The Project Manager will run the projects on a day-to-day basis (on behalf of the employer, client, project board, funding organisation or other designated body), managed by exception. * The Project Manager should have sufficient latitude to exercise a wide degree of creativity in performing this role.* The Project Manager is responsible for planning the project in order to accomplish its goals or produce the products required within constraints such as time, cost and agreed quality standards. * The Project Manager will be responsible for maintaining the project budget. In the first instance a specialist may help to prepare the budget for the Project Manager to then review. The Project Manager should have ownership of the budget. Therefore, if a Project Manager is handed a budget by someone else, it is important that they are able to understand it enough to take responsibility for delivering the project within the budget defined. On large scale projects some sections of the budget may be handed over to someone else to oversee.* The Project Manager must continuously monitor progress in terms of the status of the plan and the budget and report back to the board, management, the client, or the funding organisation via weekly / fortnightly or other progress reporting and by organising and managing status meetings and board meetings.* The Project Manager should be able to create and use Gantt charts, spreadsheets or other appropriate tools to manage people and tasks and keep up-to-date.* The Project Manager utilises relevant methodologies, processes and standards and ensures that all project team members understand and follow these also (e.g. Prince2, MSP, Agile).* The Project Manager is responsible for the project's commitment to quality - also referred to as fit for purpose or specification level, and may need to call on specialists to assist in creating or assessing quality standards.* They must be Prince II Practitioner qualified, DSDM knowledge / qualification is an advantage.

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