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Project Management Apprentice - Transport for West Midlands

Employer
West Midlands Combined Authority
Location
16, Summer Lane, Birmingham, B19 3SD
Salary
£23,859.00 annually
Closing date
25 Oct 2019

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Specialism
Business / Management
Sector
Unspecified
Role Type
Apprenticeship, Higher
Start Date
November
Duration
Permanent
This role is a great opportunity to contribute towards the priorities and goals of Transport for West Midlands. You'll work to deliver projects around four areas. You'll also be working to provide support to the wider directorate. Each placement will offer unique projects to support on and the opportunity to develop and demonstrate your project management skills as part of the apprenticeship. The four placements are:

1.Demand Management - The ADEPT SMART Places Live Labs Programme is a two-year, £22.9m project funded by the Department for Transport that will run until Spring 2021. The advances made in digital technology have transformed how we live and work and will continue to have far-reaching impacts for some time to come. One of just eight projects nationally, the Network Resilience Live Lab will explore how applying innovative data analytics along key roads in the West Midlands can help to reduce congestion.

The West Midlands Regional Transport Coordination Centre (RTCC) will be a multi-modal, multi-agency facility providing regional coordination of transport networks and services to help Local Authorities, Emergency Services, transport agencies and operators, to provide more reliable, resilient and integrated transport services to residents, businesses and visitors.

In this role you will support in the creation of projects linked to the ADEPT Live Lab and the RTCC. You will directly support the Head of Demand Management and RTCC Project Manager to help minimise the impact of disruption across the transport system.

2.Cycling and Walking - The Cycling Charter Action Plan outlines the key activities that will be undertaken to achieve the target of increasing cycling levels in the West Midlands to 5% of all trips by 2023. In addition, we aim to get more people walking, including increasing the number of children walking to school.

The Walking and Cycling programme have received £23 million in investment to improve access to cycling and walking across the region. You will help support the delivery of this programme to the people of the West Midlands. You'll support the Project Manager and the wider team to set up and maintain risk registers, as well as help to create and update a schedule and resource management plan. You'll also engage stakeholders, from Local Authorities to charities and partners like Living Streets.

3.Metro - The West Midlands Metro expansion programme is set to transform the region - delivering a truly integrated transport system for the future. The Midlands Metro team are delivering a £1.3 billion investment plan to significantly expand the tram network across the West Midlands, bringing even greater connectivity to people, places and business. The Network will expand to over 80 stops, connecting Birmingham, Dudley, Solihull, Wolverhampton and HS2 links.

Your role will be supporting a Project Sponsor on one of the Metro expansion lines. You will provide project management support across the project, as well as be involved in other smaller projects to help the delivery of Metro services.

The 4th placement will be selected after completion of your second placement.

Your accountabilities will be to:
  • Support project and programme managers in planning, managing and delivering projects across Transport for West Midlands
  • Deliver outstanding administrative support to Project Managers and team members.
  • To undertake research and analysis that supports the future development of TfWM priorities
  • Manage project documentation in accordance with agreed processes, including, but not limited to, project plans, resource plans, highlight reports, meeting agenda minutes and project sites
  • Support facilitation of workshops, engagement events and other ad hoc events as required
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of project, programme and process management
  • To manage monthly and quarterly performance and stakeholder meetings

Your responsibilities will be to:
  • Assist in the performance management, monitoring and compliance of Transport for West Midlands projects
  • Maintain issues, actions and risk logs, maintain the project change log
  • Contribute to stakeholder management through effective communication
  • Support team members on any aspect of project management, at the request of project managers or team managers
  • To contribute to continuous improvement of project management processes
  • To generate project reports and provide subsequent analysis, as required
  • Undergo learning and training towards your Associate Project Manager Apprenticeship


Requirements and prospects

Desired skills

Essential:
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
  • Good interpersonal skills including tact and diplomacy
  • Good communication skills, both written and verbal

Desirable:
  • Experienced in dealing with and managing external partners and consultants
  • Experienced of working in a fast paced and changing environment
  • Results oriented and pragmatic
  • Experience of managing projects
  • Experience of supporting programmes and projects


Personal qualities

  • Be Collaborative
  • Be Driven
  • Be Inclusive
  • Be Innovative


Desired qualifications

  • Grade C/4 or above in GCSE maths and English, or equivalent qualifications
  • Educated to A-Level Standard or Level 3 qualification or equivalent (Not necessarily required in all cases, but indicate the level of intellect required to perform the duties of the post)


Future prospects

To be decided upon completion of training.

Things to consider

There will be a requirement to work within stakeholder and partner offices within the WMCA Constituent area on a regular basis.

There may be a requirement to work outside normal office hours on occasion to meet work deadlines, give presentations, attend meetings etc.

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