Associate Project Manager – Apprenticeship

Project Management
• Collaborate with the Project Manager to precisely define project scope and objectives, eliciting technical requirements to formulate detailed specifications, cost assessments, and delivery schedules, while maintaining close coordination with stakeholders to ensure alignment on goals and key milestones.
• Contribute to the development and presentation of key project documents for stakeholder approval and governance.
• Assist the Project Manager in overseeing capital and operational projects and other minor works throughout the organisation, taking ownership of the successful delivery of assigned projects and tasks throughout the project lifecycle, raising any issues / risks and reporting on a regular basis.
• Work within agreed budget and available resource, reporting on forecast, spend and raising any variations to the Project Manager.
• Build and maintain good relationships with all project stakeholders using a variety of communication methods.
• Track and assess project performance and outcomes using relevant tools and methodologies to collate and analyse data to report on project performance.
• Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
• Assist in planning and coordinating the resources – human, financial and material – required for effective project delivery, working with the Senior Engineer to advise on resources from in-house Maintenance Team for up-coming projects.
• Apply quality management systems and tools to ensure project outcomes meet all legislative, regulatory and local standards.
• Participate in post project evaluation to document lessons learned, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
Compliance
• Assist the Project Manager with collation of all Estates compliance certificates and service report onto the compliance register.
• Provide input, as required, to monthly compliance reports.
• Provide updates on required remedial works, as necessary.

Transport
• Provide ad-hoc support in managing transport requests.
• Assist the Transport Operative in maintaining The Children’s Trust vehicle fleet; this may involve assisting with the transportation of the vehicles to and from garages for MOTs, servicing and / or repairs.
• Assist the Transport Operative in completion of children and young people (CYP) travel risk assessments in collaboration with the CYPs therapy team.

Other
• Attend, contribute and note take for Estates compliance groups and other meetings
• Support in the completion of weekly & monthly H&S checks and ad-hoc Estates based audits.
• Produce and / or provide input for risk assessments related to duties.
• Assist with office moves across the organisation in collaboration with the IT department.

Training:

The apprentice will be given appropriate time to complete training on site or at home.

Training Outcome:

TBC

Employer Description:
The Children's Trust is the UK's leading charity for children with brain injury. We deliver rehabilitation, education and community services through skilled teams who work with children and young people, and their families.

Working Hours :
Monday to Friday - core hours are between 09:00 – 16:00. The role requires flexibility in terms of hours of work, including the ability to work early mornings, early evening and very occasionally weekends depending on works being undertaken.

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Problem solving skills,Presentation skills,Administrative skills,Number skills,Analytical skills,Logical,Team working,Initiative,Patience