Development Consent Order Project Manager (Legal)

DVF Recruitment; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

DVF Recruitment is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Project Manager to join their highly regarded Legal Project Management function. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on nationally significant projects from any UK location including London, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, or Edinburgh.

You will be responsible for leading the coordination of complex infrastructure projects, managing timelines and stakeholder communications, while ensuring the delivery of compliant outcomes throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex, multi-stakeholder projects, ideally within legal or regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of Development Consent Orders (DCO) and large-scale planning frameworks.
• Excellent skills in stakeholder management and influencing across senior audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end coordination of complex infrastructure matters.
• Oversee multi-workstream delivery, aligning teams and stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain robust project governance with tracking tools.
• Manage stakeholder communications, ensuring clarity on deliverables.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Infrastructure Projects

Legal Compliance

Job description

12 month FTC (with a view to go permanent)

Any UK Location: London, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow or Edinburgh

A rare opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Legal Project Manager to join a highly regarded Legal Project Management function, supporting complex, high-value infrastructure and planning matters.

This role will sit at the heart of nationally significant projects, working closely with legal teams, clients and external stakeholders to drive structured, compliant and efficient delivery across the full project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end coordination of complex infrastructure / DCO matters, ensuring timelines, dependencies and key milestones are effectively managed
• Oversee multi-workstream delivery, aligning legal teams, consultants and stakeholders to agreed programme
• Establish and maintain robust project governance including plans, risk registers, reporting and tracking tools
• Manage stakeholder communication across clients, legal teams and external advisors, ensuring clarity on deliverables and deadlines
• Identify and manage risks, issues and programme changes, escalating where required and driving resol

Key Skills & Experience Requirements:

• Proven experience delivering complex, multi-stakeholder projects, ideally within legal, infrastructure or regulated environments
• Strong understanding of Development Consent Orders (DCO), NSIPs or similar large-scale planning frameworks
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across senior legal and non-legal audiences
• Highly organised with the ability to manage competing priorities in fast-paced environments