Assistant Project Manager

Onward Homes; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Onward Homes is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to support business change initiatives. This role involves managing small projects independently, maintaining project documentation, and engaging stakeholders. With a competitive salary of £39,050 and extensive benefits, it's an opportunity to develop project management skills in a supportive environment.

Benefits

32 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension scheme with matched contributions

Flexible working environment

Simply Health cash plan

Learning for life scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a Business Change or Service Improvement environment.
• Understanding of the project lifecycle and project controls.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage small projects from initiation to delivery using defined methodology.
• Support larger project managers with scheduling and documentation.
• Engage stakeholders for project alignment and timely delivery.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

A-Level standard or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

• We offer a competitive salary of £39,050 per annum .
• 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays a total of 40 days paid holiday per annum which is equivalent to 8 weeks.
• Salary Finance - access both short and long terms loans, plus provides access to a savings facility.
• Opportunity to further increase annual leave with service or though the holiday purchase scheme.
• Immediate entry to our Pension scheme (matched contributions up to 10%).
• A great flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies.
• Simply Health cash plan with financial benefits and the option to extend to your family. Cover includes dental, optical, physiotherapy, 24HR private GP access and much more.
• Paid leave for absence including sickness, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Access of up to £150 annually through the ‘Learning for life’ scheme.
• Access to a wide range of discounts and cash back offers, ranging from retail and automotive to holidays and cycle to work scheme.
• Develop your career with support and access to training and qualifications.
• Onward Home has a number of colleagues forums to drive positive change and culture including our Colleague Forum, D&I and BAME Network.
  
  

What You Can Expect From Us

• We offer a competitive salary of £39,050 per annum .
• 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays a total of 40 days paid holiday per annum which is equivalent to 8 weeks.
• Salary Finance - access both short and long terms loans, plus provides access to a savings facility.
• Opportunity to further increase annual leave with service or though the holiday purchase scheme.
• Immediate entry to our Pension scheme (matched contributions up to 10%).
• A great flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies.
• Simply Health cash plan with financial benefits and the option to extend to your family. Cover includes dental, optical, physiotherapy, 24HR private GP access and much more.
• Paid leave for absence including sickness, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Access of up to £150 annually through the ‘Learning for life’ scheme.
• Access to a wide range of discounts and cash back offers, ranging from retail and automotive to holidays and cycle to work scheme.
• Develop your career with support and access to training and qualifications.
• Onward Home has a number of colleagues forums to drive positive change and culture including our Colleague Forum, D&I and BAME Network.
  
  

About The Role

We’re looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Assistant Project Manager to support the delivery of business change initiatives. This is a fantastic opportunity to manage small projects independently and assist with larger programmes, all while developing your project management skills in a collaborative and values-driven environment.

You’ll play a key role in maintaining project documentation, applying project controls, and engaging stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage small, less complex projects from initiation to delivery using Onward’s Project Methodology.
• Support Project Managers in delivering larger, more complex projects and programmes.
• Assist in maintaining project plans, schedules, budgets, and key documentation (RAID logs, lessons learned, action trackers).
• Engage with stakeholders and workstream leads to ensure alignment and timely delivery.
• Facilitate project meetings, prepare agendas, capture minutes, and follow up on actions.
• Monitor project progress and escalate risks or issues as needed.
• Provide a high-quality service aligned with our values of **Respect, Creativity, and Excellence**.
• Collaborate with teams across the business to ensure successful project outcomes.
  
  

Essential Skills & Experience

• Experience in a Business Change or Service Improvement environment.
• Understanding of the project lifecycle and experience applying project controls (schedule, resources, budget, RAID).
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
  
  

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Familiarity with tools such as MS Project, Planner, SharePoint, and MS Teams.
• Exposure to Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid project management methodologies.
  
  

Qualifications

• Essential: Educated to A-Level standard or equivalent.
• Desirable: Project Management Foundation qualification or equivalent.
  
  

About Onward

Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the North West, with 35,000 properties across the region.

We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we’re committed to building 500 new homes each year. We do more than just provide a roof over our customers’ heads, we’re here to make a real difference.

In addition to creating positive spaces for our customers we continuously strive to create a positive and progressive workspace to enable our colleagues to achieve their full potential.

We embrace diversity and strive for diverse teams to create an inclusive culture which enables Onward to thrive and be representative of the communities that we serve. We want to ensure that everybody has an opportunity to be part of our recruitment processes and will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you with our recruitment process via the email address below.

If candidates have any questions in relation to the role at any stage of the recruitment and selection process they can contact the HR team on [e-mail] and a member of the HR Team will be in touch.

Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early prior to the closing date.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management and Information Technology

• Industries

  Non-profit Organizations

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