and expanding services to support Vercity growth into new sectors.
- Responsible for PM vision, business plan, setting objectives, growth, integration and development of the PM team and the quality of its services proposition in conjunction with the MD, Group Finance Director and Vercity’s CEO.
- Financial and service delivery accountability for the PM business unit.
- Manage client relationships at strategic level including obtaining feedback on service improvement and seeking new business opportunities.
- Responsibility for the necessary resourcing, setting the professional standards for performance management and service quality of PM service delivery, working in collaboration with all other teams and departments within Vercity.
- Internal ‘service expert’ on PM, including sharing knowledge internally across the business relating to, e.g. best practice, value for money, planning and delivery of works, e.g. defects, lifecycle, variations, refurbishments and new builds); and the management of project Professional Team appointments.
- Leads on selection and implementation of PM systems and data management.
**Information**:
**Location**:
UK
**Hours**:
Monday - Friday 9am-5pm
**Key Responsibilities**:
**Key responsibilities**:
**General**
- Provide regular reports on financial and service delivery performance of PM business unit as determined by the MD and Vercity’s CEO.
- Communicate wider Vercity objectives and company information to the PM team.
- Lead the PM management team on the delivery of all aspects of PM services, and team performance. Acts as a role model demonstrating Vercity values and behaviours in everything you do.
- Ensure delivery of projects in line with Vercity’s Management System, national standards, best practice and relevant legislation. Acts as custodian for Vercity standard operating procedures relevant to PM.
- Ensure that applicable Health, Safety and Environmental principles are implemented and maintained
- Deal with escalations and where required escalate issues to MD and Vercity’s CEO as appropriate.
- Coach, mentor, motivate, line-manage and supervise direct reports and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned tasks.
- Manage, produce and issue weekly time sheets for yourself and the team under your control
- Undertake Individual Performance Reviews (IPR) for yourself and the team under your control.
**Business Planning and Development**
- Proactively develop with the MD Vercity’s PM service proposition, in accordance with Vercity’s vision of quality of output and high standards of Client satisfaction.
- Support the MD in relation to all Business Development and related Marketing activities, including identification and networking with existing and new clients, generating appropriate leads.
- Collaborate with the Vercity Marketing and Communications lead.
- In coordination with other Professional Service Directors develop multi-disciplinary consultancy offering to internal and external clients.
**Growth**
- Work with the PM management team to identify and progress new or existing opportunities which may exist for delivering PM services to existing and new clients.
- Support the MD for Consulting Solutions and the MD Strategic Growth where required in work winning, business development and client engagement activities.
- Organise, support and promote Vercity events which may foster client interest in Consultancy services generally including PM services.
- Deliver high quality bid writing and presentation of PM seeking to appropriately combine multi-disciplinary skill sets for the benefit of Professional Services.
- Protect Vercity interests ensuring robust commercial decision making and ensure governance in line with Vercity’s Delegation of Authority.
- Ensure that the PM team’s consultancy appointments are in accordance with standard terms and otherwise prepared, agreed (in accordance with Delegated Authority) and issued to the client for agreement and signature as well as counter signature by the relevant designate within Vercity.
**Delivery**
- Oversee and manage the quality of the service (including the quality of cost plans, progress reports and advisory reports generally), prepared by the PM team, aligned to fulfil the requirements of the appointment with the client and in accordance with Vercity policies and procedures, including ISO 9001 requirements.
- Attend client board meetings where appropriate to observe the service leader’s report on progress of Vercity’s services.
- Undertake Quality Assurance reviews of PM team reports, programmes, budgets and other outputs before submission to the client.
- Meet with clients (external and internal GMs) to obtain feedback on the performance of V

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