Cyber Project Manager - Newport, South Wales
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Who are we?
We are a gas distribution business that services the gas infrastructure across Wales and the south-west of England. We serve our customers and communities with safe, reliable, and affordable energy services whilst investing to create a sustainable future to deliver our carbon-free vision for 2050.
What we’re looking for?
As WWU continues its journey towards compliance with NIS Regulations and further, the Cyber Resilience team, working with other stakeholders from across the business, will undertake a significant amount of change, initiative and project work.
The Project Manager role will be key to driving these undertakings to completion, bringing the work in on time, to scope and within budget.
This role is expected to work with all necessary stakeholders, and the scope of this role covers all WWU sites, including offices, depots and all industrial sites.
We’ll trust you to:
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Lead, manage and drive projects from the initial idea through to its successful delivery.
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Deliver the projects’ objectives to the sponsor and the organisation as a whole.
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Produce related reporting as appropriate.
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Monitor project dependencies and overall integration.
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Develop project adoption plans to develop service transition plans.
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Have experience of working in IT or Cyber Resilience change management function.
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A strong stakeholder management, with an ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.
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A highly adaptable and productive individual who can effectively communicate, think critically, work independently, and adjust to varying workload demands.
You’ll need to have:
Essential:
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Relevant practitioner level qualification required. Preferred project management certification qualifications to include PMP or PRINCE2 or relevant
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Experience with Project Management or change management tools (examples include Planner, Teams, DevOps, Jira, SharePoint etc)
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Relevant degree or experience in similar role
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Critical thinking and able to work dynamically.
Desirable:
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Experience within a Cyber Resilience setting
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Change Management, such as Prosci ADKAR® qualification
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Knowledge of the regulations relating to the supply of Critical National Infrastructure
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Degree or relevant experience.
Due to the enhanced safety critical nature of this role, you will also be required to carry out a National Security Vetting Security Clearance check - this will be carried out by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV). You can find out more details of the process on the Government website here:
All offers of employment are subject to the above and pre-employment drug & alcohol screening.
We would also love to hear about anything else you feel you could add or bring to the role!
As we are a safety critical organisation, all offers of employment are subject to pre-employment drug & alcohol screening.
What’s in it for you?
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A competitive salary starting at £60,000 rising to £69,000
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Hybrid working
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Flexible working opportunities
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25 days annual leave plus bank holidays which can be tailored to celebrations that reflect your beliefs
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Retirement Savings Plan (pension) with Aviva: 5% employee contribution, with WWU doubling your contribution at 10% - totalling 15%
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14 x salary Life Insurance linked to membership of the Retirement Savings Plan
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“Choices” flexible benefit scheme options including corporate gym memberships, dental insurance, and health cash-plans
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Access to our Financial Wellbeing Programme - allowing you to manage your benefits flexibly to suit your financial needs
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Enhanced pay for parental leave
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Retail discounts and cashback scheme
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Friends & Family Discount for Three Mobile and Broadband
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Colleague recognition including Annual Celebrating Excellence Awards
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Living Wage Accredited Employer
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Award winning employer for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Workplace Health and Wellbeing’ and leading the industry in championing equality, diversity and inclusion
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Annual salary review
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Discretionary annual bonus
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Company Sick Pay
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In-house Occupational Health Team
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Employee Assistance Programme
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Comprehensive training
The way we do things
Our Ambition, Priorities and Values inform everything we do as a business – from our strategic planning to the performance management of our colleagues. Our values underpin everything we do and we are committed to creating a working environment that supports and fosters diversity, inclusion and equity, where all of our colleagues feel valued and supported to contribute to their full potential.
We are focused on creating a culture where it doesn’t matter about gender, race, sexuality or disability; it’s about our colleagues’ skills, the way we do things and how we live our values.
You can find out more here.
Interested?
If you think you’d make a good addition to the team, we would love to hear from you!
To apply, click the link below.
If you would prefer to complete your application form in an alternative format such as Microsoft Word or would like to discuss the role in a little more detail, please contact us at recruitment@wwutilities.co.uk or on 07971 038 982.
You can also ask us about flexible working practices that may be available or tell us if you have any special requirements during the application process.