I am currently looking for a Resource Manager for a 6-mth contract in Southampton.
Details:
Location: Southampton - hybrid working min 2 days per week onsite.
Duration: 6 months
IR35: Inside
Day Rate: £(Apply online only) Inside
Clearance: SC is preferred but not essential to start, applicants will need to go through BPSS
Scope of the role
The Resource and Operations Team works at the centre of this business providing the right people, on the right projects, at the right time. We want to attract a resourcing professional with demonstrable experience in Operational resourcing of people and skills onto project assignments within a technology-focussed organisation.
Partnering with key stakeholders to capture project demand and identify possible candidates with availability from across the business to deliver
Collaborate with fellow Resource Managers and Line Managers to balance personal/professional development needs with innovation and project demands.
Skills and Experience
Practical experience of resource management in Professional Services, or similar technical matrix organisations (ideal)
Tactical Resourcing – allocating people onto project delivery and often short-turnaround bid opportunities, balancing competing priorities and rapidly securing appropriate resources.
Conflict resolution and problem solving
Stakeholder management
High level of prioritisation/organisational skills and excellent time management
Knowledge and Skills, we like:
Relationship Skills, including communicating, influencing and senior stakeholder management
Developing and sustaining long term relationships with key stakeholders in the business units, and all areas of business and corporate services.
High degree of resilience and a self-starter
Proactive with a positive, flexible approach, enjoys problem solving
Able to work within tight deadlines and a fast-changing environment.
Strong ability to liaise, influence, challenges effectively and build relationships at all levels.
Effective team player with an ability to develop personal networks through strong interpersonal skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Good judgement, balancing the needs of the individual, customer and the business
Technical competencies that will come in handy:
Good knowledge of Microsoft Office in particular Excel
Previous use of dashboard tools such as Power BI is desirable
Experience of MS Teams/Microsoft 365 applications
ProFinda (if you have used this or any other smart resource management platform, we’d love to hear from you). If not don’t worry, we can support and upskill you.
If this role is of interest, please send an updated CV to (url removed) and I will call you to discuss further
