Cantarus - Project Consultant Role

Overview

Your role will be to bridge the gap between the client and technical teams. Using strong communications skills, you'll be liaising with project stakeholders to gather and translate project requirements for our development team, act as first point of contact for client projects and oversee the delivery of website projects from start to finish.

You will organise and execute project sprints using our project management software. Our ideal candidate will be able to adapt to an ever-evolving working environment and be ready to take ownership of the role – shaping it to match your skillset and pushing yourself to learn more every day.

Open Positions

Responsibilities

Delivering small to medium size projects using an Agile based delivery methodology.
Identify, manage, and escalate risks to project budgets and timelines.
Lead project discovery sessions to gather requirements, define project objectives, and identify key stakeholders.
Facilitate stakeholder meetings and workshops to elicit and document business needs, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
Define project scope, goals, and deliverables based on discovery findings and stakeholder input.
Use our JIRA based project management software to translate and input project requirements for our development teams to execute on.
Act as the Scrum Master for client and internal projects.
Evangelise company expertise and upsell products and services where possible.

Preferred Experience

1-2 years in a Business Analyst, Consultant, or IT Project Management role.
Understanding of software development processes. Previous development experience is desirable.
Excellent communication and management skills.
Ability to build rapport with all levels of stakeholders.
Excellent command of both written and verbal English.
Proficiency in JIRA, Trello, Azure DevOps, Excel.
Some experience using Content Management Systems (CMS) such as Umbraco, Kentico, Wordpress, Joomla, Wix is desirable.
Agile (Scrum/SAFe) certification) or Project Management Qualifications are desirable.

What to expect with the role:

Type:

Full-time, permanent

Salary:

Competitive & negotiable based on experience

Working hours:

37.5 hours

Monday – Friday (Core hours 10:00am – 4:00pm)

Holiday:

25 days per annum, plus public holidays and your birthday (or closest working day) off. We also offer the opportunity to purchase up to 5 additional holidays per year.

Reporting in to:

Brendan Killough

Location:

Manchester / Hybrid

Other benefits:

Manchester city centre office with a hybrid working model (minimum 2 days per week office working required)
Pension: Entry to company pension scheme after three months' employment; employer contribution of 5% of basic salary (on top of basic salary)
Performance & Pay Reviews: Annual pay and performance Summer reviews.
On-the-job training: Access to our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program with allocated training time and budget.
Other Benefits: Private Healthcare, Company laptop, Railcard scheme, Gym subsidy, excellent maternity and paternity packages.

We are a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people. If you have the necessary skills and experience as outlined in the specification, you will be offered an interview in the same way as any other applicant. As part of this scheme, we are committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to all and as part of this, we are flexible in the ways we give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team at [email protected] or on +44 (0)161 971 3200 and we will do our best to put any reasonable adjustments in place.

As signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant, we welcome applications from veterans, reservists, and military families, and are committed to supporting them throughout the recruitment process.