Project Manager

Reporting to the Museum Development Officer, you will be responsible for the overall coordination and management of the Discovering Hampshire's Hidden D-Day Heritage project. You will monitor the project plan, ensuring it is delivered on time and in budget against the Project Plan as presented to the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF). You will assist with the Volunteer and Community Participation manager with the training of volunteers as well as arranging meetings of and providing up to date management reports and financial forecasts to the Project Board.

We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and self motivated individual who is resilient and prepared to see tasks through to the finish. You will have a good eye for details and be able to use your initiative, anticipating problems and finding alternative solutions. Competent in IT, you will have good organisational skills, be able to prioritise tasks and excellent interpersonal and written communication skills as well as confident presentation skills. You will have experience of working to a budget and project management (although project management qualifications are not necessarily required). A knowledge of Second World War military history, particularly relating to the Normandy Landings would be desirable as would a driving licence.

At Portsmouth City Council we're all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city but we need the best employees to do so. With a little over 207,000 residents and 7,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority's main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. Your New Role Discovering Hampshire's Hidden D-Day Heritage is an upcoming project delivered in partnership by the D-Day Story Museum and the Portsmouth D-Day Museum Trust. It will survey multiple locations across Hampshire where troop camps were based prior to the Normandy landings in June 1944. Work will also involve research into the individuals who were based at these camps and make this data available to a public audience. The project will look to provide a range of volunteering opportunities to both individuals and partner organisations and engage the wider public in the work of the project.

We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
• We offer flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
• Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
• Discounts on a wide range of goods and services - access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council