Project Manager: Educational Publishing

**PROJECT MANAGER: EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING****the company**At The Content Station we create, edit, design, and deliver content for education publishers. We partner with content experts, teachers, schools and publishers globally to deliver high-quality print and digital content for effective learning. Our team is based across 11 countries and we work with clients on five continents.**the role**The main objective for the role of **PROJECT MANAGER** is to manage projects, both print and digital, as briefed by our clients, with on-time and under-budget delivery and to ensure our processes and ways of working are complied with.The **PROJECT MANAGER** role, reporting to the PM Team Lead with a dotted line to the Publishing Operations Director, whilst working closely with the Senior Managers and Directors, is to ensure a full understanding of the client’s and project’s needs and manage the project to delivery.**key accountabilities**I am accountable for keeping project spend under the set budget limit, for all components and tasks.I am accountable for ensuring the project team is fully resourced, contracted, and comprehensively briefed.I am accountable for all project deliverables, to the mutually agreed schedule and deadlines.I am accountable for ensuring project content is of the appropriate quality and to the satisfaction of the client in conjunction with the Content Lead.**responsibilities**- Ensure clients are provided with a professional, responsive and rewarding customer experience, delivering to the brief- To understand and document the workflow and expectations of the project from the kick off, and to embed them in the project- Ensure the correct project team (internal & external) is resourced, including negotiating and briefing, and are qualified for the task- Embed the TCS project playbook and processes in each project, from planning to delivery- Ensure all project admin, including purchase orders and supplier contracts, are issued in the correct way, at the correct time.- Manage and keep the schedule up to date, to enable anticipating, identifying, and resolving critical issues in a timely way, with an awareness of all project dependencies.- Manage and keep the budget tracker up to date, to enable anticipating, identifying, and resolving, critical issues in a timely way- Working with the Content Manager or Editors (internal and external) to ensure the quality assurance checks have taken place and quality expectations are met- Ensure project documentation is complete, current, and appropriately stored; the PM must set up the structure of the folder, and follow all required naming convention- Work closely with stakeholders to ensure effective and frequent updates and timely escalation of any issues; problem solving and suggesting solutions and mitigations- Run relevant update meetings, internally and externally, and ensure frequent client communication- Contribute to the TCS supplier database by adding trusted freelancers across a range of tasks**the company**At The Content Station we create, edit, design, & deliver content for education publishers. We partner with content experts, teachers, schools and publishers globally to deliver high-quality print and digital content for effective learning. Our team is based across 9 countries and we work with clients on five continents.**the role**The main objective for the role of **PROJECT MANAGER** is to manage content development projects for on-time and under-budget delivery to our clients and ensure our agile project management framework is embedded in all projects.The **PROJECT MANAGER**, reporting to the **Head of Content**, will work hand-in-hand with our regional **Directors**, to define and refine customer requirements on content development projects.**the responsibilities**- ensure clients are provided with a professional, responsive and rewarding customer experience to ensure retention of customers- as project delivery lead, organize & manage publishing projects to ensure on-time and under-budget delivery;- embed the TCS project playbook in each project, from planning to delivery;- embed the TCS agile project management framework in each project to ensure flexibility, productivity & transparency and high-quality deliverables;- manage real-time reporting of project status including anticipating, identifying, and resolving, critical issues;- ensure project documentation is complete, current, and appropriately stored;- work closely with stakeholders to ensure effective and frequent updates and timely escalation of any issues;- run relevant update meetings, internally and externally, and ensure frequent client communication;- manage and report regularly on project budgets & schedules;- support the Publishing Resources Director in assessing and building a database of trusted suppliers**the person**First & foremost, The Content Station is looking for someone with a global outlook who has a deep u