Project Manager
Rate: £84,000 annually [subject to pro-rata]
Duration: 6 months
Location: Hybrid working model
Overview
We are recruiting a Project Manager to support delivery within a major transformation programme. This role will focus on hands‑on project coordination, planning and governance support, working closely with senior delivery leads to ensure milestones, dependencies and risks are actively managed.
This position is suited to someone with solid project delivery experience who is looking to further develop their capability in a large, interdependent change environment.
Key Responsibilities
* Maintain and update project delivery plans, tracking milestones, actions and progress.
* Support delivery cadence by coordinating meetings, actions, updates and decision records.
* Own day‑to‑day RAID management, ensuring risks and issues are tracked, escalated and followed through.
* Update and maintain dependency logs, working with delivery owners to understand impacts and sequencing.
* Produce clear status updates and supporting information for governance and reporting packs.
* Work with specialist teams and delivery leads to coordinate inputs and manage timelines.
* Support change readiness activities, including cutover preparation, stakeholder communications and early adoption tracking.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
* Experience working as a Project Manager or PMO‑style Project Manager within change or transformation environments.
* Strong organisational skills with experience managing plans, RAID and reporting.
* Comfortable working across multiple stakeholders and workstreams.
* Able to communicate progress, risks and issues clearly and concisely.
* Keen to develop experience in complex programme delivery and dependency management.