Overview
Assistant Project Manager – Pontypridd, South Wales
Salary: £30,000 – £32,000
Basis: Full time
Please note: this is a 15-month fixed-term contract
This position is only available to candidates employed within Transport for Wales. If you are not eligible to apply for this position, your application will not be considered.
Equal Opportunities
At Transport for Wales we value diversity. It makes us stronger, helps us understand our customers better, make better decisions and be more innovative. Everyone’s different and has their own perspective so we’re building a diverse team that mirrors the communities we serve. Through this we’re determined to be one of Wales’ leading inclusive employers. We’re creating an inclusive transport network that everyone in Wales can be proud of.
Who we are
At Transport for Wales, we’re on a mission to transform transport in Wales and make it fit for the future, whether that’s rail, bus, walking or cycling. We want to inspire a nation to change the way it travels, so that we all travel more sustainably and help to combat the climate emergency we’re all facing.
We’re an open and inclusive place to work, where everyone is welcome and our people are supported to reach their full potential. We want to create an environment where our people can grow and succeed. This is key to enabling us to deliver on the promises we’ve made to the people of Wales to build a sustainable transport network that meets their needs.
Role responsibilities
The Assistant Project Manager will support the Commercial Programmes team in delivering the commercial programmes portfolio including commercially focused transport related projects as well as business change projects to improve transport services, operational efficiency, and driving commercial income in line with Welsh Government (WG) transport policy and strategy. The role may include sole responsibility for delivering one or 2 smaller projects as well as supporting on larger more complex programmes.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following.
- Deliver a range of transport related projects by applying robust project lifecycle methodologies (such as APM or PRINCE 2), implementing the project plan, schedule of all tasks, key milestones, resource management and support Project Managers to ensure these are completed safely to time, cost and quality.
- Support in the delivery of the Commercial Property Growth Plan by working with SMEs to deliver opportunities for revenue generation and/or savings across the business, by providing delivery capability to the Client teams.
- Support in the delivery of the Stations long lease programme and the future operating model programme by delivering support to the programme lead as well as project leads across the key workstreams.
- Lead on the acceptance of permits for delivery of retail focused schemes on stations by working with safety and project SMEs to ensure effective delivery of Retail enhancement schemes.
- Develop the commercial offering at our stations by providing guidance on processes, such as landlords consent, tracking progress against service level agreements and escalating issues to the Project Manager to facilitate works on stations.
Who we’re looking for
- Have or working towards a project management qualification such as APM or PRINCE2
- Previous experience of working within project management.
- Basic knowledge and understanding of health, safety, and environmental regulations in support of a robust safety culture.
- Experience of administering project management documentation including; project action trackers, programmes, project reporting, risk and issue processes.
- Ability to work within project governance processes.
Welsh Language Skills
The ability to speak/write Welsh would make a great addition to your application, but it is not essential for this role.
Transport for Wales supports and promotes the use of the Welsh Language by employees and will encourage them to develop, improve and maintain their Welsh Language skills. We fully support our people who want to improve their Welsh language skills, and personal development for Welsh Language skills are offered in a variety of ways such as online learning, classroom courses and funding attendance at local community courses.
Next steps
Does this role sound like the opportunity you are looking for? Do you want to find out more? See attached Job Description for further details.
TFW is a Disability Confident employer. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments you may need in the recruitment process or as part of the role if you are successful.
This advert will close at midnight on the day of the application closing date stated above. We do encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.
Note that you must hold the right to work in the UK. We are not currently able to provide sponsorship.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
