Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent 

Location: Gloucester

Job Ref: 204356

About the role

Benefact Group are looking for a Project Manager to join our Gloucester office.

In this role you will manage projects in line with corporate strategy, standards and ethos, to meet the business needs, utilizing the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales, and quality.

Why join us?

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group — where all profits go to charity and good causes.

What you'll be doing 

• Manage specific (major/technical) projects, successfully implementing to agreed timescales, cost and quality, to achieve planned benefits and outcomes.
• Audit and monitor projects and the programme of projects as directed to ensure that project management standards are followed and that the programme and individual projects are being progressed effectively.
• Provide accurate reports for senior management, departmental team leaders and staff, relating to programme and project progress, as directed.
• Ensure there is an overall business case and benefits management plan for the project and that it is aligned with the agreed outcomes.
• Define and maintain procedures, standards, and templates relating to the project life cycle to support the effective delivery of the programme of projects.
• Act as a point of reference for project management, assisting other project managers in the motivation

What you'll need to have 

• Experience of working in a portfolio, programme and project support environment
• Prince II or APM Professional
• Analytical mind set, the ability to think laterally identifying root causes and confident in making recommendations.
• The ability to multi-task, manage work under pressure, to complete work accurately and deliver to agreed deadlines.
• Ability to communicate and influence up to Director level, tailoring style as appropriate.
• Expert user of Microsoft Office Suite, particularly MS Project, PowerPoint and Visio.

What we offer

• A competitive salary - let's discuss it
  
• Hybrid working
  
• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
  
• Generous annual bonus scheme between 6% and 24%
  
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
  
• An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
  
• £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
  
• Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
  
• Employee Assistance Programme
  
• Full study support to gain professional qualifications
• Access to virtual GP
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Hear from the hiring manager

"We’re seeking dynamic and analytical Project Managers to elevate our delivery capability and drive impactful change across the organisation. This is an exciting opportunity to play a central role in our transformation journey, ensuring we deliver value at pace and scale."

About us

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better. 

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.

*Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26