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Join the prestigious V&A Museum's tech team as a Project Manager and contribute to the innovation of art and design
Overview
Salary
£57200
Location
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Expires
Expires at anytime
Organisation summary: The V&A Museum, world-renowned for its comprehensive art and design collections, is embarking on an exciting project at its new V&A East and Storehouse sites. With over 2.8 million objects spanning 5,000 years of human creativity, the V&A is dedicated to being the global leader in art and performance, aiming to inspire and educate with its vast resources. Join a team that's at the forefront of preserving history while pushing the boundaries of technology and creativity.
- Lead the project management of delivering technology services for the V&A East and Storehouse sites.
- Scope, plan, and oversee projects from inception to completion, ensuring high standards of time, cost, and quality.
- Develop technical documentation, operating models, and other key project artefacts.
- Experience in project management, preferably in technology services delivery.
- Proficiency in using project management tools and templates.
- Ability to manage resources, budgets, risks, and stakeholders effectively.
- Capability to maintain project governance and handle all project elements, including technical aspects and business change management.
Benefits:
- Generous pension scheme and 29 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Flexible working arrangements and a range of staff discounts.
- Comprehensive training and professional development opportunities.
- Supportive employee networks and assistance programs.
The Role You will be focussed on the project management of the delivery of technology services (including WAN services, network services, POS terminals for Retail and Ticketing, and much more) in to the new V&A East and Storehouse sites. You will work in a small team, and be responsible for the scoping, planning, executing, and monitoring of the time, cost and quality aspects of the project, and may be required to step in to support the creation of technical and testing documentation, operating models as well as other key artefacts. This is a 12month FTC.
Day-to-day tasks: •Follow the Technology Programme Management project delivery approach utilising the provided tools and templates •Project plan creation and updating •Resource management including the allocation and timely delivery of tasks •Risk/issue management and escalations as needed •Budget management ensuring all costs are forecasted and planned, the project delivers in budget and museum finance processes are met (including monthly and annual forecasting) •Stakeholder management ensuring all stakeholders are aware and up to date in the delivery of the project •Maintain governance for the project •Ensure meetings, reports and escalations are structured and support the project and oversight of the project •Manage all elements of the project including the technical, testing and business change management •Take a hands on approach as needed to deliver the project •Work within and represent the Technology Department in everything that you do
The V&A The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.
Our mission is to be recognised as the world's leading museum of art, design and performance, and to enrich people's lives by promoting research, knowledge and enjoyment of the designed world to the widest possible audience.
Benefits Generous pension scheme 29 days plus bank holidays Flexible working Tickets to V&A exhibitions Subsidised staff canteen 25% discount in V&A shops Give as you earn scheme Bicycle loan Interest-free season ticket Interest-free rental deposit loan Free safety checks and small repairs to your bike with Doctor Bike Wide range of training and professional development opportunities Employee Assistance Programme Staff diversity networks
