Junior Project Manager

Redcentric plc; Harrogate; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Job summary

Redcentric plc in Harrogate is seeking a Junior Project Manager to support delivery, coordination and governance across two Agile sprint teams within Finance Transformation and Business Transformation.

The 12-month fixed-term contract blends delivery support with coordination duties, including planning, reporting, RAID management and stakeholder communications to keep programmes on track.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting Agile, hybrid delivery, transformation, adoption or business change activity.
• Good understanding of delivery planning, RAID management, action tracking, reporting and governance controls.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities across multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Duties will include day-to-day delivery coordination, governance control, reporting, documentation, transition and adoption activities across two Agile sprint-based delivery streams.
• Maintain delivery plans, sprint trackers, status updates and progress reporting.
• Support sprint ceremonies, workshops, delivery reviews and planning sessions.
• Identify blockers, risks and dependencies and elevate them to the Programme Leads.
• Support outcome prioritisation and delivery planning activities with programme stakeholders.
• Maintain RAID logs, action trackers, decision registers and dependency trackers.
• Track actions with owners and support timely completion.
• Ensure project documentation remains accurate, accessible and aligned to governance standards.
• Support transition-to-service planning, readiness checkpoints and operational handover activities.
• Track documentation, training and knowledge transfer requirements.
• Coordinate release readiness activities and highlight any gaps or risks.
• Support the capture of ownership, support model and handover requirements.
• Support stakeholder engagement and communications planning.
• Coordinate training schedules, adoption activity tracking and feedback capture.
• Maintain stakeholder engagement and business readiness trackers.
• Collate user feedback to inform sprint prioritisation and continuous improvement.

Skills

Agile delivery

Delivery planning

Governance

Reporting

Stakeholder management

Risks & blockers

Documentation

Job description

Hybrid working from Redcentric Harrogate office

Reporting line

Reports toSenior Project Manager

Overview

We require a Junior Project Manager to support delivery, coordination and governance across theFinanceTransformation andBusinessTransformationProgrammes. This role combines project delivery support and project coordination responsibilitiesacross two separate Agile sprint teams.

The Role

This is an initial 12-month fixed-term contract supporting Redcentric's wider transformation agenda.Reporting to theSenior ProjectManager, the successful candidate will support day-to-day delivery coordination, governance control, reporting, documentation,transitionand adoption activities across two Agile sprint-based delivery streams. The role is intended to provide a balanced blend of Project Manager and Project Coordinator responsibilities where a single resource isrequired. The postholder will not have direct reports.

Key Responsibilities

Duties willinclude, butare not restricted to thefollowing:.

Agile Delivery Support

Support delivery across two separate Agile sprint teams, one aligned to theFinanceTransformationProgrammeand one aligned to theBusinessTransformationProgramme.

Maintain delivery plans, sprint trackers, statusupdatesand progress reporting.

Support sprint ceremonies, workshops, deliveryreviewsand planning sessions.

Identifyblockers, risks and dependencies and elevate them to theProgrammeLeads.

Support outcomeprioritisationand delivery planning activities withprogrammestakeholders.

Governance & Reporting

Maintain RAID logs, action trackers, decisionregistersand dependency trackers.

Track actions with owners and supporttimelycompletion.

Ensure project documentationremainsaccurate,accessibleand aligned to governance standards.

Transition & Readiness

Support transition-to-service planning, readinesscheckpointsan operational handover activities.

Track documentation,trainingand knowledge transfer requirements.

Coordinatereleasereadiness activities and highlight any gaps or risks.

Support the capture of ownership, supportmodeland handover requirements.

Adoption & Stakeholder Coordination

Support stakeholder engagement and communications planning.

Coordinate training schedules,adoptionactivitytrackingand feedback capture.

Maintain stakeholder engagement and business readiness trackers.

Collate user feedback to inform sprintprioritisationand continuous improvement.

Success Criteria

By the end of the 12-month contract, the successful candidate will have:

A consistent delivery cadence is supported across bothprogrammesatan appropriate scalefor a junior project management role.

Actions, RAID items,decisionsand dependencies are tracked, followedupand escalated effectively.

Programmereporting,documentationand governance artefacts aremaintainedaccurately and on time.

Transition and adoption activities are coordinated, with business readiness risks captured and escalated.

The role provides a balanced blend of delivery support and project coordination, enablingprogrammeleadership tomaintaincontrol across both sprint teams.

Person Specification

The ideal candidate will ideally have the following skills,attributesand experience:

Experience supporting Agile, hybrid delivery, transformation,adoptionor business change activity.

Good understanding of delivery planning, RAID management, action tracking,reportingand governance controls.

Strongorganisationalskills with the ability to manage competing priorities across multiple workstreams.

Confident working with business stakeholders, projectteamsand subject matter experts.

Comfortable preparing meeting materials, reports,trackersand project documentation.

Ability toidentifyrisks,blockersand dependencies and elevate appropriately.

Professional,proactiveand outcome-focused approach.

Workplace

Redcentric has a flexible working policy. This role willoperate on a hybrid basis from our Harrogate office (minimum 2 days per week). The successful candidate should be able to commutetolthe Harrogateoffice asrequired.