Assistant Project Manager

UK Atomic Energy Authority; Catcliffe; Hybrid; GBP 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy organization in the UK seeks an Assistant Project Manager to assist Project Managers across various projects. This role involves coordinating project plans, managing documents, and ensuring projects run smoothly. Candidates should have a HNC or degree and a minimum of two years' project support experience. Benefits include a defined pension scheme, corporate bonuses, and a generous annual leave policy. Flexible working arrangements are actively supported.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Corporate bonus scheme

Flexible working options

Employee Assistance Programme

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• 2+ years of project support work experience.
• Fluency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to produce reports and minutes effectively.
• Excellent interpersonal and planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate planning and execution of small projects.
• Track project budget and schedule.
• Take minutes and organize project meetings.
• Manage project changes and documentation.

Skills

Project support experience

IT literate

Excellent writing skills

Interpersonal skills

Planning and organizational skills

Autonomous work capability

Education

HNC or degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

The salary for this role is £37,509. Onsite working is expected for 4 days a week, however we actively support requests for flexible working.

This role can be based at any of the following sites: Rotherham, West Yorkshire / Culham, Oxfordshire.

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data.

The Role

As Assistant Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in working with Project Managers on a variety of projects, ensuring that they are executed to a high standard according to established project and engineering management processes. This involves supporting technical projects by coordinating the planning and execution of small projects, creating and managing key documentation, tracking project budget utilisation and schedule, keeping records on server and SharePoint databases, and coordinating and providing information for the assigned projects.

Additional Responsibilities

• Analysing project data (including finances) and producing standard project reports
• Project secretarial duties including organising meetings and taking minutes
• Coordinating the timely close out of project actions
• Managing project changes and deviation documents
• Manage the FT Job Card System
• Support the broader FT team to ensure project success

Qualifications

• A HNC or degree with two or more years' experience of project support work
• IT literate, fluent in Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent report/minutes writing skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good planning and organisational skills
• Be able to work autonomously, with initiative and minimum supervision
• Knowledge of managing the interfaces and interdependencies for technical projects

Benefits

As an employee of UKAEA you will benefit from:

• Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme, details of which can be found at the end of this advert.
• Corporate bonus scheme up to 7% and a relocation allowance (if eligible).
• Flexible working options including family‑friendly policies and the right to request flexible working from the start of your employment.
• Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders.
• Generous annual leave allowance starting with 25 days, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays.
• Wide range of career development opportunities.
• A vibrant culture committed to equality and being fully inclusive.

Additional Information

A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/

We welcome applications from under‑represented groups, particularly individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and women. Our Executive team, supported by our ‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion’ (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization.

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.