Package Description
- Competitive Salary
- Corporate Benefits Package
- Chance to make a positive difference in a company passionate about diversity and inclusion.
Further information available from the Serco Europe Recruitment Team
Job Introduction
Serco is the preferred partner for European Institutions and International Organisations, offering ICT services and Contact Centre management across Europe. Our expertise extends from Information System support to consultancy under the government framework, supporting key entities such as the European Commission and Executive Agencies. As a leader in Service Integration and Management, we ensure seamless delivery of services across various platforms, embodying our commitment to excellence in every aspect of our work.
We are hiring a Project Manager for the European Commission in Brussels and various locations around Europe.
Main Responsibilities
- Manage the implementation of information systems to meet identified business needs, acquiring and using the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales, and quality.
- Give proposals for project strategies, planning, definition of tasks and deliverables, review of project deliverables, quality control, risk analysis and management, status reports, problem reporting and management systems, follow up and organization.
- Guide the team in charge of project activities and review their deliverables.
- Participate in functional working groups and progress meetings.
- Estimate costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful completion of each project to agreed terms of reference.
- Prepare and maintain project and quality plans and tracks activities against the plan, provide regular and accurate reports.
- Monitor costs, timescales and resources used. Take action where these deviate from agreed tolerances. Ensure that delivered systems are implemented within these criteria.
- Manage the change control procedure gaining agreement for revisions to the project from project sponsors. Provide effective leadership for the project team ensuring that team members are motivated and constantly developing their skills and experience.
- Produce all need IT Project management documentation for all projects managed to comply European Commission IT Governance processes following PM2 methodology, including “Project Initiation Requests” (PIR), Project Charter (PC), Architecture CANVAS (using the appropriate Commission tools), IT Security Plans and Risk Assessments (using EC Tools), etc.
Successful Candidate
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
Bachelor's Degree
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Good knowledge of project management standards and methodologies (Project Scheduling,
- Strategic Planning, Financial Modelling, Budgeting, Forecasting, Performance Tracking).
- Good knowledge of Agile methodology, Scrum
- Management, Lean agile
- Meeting Facilitation
- Good technical knowledge on the projects aspects.
- Practical knowledge of reporting methods.
- Good knowledge of project management tools e.g. MS Project, Microsoft Excel, Open Project
- Ability to give presentations.
- Leadership capability, Negotiation capability.
- Ability to adapt to unplanned changes or decisions.
- Risk assessment.
SPECIFIC EXPERTISE
- Minimum 10+ years of professional experience
- Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience with IT PM tasks
CERTIFICATIONS & STANDARDS
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- PRINCE2 Foundation/PRINCE2 Practitioner
- Certified in PM2
- or equivalent to be approved by the Commission
About the Company
Serco is a leading provider of public services. Our customers are governments or others operating in the public sector. We gain scale, expertise and diversification by operating internationally across five sectors and four geographies: Defence, Space, Justice & Immigration, Transport, Health and Citizen Services, delivered in UK & Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. More information can be found at Serco | Europe
Why should you join Serco ?
- Chance to contribute to innovation in the public services sector
- A company passionate about diversity and inclusion
- Permanent employment with comprehensive Serco Benefits package.
We are diverse and inclusive organisation
At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential and we are committed to supporting the needs of all our colleagues. It’s a mix of people from different backgrounds, experiences and opinion that keeps our culture strong and vibrant.
We believe in equity so we strongly encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job are encouraged to apply and demonstrate their abilities in an interview. We also welcome a conversation about any adjustments that would make the interview process more accessible for you. Wherever possible we are open to discussions around flexible working and we operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas.
In the UK we are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader in the government’s scheme and hold the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard; in Belgium we are partner of Diversicom and member of Charter der Vielfalt in Germany.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to The Serco Europe Recruitment Team
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