Junior IT Project Manager

Practice Plus Group; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme

25 days annual leave increasing with 3

Wellbeing and lifestyle benefits

Discounts on shopping and leisure

Job summary

Practice Plus Group, the UK’s leading independent NHS services provider, seeks a Junior IT Project Manager for our Cholchester Office. This hybrid role involves coordinating IT PM activities, ensuring compliance, and supporting service transitions across projects with national travel.

You will work with a supportive team, benefit from structured induction, coaching, and ongoing professional development. The role offers a clear path to broader IT service delivery responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating IT service delivery and project management activities.
• Familiarity with IT governance and service transition concepts.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and timelines.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, track and document IT PM activities ensuring ISO/IEC 20000 compliance.
• Ensure operational readiness and service transition plans.
• Prepare project status reports and post-implementation reviews.
• Maintain up-to-date project plans and process documentation.
• Own and present status reports to stakeholders.

Skills

ITIL 4 Foundation

PRINCE2 Foundation

ISO/IEC 20000 Foundation

Microsoft 365

Stakeholder communication

Tools

SharePoint

Job description

About The Role

We are looking for a Junior IT Project Manager to join our team!

About The Role

We are looking for a Junior IT Project Manager to join our team!

Practice Plus Group is the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to patient in Secure Environments - prisons, immigration removal centres (IRCs) and non-custodial services, and Integrated Urgent Care - NHS 111, Out-of-Hours (OOH) and Clinical Assessment Centres (CAS).

Hours

This is a full time role - working 37.5 hours per week.

Monday - Friday: core office hours

Salary

You’ll recieve an annual salary up to £38,000 depending on expereince

Location

Cholchester Office - Brunel Court

Hybrid working (after probationary period) & National travel required - dependent on projects

How will we support you?

• Robust Induction
• Everybody has career coaching conversations to support personal and professional growth with access to higher learning and training opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks

What you’ll be doing

As our new Junior IT Project Manager , some of your duties will include:

• Support the wider IT Service Delivery Team in coordinating, tracking and documenting Project Management activity - while ensuring compliance with ISO/IEC 20000
• Ensure operational readiness (OR) and service transition plans (documentation, training, support models, SLAs).
• Conduct Project status reports and post-implementation review as required.
• Maintain accurate and up to date Project Plans
• Maintain process documentation: policies and procedures where applicable
• Own reports; present status reports as required

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn’t stop there… we also offer:

• Company pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave increasing with service up to 28 days per year, plus public bank holidays
• An extensive range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• Excellent long-term career prospects
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

What we’ll look for in you

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

As our new Junior IT Project Manager , you will:

• ITIL® 4 Foundation or above, ISO/IEC 20000 Foundation or above, PRINCE2® - preffered
• Strong expereince in Microsoft 365
• Core PM Basics: Understanding project phases, note-taking, task tracking, and stakeholder communication
• Ownership & accountability; calm under pressure and adept at decision-making.
• Analytical, structured, and detail-oriented with strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Good understanding of Sharepoint site structure, permissions and content management concepts

We offer a very rewarding and fulfilling career to healthcare professionals in primary care. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.