Assistant Project Manager | Ref: PSR0039599

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK's biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.
Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to:
+ Run an effective welfare system that enables people to achieve financial independence by providing assistance and guidance into employment
+ Increase saving for, and security in later life
+ Create a fair and affordable welfare system which improves the life chances of children
+ Deliver outstanding services to our customers and claimants
+ Deliver efficiently: transform the way we deliver our services to reduce costs and increase productivity
The main duties and responsibilities of the Assistant Project Manager would be to:
+ Enable the smooth running of the project by supporting the Project Manager through the operation of project management processes.
+ Co-ordinate business management actions and activities on their behalf.
+ Ensure systems are in place to enable effective planning and scheduling.
+ Manage project controls, reporting on the project status.
+ Ensure organisational tasks are carried out efficiently.
+ Govern compliance of the project, taking a specific lead on Risks, Issues, Assumptions and Dependency management and assurance reporting.
+ Manage workforce planning, providing information for effective decision making.
+ Engage with a wide range of stakeholders.
+ Monitor project spend and contribute to the compilation of budgets.
+ Lead potential risk areas, working with the Risk Manager and escalating as appropriate.

+ Previous Project experience
+ Planning skills
+ Strong MS SharePoint skills
+ RAID experience
+ Strong organisational skills
+ Good stakeholder management skills
+ Excellent communication skills
+ Secretariat skills
+ The ability to hit the ground running and work at pace, Disability confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, DWP guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.