Project Manager
10 days ago
Croydon
Project Manager We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Project Manager with experience planning and coordinating complex work, managing stakeholders and delivering at pace in a project or similar environment. If you’ve also worked in the following roles, we’d also like to hear from you: Project Delivery Manager, Digital Project Manager, Business Change Project Manager SALARY: £49,688 per annum (For Croydon / London role) & £45,514 per annum (For roles outside London) + Generous Benefits (see below) LOCATION: Croydon, South London This role is in Croydon. However, we have multiple positions across the UK and will also accept applications for candidates who live in Birkenhead or Warton, North West England, Coventry, West Midlands, Leicester, East Midlands, Gloucester or Plymouth, South West England, Swansea, Wales JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent (Part-Time Hours will also be considered) WORKING HOURS: Flexible Working Hours (Minimum of 30 hours per week) JOB OVERVIEW We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Project Manager with experience of planning and coordinating complex work, managing stakeholders and delivering at pace in a project or similar environment. Working as the Project Manager you will support the delivery of complex, high-profile transformation projects with organisation-wide impact. As the Project Manager you will agree requirements, plan the end-to-end project lifecycle and ensure outcomes are achieved on time, within budget and to the required quality. This role will involve working collaboratively with senior stakeholders, delivery partners and colleagues across the organisation to support successful project delivery, benefit realisation, business change and continuous improvement. DUTIES Your duties as the Project Manager will include: • Lead Project Delivery: Initiate and deliver complex projects, establishing clear governance and ensuring successful outcomes within agreed timescales, budgets and benefits, • Manage Stakeholders: Work with senior stakeholders, programme leaders, board members and other key contacts to build support, influence decisions and align project aims with organisational priorities, • Own Project Plans: Manage delivery plans, risks, issues, dependencies, resources and benefits to keep projects on track and support effective decision-making, • Control Budgets: Oversee project expenditure, budgeting, financial forecasting and financial planning in line with agreed processes, • Develop Business Cases: Manage the development and approval of business cases through relevant internal and external processes, • Lead Communications: Develop and manage stakeholder and communications plans, ensuring messages are clear, consistent and appropriate for different audiences, • Coordinate Workstreams: Coordinate projects and workstreams to deliver agreed outcomes and enable benefits realisation, • Support Professional Standards: Help raise the profile and consistency of the project delivery profession by sharing best practice, lessons learned and continuous improvement, • Manage Suppliers: Oversee procurement of goods and services in line with government procurement rules and manage delivery partners and suppliers to achieve agreed results, • Support Change: Work with business change colleagues to plan, manage and transition changes resulting from projects, including assurance activities and lessons learned CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS • Experience of successfully planning and coordinating the delivery of complex work, • Experience of delivering at pace in a project or similar environment, • Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate and build consensus at all levels, including senior leaders, • Confident communication skills, with the ability to explain complex information clearly and support effective problem solving, • Organisational, planning and coordination skills supported by appropriate technical tools, • Collaborative and adaptable approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities and respond positively to change, • Experience of working with others to achieve successful delivery of challenging objectives BENEFITS • Flexible and hybrid working options, • Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%, • Generous annual leave entitlements – 28.5 days paid holiday per, • year (pro-rata for park time staff), • All UK public bank holidays (normally 8 days per year), • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, • Support with accreditation to professional bodies, • Access to LR Leisure, sports and social club, • Discounts at a wide range of high-street and online retailers, • Up to three paid volunteering days a year, • Learning and development opportunities This role requires a DBS check CLOSING DATE: 11:55pm Sunday 2nd August 2026 APPLY TODAY… By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose. 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