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Retail Merchant Services
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Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Junior Project Manager
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £24,000 per annum |
Overview
The Company Retail Merchant Services (RMS) is a UK based payments services organisation. We have been in business for over ten years and currently employ over 350 colleagues. Our mission is to help smaller, independent businesses thrive, grow and succeed. We do this by offering card payment services to ensure businesses always make the sale and by being customer obsessed, to put the customer at the heart of everything we do. We also partner to provide additional financial services to help businesses unlock vital cash flow to support their business ambitions. We are restless for improvement and have big plans to expand both our company and our offerings, and are looking for talented, energetic and passionate people to join our fast-paced team and be part of our ambitious journey. We have high ambitions to expand our business activities and product portfolio within the next few years at a high standard. To support the next phase of growth, RMS has decided to hire an exceptional Junior Project Manager to support the Head of PMO to ensure delivery across the business. About the Role A new permanent role for RMS, this position will report to the Head of PMO and will be responsible for supporting the Head of PMO to support projects through to completion, maintain, manage and communicate the PMO functions within the business. This role will be key in providing guidance on project execution, responsible for the flow of information, supporting in completion of project documentation and PMO reporting documentation. This role will be a 'hands-on' PMO role, so the successful candidate will be involved in many different aspects of driving implementation, reporting, governance, identifying problems, as well as assessing business wide risk and make appropriate decisions / recommendations. There is an expectation is that this role works autonomously. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES: Supporting and implementing project delivery plans. Offering guidance to project teams on project execution. Communicating dependencies and ensuring they are managed through to completion. Production of project documentation. Ensure flow of communication throughout teams. Support the Head of PMO in completing and administering weekly and monthly reports to the business. Support the production of weekly, monthly and bimonthly reporting showing the critical business issues and highlighting significant risks and milestone deliveries Encourage knowledge transfer and lessons learnt activities within the PMO and business project teams to drive best practice. SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: Experience in Project Management and Planning Experience in JIRA and Agile methodologies Experience in risk and issue management Experience in dependency management Excellent stakeholder management skills with proven ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, e.g. sales, finance, operations, marketing Good communication, written and spoken skills Proficiency in analysing and solving problems Proven self-starter with experience of being able to work independently, juggling and prioritising across workloads and consistently meeting deadlines while making informed decisions based on the information available PERSON SPECIFICATION: Positive proactive can-do work ethic Ability to work autonomously Ability to prioritise across many different tasks To have a friendly and approachable attitude to work Strong attention to detail, yet also showing ability to surface the key material issue To be flexible and adaptable and self-motivated worker Effective at planning and organising Good communicator Thorough and analytical Ability to learn quickly The successful individual will also embody the company’s key behaviours: o Customer obsessed - all decisions being made through the lens of what makes things easiest for RMS’s customers. o Pace - once you decide and commit, you execute and deliver quickly. o Heads Up - you operate as part of the wider business team, avoid silos and have an appreciation of how the market is moving. o Restless for Improvement - RMS does not accept mediocrity or rest on their laurels, they operate assuming positive intent and don’t tolerate average WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU Free breakfaost each day 5% matched pension scheme Perkbox (discounted cinema, gym membership, restaurants and more) Relaxed smart-casual dress code Healthshield plan Quarterly team social events Opportunities to progress within an expanding business 25 days holiday, (plus bank hols) Regular incentives and rewards Salary 0f £24,000 to £30,00 dependent on experience. Working hours are Monday to Friday 8.30am until 5.30pm.