Project Manager (BM) Degree Apprenticeship – Pfizer – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

This is a great opportunity to work for one of the world’s innovative pharmaceutical companies. Pfizer is looking to recruit a Project Manager to support the Business Manager in various operational tasks.

Annual wage

£20,000 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Annual salary increment increase

Training course

Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)

Hours

Monday – Friday Monday – Thursday – 9am – 5:25pm Friday – 9am – 4:05pm With a 45 minute lunch break each day

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 3 March

Duration

4 years

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Assist in the planning and scheduling of project activities.
Coordinate and track project tasks to ensure timely completion.
Maintain and update project documentation, including project plans, schedules, and reports.
Support the preparation of project status reports and presentations.
Communicate with team members and stakeholders to gather information and provide updates.
Identify and escalate any issues or risks to the Business Manager.
Participate in project meetings and take detailed minutes.
Assist in the development and implementation of project management processes and tools.
Conduct finance analysis and support procurement activities.
Manage data, including data validation and ensuring data accuracy.
Maintain and update organisational charts and headcount records.
Ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
Follow up with team members and stakeholders to ensure timely completion of tasks and deliverables.

Where you’ll work

Discovery Park House

Ramsgate Road

Sandwich

CT13 9ND

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

THE UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA

Your training course

Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Governance Frameworks: Lead and take responsibility for the project management plan as required by the governance structure. Apply techniques and project management methodologies as appropriate, dependent upon project complexity and criticality to the organisational environment in which a project is being delivered. Maintain, review and communicate a project business case for approval through the stages of a typical project lifecycle ensuring continued value for money and continued alignment with organisational objectives.

The Business Environment: Identify and analyse the context, opportunities and challenges presented by projects in a range of organisational settings, appreciating the differences within both large and small organisations and in different industry sectors and the consequent need for tailoring. Identify the operating constraints that apply to projects including ethical, legal and regulatory considerations. This may include the green economy and the impacts of strategies for achieving net carbon zero by 2050.

Stakeholder and communications management: Lead and take responsibility for the identification and analysis of internal and external stakeholders and their impact on the project. Manage an effective project communication plan across stakeholders with different cultural and physical barriers. Analyse information and communicate with stakeholders incorporating elements of feedback to understand and measure the effectiveness of planned communications. Effectively listen and influence others through negotiation and persuasion.

Control of projects in terms of time, cost and quality: Manage the project within the constraints of time, cost and quality. Control expenditure and produce status reports as required, including control of costs against budgets, forecasting, and establishing performance indicators as required by funding sources. Measure progress and actual costs against plans to determine a full understanding of project performance. Identify, achieve and maintain quality standards appropriate to the context and specific requirements of project activities.

Risk Management: Ensure that project risks, opportunities and issues are addressed using quantitative and qualitative methods to categorise risks and their impacts. Identify, evaluate and implement appropriate mitigation strategies, ensuring that mitigation actions are incorporated into the project plan and are implemented should they develop into issues. Manage risk through the regular review of a risk management plan, adopting appropriate strategies to manage both threats and opportunities.

Commercial and Contract management: Maintain and evaluate different commercial contract and procurement types to select appropriate options for specific programmes and projects. Support effective contract management and the achievement of programme and project outcomes.

Project Change Control: Dependent upon the size and complexity of a project, define and apply a recognised process to manage change in projects. Make effective decisions in the interests of a range of stakeholders with regards to change requests. Handle change within different project management methodologies.

Schedule Management: Evaluate requirements and methods for data capture and analysis in a project environment. Evaluate project schedule integrity including identification and resolution of scheduling problems. Apply resource acquisition and management techniques to balance programme and project needs against resource demand. Negotiate the allocation and scheduling of internal and external resources to meet programme and project demands.

Your training plan

Training will take place online.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

5 GCSE's Including Maths and English (grade C/4 and Above)
At least 2 Subjects (grade 96 UCAS Points or Above)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Analytical skills
Team working
Creative
Ability to adapt
Ability to learn and adapt
Enthusiam
Proactive
Project Management Skills
Technical Awareness
Self-motivated
Independent Worker

Other requirements

The apprentice must be able to demonstrate the required attitudes, behaviours and interpersonal skills associated with the professional workplace. The apprentice must be willing to commit an amount of personal time to study. Please ensure you check out travel options to be able to commute to the workplace.

About this company

Our apprenticeship and graduate services have been supporting science industry employers to attract, retain and develop people who can contribute to business success since 2012.

Company benefits

Pension Scheme – 5% Employee, 3% Employer Contribution Casual Dress Discount Schemes Employee Assistance Programme Onsite Parking Onsite Canteen Employee Recognition Awards 25 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays

After this apprenticeship

Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will be eligible to apply for other positions within the business.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

COGENT SKILLS SERVICES LTD

Imogen Russell

imogen.russell@cogentskills.com

01925 515249

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000283389.

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Closes on Monday 6 January

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Project Manager (BM) Degree Apprenticeship – Pfizer

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