Project Manager

The General Dental Council (GDC) is recruiting for a Project Manager to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis. This role is Hybrid – minimum 2 days in the office, 3 days working from home. In return you will receive a competitive salary of £34,551 - £40,648 per annum.

About us:

Our primary purpose is to protect patient safety and maintain public confidence in dental services. To achieve this, we register qualified dental professionals, set standards for the dental team, investigate complaints about dental professionals' fitness to practise, and work to ensure the quality of dental education.

Our work matters and so do our people. We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion by recruiting and strengthening our teams with team members from different backgrounds, life experiences and viewpoints. Equality and diversity are not just words, they are what makes our teams strong and able to deliver. We want to be champions of diversity and to have a sense of belonging in the workplace, where everybody has the chance to contribute and to share what is important to them.

About the role of Project Manager:

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Project Manager with proven experience and knowledge in a range of Project Management methodologies to deliver a varied portfolio of projects across the Birmingham and London (remotely) offices of the General Dental Council.

The GDC is embarking on a number of projects that will involve a mix of approaches including Agile, Waterfall and hybrid, ranging from business process improvements, culture change and digitalisation.

Responsibilities as our Project Manager will include:

• You will be project managing business and process/system change along with policy projects from initial concept and definition through to implementation and project close out.
• Provide support to our Senior Project Managers with the day-to-day management of allocated projects using the GDC’s project management framework.
• You will work collaboratively with key stakeholders to obtain the ‘voice of the customer’ when developing business requirements.

About you:

The successful candidate will be:

• An experienced Project Manager with Agile knowledge and proven experience of using this methodology successfully. Agile SCRUM qualifications would be desirable.
• A qualified Prince 2 practitioner would be desirable, or otherwise you will have demonstrable experience of working within a structured project environment.
• Analytical, with creative thinking and problem-solving skills being equally essential, as is the ability to build effective working relationships with key stakeholders.
• Comfortable presenting ideas/proposals and engaging with others to refine them.

Benefits:

To support this we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, including flexible working arrangements from day one and employee networks that aid growth and development  

Some of our benefits include; 

• 27 days holiday (plus statutory) and rising to 30 days after 2 years’ service  
• Pension contributions up to 10% 
• Buy/Sell annual leave from 2025 
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave from 1 years’ service. 
• Life assurance (4 x salary), income protection plan and enhanced sick leave policy 
• Staff discounts including eye care contributions and discounted gym membership 

The closing date is midnight on Thursday 2 January 2025,

If you feel that you are the right candidate for our Project Manager, then please click 'APPLY' today. We look forward to hearing from you!

Please note that we reserve the right to bring this recruitment campaign to an end without notice, and we encourage all interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

The GDC is committed to equality and diversity. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention, and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural, and social backgrounds.