Junior Project Manager - Hybrid (London/Darlington)

Railpen; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus plan

Railways Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Hybrid and flexible working

Maternity leave

Paternity leave

Job summary

Railpen in London or Darlington is seeking a Project Manager (Level 1) to help deliver change initiatives within our Change & Transformation portfolio. You will support planning, governance, reporting, risk & issue management and stakeholder coordination across teams.

You’ll also have opportunities to lead defined workstreams or lower‑complexity projects under appropriate oversight while developing your capability through coaching and hands‑on experience.

Qualifications

• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience maintaining project plans, milestones, actions, RAID logs and documentation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to coordinate meetings, workshops and follow-up actions.
• Ability to identify and escalate risks, issues and dependencies.
• Structured, logical planning and time management.
• Collaborative across business, technology and third‑party teams.
• Willingness to learn and develop PM knowledge and delivery methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Support Project Managers with planning, governance, reporting and project controls across projects and smaller change initiatives.
• Produce and maintain accurate project documentation, including plans, RAID logs, status reports, actions, decisions and governance materials.
• Coordinate stakeholder input, meetings, workshops and follow-up actions to support effective delivery and decision-making.
• Track milestones, dependencies and progress, taking ownership of assigned actions and following them through to completion.
• Identify and monitor risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies and potential delivery concerns, escalating them appropriately.
• Coordinate delivery activities across business, technology and third-party stakeholders to support project objectives.
• Lead defined workstreams or lower-complexity projects within agreed scope, tolerances and oversight arrangements.
• Develop your Project Management capability through coaching, feedback, hands-on experience and participation in the wider Project Management community.

Skills

Organisational skills

Documentation management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Meeting coordination

Risk & issue management

Planning & scheduling

Cross-functional collaboration

Learning mindset

Job description

Railpen in London or Darlington is seeking a Project Manager (Level 1) to help deliver change initiatives within our Change & Transformation portfolio. You will support planning, governance, reporting, risk & issue management and stakeholder coordination across teams.

You’ll also have opportunities to lead defined workstreams or lower‑complexity projects under appropriate oversight while developing your capability through coaching and hands‑on experience.