Please submit your application with a cover letter by 24th September 2025 About Homewards Homewards is a five-year, locally led programme, launched by Prince William and The Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales in June 2023.The aim of Homewards is to demonstrate that together, it is possible to end homelessness – making it rare, brief, and unrepeated. The Royal Foundation has selected six flagship locations across the UK and formed Coalitions of committed organisations and people from their public, private and voluntary sectors: Aberdeen, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Lambeth, Newport, Northern Ireland, and Sheffield. About The Royal Foundation The Royal Foundation mobilises leaders, businesses, and people so that together we can address society’s greatest challenges. Led by our Principals, The Prince and Princess of Wales, our work is built on world-class research, long-term partnerships, and measurable, scalable impact. Role description and core responsibilities We are seeking an exceptional Project Manager to play a key role in coordinating and delivering projects across our Northern Ireland location. Reporting into the Northern Ireland Lead and working closely with colleagues across the programme, thisis a vital role as we deliver an ambitious Action Plan across the country. The Project Manager will be based within the core Homewards team but will work closely with other Foundation teams, Kensington Palace, and external delivery partners. The role will be varied and wide-ranging, working with other internal and external colleagues to determine project needs and key deliverables. Key responsibilities include (but are not limited to): · Establishing and executing the project management processes required to ensure effective delivery of projects within Northern Ireland · Coordinating delivery efforts with the Homewards Northern Ireland Coalition (and other external delivery partners) to ensure strategies and commitments are deployed on the ground · Taking ownership for the successful delivery of allocated projects · Monitoring and reporting on delivery of projects against agreed timelines, ensuring risks, assumptions, dependencies, and actions are identified, tracked, and resolved · Organising programme and stakeholder meetings, preparing agendas/papers, managing logistics and producing minutes as required · Build and maintain relationships with appropriate internal and external stakeholders, and support the day-to-day management of the stakeholder ecosystem · Working with senior colleagues on agendas and ensuring actions are captured and carried out · Promoting a strong partnership/team ethos and collaborative ways of working both within the programme team and wider Homewards partnership Playing an active broader role in the programme team, working collaboratively to offer ideas on strategy and operational design. Relevant knowledge and experience · Knowledge and experience of project management, being directly responsible for the delivery of substantive projects (essential) · Previous experience of working in a fast-paced delivery environment and/or on a complex project (essential) · Experience of budget management (essential) · Highly competent user of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook (essential) · Experience of successfully dealing with stakeholders at different levels (essential) · Experience with a project management tooling such as Mondaycom, MS Project, Smartsheet, Trello, Salesforce (desirable) · Previous experience in a sector relevant to the programme (e.g. homelessness sector or charity sector more widely, local government) (desirable) Personal qualities · You will be a collaborative and confident relationship builder, with strong stakeholder management skills; a genuine ‘team player’ who is able to influence and bring people with you · You will be agile, able to respond confidently and positively to changing scenarios · You will be highly organised and capable of balancing multiple, complex priorities · You will have an optimistic and energetic outlook, keen to maximise the positive change you and the team can deliver · You will be an excellent communicator, both in writing and orally, able to tailor your deliver based on the audience. · You take a creative/innovative approach to problem-solving, as well as being keen to offer ideas/challenge on issues not strictly within your remit. The Royal Foundation is a high-profile organisation, and the successful candidate will appreciate the importance of discretion and confidentiality and have a mature and professional approach.