Project Director

Level: Management 

Department: Client Operations

Type: Full-Time

Based: Head Office, Ellesmere Port

Reporting to: Client Operations Director 

Benefits

• Opportunity to work on a pioneering Healthcare project with a prestigious client  
• Healthcare Cash Plan Scheme after 6 months 
• 22 days holiday (+1 day for every year worked capped at 25)
• Wellbeing programme available for all employees 
• Social allowance with regularly organised sporting and social events  
• Flexible working hours

Purpose

Working in a senior role within the Client Operations team you will be responsible for overseeing and managing one large scale Healthcare project throughout its life cycle. Ensuring the project is delivered to the highest standard, on time and to the agreed budget. This will include supporting overall day-to-day execution of the programme, building strong internal and external relationships, managing multiple sites, and collaborating with multiple stakeholders.

Measuring the success of the project is a critical part of the role as meeting the client’s KPIs and expectations is key. Nurturing the client relationship at a senior level and networking across the client business to inform and educate other areas of our business with the goal of achieving revenue growth.

Key Skills

• A natural communicator with the ability to delight clients
• Proven ability to network and influence decision makers with client organisations
• Financially astute, with a strong understanding margins and profit analysis
• Exceptional presentational skills - both internal and external audiences at senior level
• Ability to think strategically with strong commercial awareness and understanding
• Proven ability of proactively seeking and utilising the resources available to effectively problem solve
• Ability to identify areas of improvement to drive efficiencies

Principle Duties

• Directly and indirectly manage a Project Team, to ensure effective management and delivery of a large-scale Healthcare project.
• Act as the client escalation and senior client lead for any complex elements of the project to ensure delivery to the highest standard.
• Oversee financial management across all aspects of the project to assess overall margin and profit contribution. Interrogating budgets and identifying scope for improvement.
• Closely monitor the KPI’s and objectives as agreed by the client to ensure that we are meeting or exceeding these.
• Establish reporting strategies and processes, defining clear reporting parameters to be implemented across the project to demonstrate performance.
• Analyse and interrogate the results captured and identify improvements and project enhancements where appropriate.
• Oversee implementation of SOPs across the project, identifying areas for improvement.
• Present detailed, project reports to the Client Operations Director and other internal departmental stakeholders monthly.
• Team personnel management, including recruitment planning, performance management and legal responsibilities.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships and communication with sites and site staff
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members
• Feed into the monthly financial board reports, ensuring 100% accuracy on figures and forecasts.
• Co-ordinate with wider company departments to support the overall business objectives.
• Gather client and industry intelligence, share this with the Commercial teams to support Business Development, where appropriate support with proposal and pitch documents.
• Communicate and engage the Exec team in key decisions and updates to ensure full transparency across all projects.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 – 7 years’ experience in an events/marcoms role
• Proven experience of managing multifaceted, complex projects
• Management and development of dedicated account personnel
• Strong experience in wider marketing disciplines
• Presentational and communication experience at senior level

Other Requirements

• Full UK residency and hold a valid driving license and have suitable transport provisions
• Able to travel throughout the UK and Overseas

The Company

The EMS Group consists of EMS – The Roadshow Experts, EMS Healthcare and EMS Production. We are the sector leaders within the specialised mobile vehicle industry.  EMS – The Roadshow Experts, design and manage a fleet of fully customisable roadshow trucks that take branded experiences right to our clients’ target audiences. EMS Healthcare own, operate and manage one of the UK’s most extensive fleet of mobile medical units.