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About the Role

The Assistant Project Manager will support the Senior Project Manager in coordinating the multidisciplinary delivery of activities for the successful passage of the Adapted hybrid bill for NPR through Parliament.

Responsibilities

Support the Senior Project Manager in managing activities related to the delivery of the Bill through the parliamentary process.
Support the Senior Project Manager in managing a multi-disciplined team in effectively and efficiently managing PSC contracts for Parliamentary Programme activities.
Support the management of information related to the delivery of the hybrid Bill within the various teams in the directorate.
Support the Senior Project Manager and technical teams in managing the instruction, specification, production, and assurance of evidence for Select Committee hearings.
Support in activities related to Additional Provisions including Programme Change Requests.
Monitor the delivery of a number of deliverables related to the Parliamentary Programme including Exhibits, Petition Studies, response to Ad-Hoc queries, Petition Response Documents, Petition Assurance Letters and Undertakings & Assurances.
Assist in managing and monitoring performance towards key delivery milestones, Select Committee dates, stakeholder meetings and internal governance meetings.
Be responsible for supporting a collaborative culture which enables high performance by encouraging innovation and knowledge sharing within the Hybrid Bill Directorate, the supply chain and the wider HS2 team.
Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

Requirements

Experience of working in a multidisciplinary environment across functions and disciplines to deliver complex objectives.
Ideally have experience of the project lifecycle including development, planning, procuring, developing and implementing project activities.
Understanding of the project management knowledge including change management principles.
Understanding of project schedule management, dependencies and risk assessment.
Understanding of the powers within the hybrid Bill / Acts of Parliament and how they interact with the engineering design, environmental assessment and development.

Skills

Project Management - ability to develop, plan and integrate projects to optimise target costs, dependencies, risk management and project benefits.
Problem Solving – ability to identify problems and review related information to assist in the development and evaluation of options and the implementation of solutions, including the ability to manage and plan workstreams, considering the competing demands of stakeholders, cost, time and quality.
Decision Making – ability to manage the gathering and synthesising of necessary information to assist in the identification of options and the application of judgement based on logic and reason.
Analysis - ability to analyse inputs, assess data in order to assist in the development of strategies and document supporting rationales.
Influencing & Negotiating – ability to influence and negotiate with internal functions and external supply chain partners.
Building Relationships – ability to establish and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders and suppliers to resolve emergent risk situations.

Education Level

Ideally degree level qualification in project management, engineering, commercial management or the equivalent experience.

Salary/Compensations

£44,380pa to £52,212pa depending on skills and experience.

Benefits

Flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable.
A range of competitive benefits.

About the Company

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.
HS2 Ltd will be the UK’s new high speed rail network.
As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.
HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent.
We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.
In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation.
Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

Equal Opportunity

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.
In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.