Project Manager - 6 months' contract

Department: Project Management

Reports to: Head of Projects

Location: Office (London) / Hybrid

Salary: £30,000

Level: Entry

EW Group

With over 35 years’ expertise, EW Group is the leading full-service diversity and inclusion consultancy. Part of the eQS group of companies, we are supported by a team of more than 100 diversity specialists, our training, analysis and consultancy programmes have been delivered to more than 3,000 organisations across 80 countries with clients including Mercedes Formula 1, The Economist Group, the BBC, Dyson, adidas, Arsenal Football Club,

We are a small, dedicated team who work hard to support our clients make a difference in the context of building diversity and inclusion within their organisations.

We can promise you interesting, cutting-edge work which has real social value. We are committed to career development and support, and you will be offered the chance to be involved in all aspects of the business as we grow.

We work with companies from across the private, public and charitable sectors. We’re unique in the way we custom-build our work to the challenges that each client is facing. Companies want to work with us because of our long-standing reputation for delivering innovative, creative and impactful sessions.

We are committed to best practice in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Black, minority ethnic and disabled candidates are particularly encouraged to apply so we have the widest pool to choose the most suitable candidate from. More information is available here: Home – EW Group. 

To Apply

If you feel passionate about this role but are not sure you meet all the requirements, eQS encourages you to apply.

Black, Asian, minority ethnic and disabled people are currently underrepresented at eQS and are particularly encouraged to apply.

Should you require any adjustments to support you in your application please contact us at careers@e-q-s.com.

 

The Role

The successful applicant will be the primary point of contact between our clients, consultants, and the operations team.  As project manager you are required to coordinate people and processes to ensure that our projects are delivered on time and produce the desired results at the highest quality. You will be the go-to person for everything involving a project’s organisation and timeline.

Specific project manager responsibilities include developing detailed project plans, ensuring resource availability and allocation and delivering every project on time within budget and scope.

You’ll be able to draw upon your previous background experience in business skills, management, budgeting and analysis. You should be an excellent communicator and comfortable managing multiple tasks; you also need to be a team player and have a problem-solving aptitude.

You will work closely with the Project Management team during your induction to gain the knowledge and insight to make a success of this role, and thereafter we work with a high level of autonomy and are results focused.

Your opinion matters, so we’ll love it if you come to the senior management team with ideas on how we can improve our solutions.

We offer a hybrid working model; however you will be required to be in the office on some days, the ability to travel to our London office is required.

Experience, knowledge, skills and competencies 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Managing client projects from beginning to end, ensuring they are delivered to timescale, budget and agreed scope, including attending project meetings.
  • Creating project contracts and planning and directing the project work in liaison with the diversity consultants.
  • Identifying, creating and editing the resources required to deliver the contract to the agreed scope and desired quality. Innovating new approaches and content/style ideas.
  • Ensuring evaluation of the projects and consultant performance is carried out and working with the rest of the team to ensure evaluation measures are built into contracts. Together with the Operations Director and Head of Projects, acting upon feedback and spotting further opportunities.
  • Building relationships with the diversity consultants and day-to-day liaison, ensuring they are kept up-to-date and supported in relation to project progress, timelines, and requirements.
  • Client liaison and account management: acting as the first point of contact for our clients and ensuring they always receive positive, high-quality service and thereby contributing to client retention.
  • Ensuring quality standards are met across all project activities (such as ensuring design of courses meets the expected standards).
  • Raising sales and marketing opportunities with other team members, e.g. newsletter and case study content from existing projects; building skills in up-selling and cross-selling.
  • Ensuring our internal project management systems are up to date with all relevant billable day, client and contract information
  • Attend and contribute to our internal meetings and away days.


Person Specification

  • You will be positive, practical and creative in your approach to your work with clients and with the team.
  • You can work collaboratively, and you are a natural problem-solver.
  • You are confident communicator and can demonstrate relevant previous experience.
  • The pace of work is often high, as you will be responding to client needs. The successful applicant will be able to work to tight deadlines.
  • You will be happy to take responsibility for managing your own workload, and for raising any workload issues with your line manager.


Essential Skills and Experience

We’re looking for someone who demonstrates the following competencies.

  • Experience of project and/or account management/coordination in a client-focussed environment
  • Ability to provide high quality client service
  • Ability to build rapport with colleagues, clients and consultants
  • Clear, confident and influencing communicator and problem-solver
  • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
  • Proven personal passion for EDI

Our Values

We are looking for candidates that share our values.

Terms: We offer a flexible business model in which all types of working arrangements will be considered. The role is for 37.5 hours per week and the successful candidate is required to start as soon as possible.

Location: We operate a hybrid working model, with a minimum of two days in the office per week, splitting our time between our office in Central London (Old Street) and home. Our clients are based around the UK and further afield so the role may require travel.

Benefits: We offer 30 days’ holiday pro rata plus bank holidays and an employer’s pension contribution of up to 6% of salary. We also offer a generous well-being and benefits package for all employees upon successful completion of probation including:

  • Life assurance
  • Enhanced pension scheme
  • Healthcare and wellbeing
  • Retail discounts
  • Cycle to work scheme


Apply:
If you feel passionate about this role but are not sure you meet all the requirements, eQS encourages you to apply.

Black, Asian, minority ethnic and disabled people are currently underrepresented at eQS and are particularly encouraged to apply.

Should you require any adjustments to support you in your application please contact us at careers@e-q-s.com.

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