Project Manager

s1jobs; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40 days holiday

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Enhanced Sick Pay

Health and Wellbeing Benefit

Cycle to Work Scheme

Job summary

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow is seeking a Project Manager to lead ICT projects, manage budgets and schedules, and ensure trained staff for delivery. You will coordinate internal and external teams, monitor risks, and uphold project management standards throughout the College.

The role requires Prince2/PM qualifications, strong communication, and a proactive, accountable approach in a hybrid Glasgow setting. Initially fixed term to 30 April 2027, 35 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Formal Project Management Qualification (e.g. Prince2 Foundation, PPM, Agile Scrum).
• Project management experience delivering ICT initiatives.
• Self-motivated with strong accountability.
• Analytical, problem solving and planning skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Commercial awareness at project level.
• Enthusiasm for information technology and technical concepts.
• Commitment to personal excellence, integrity and ethics.
• Excellent planning and resource management abilities.
• Understanding and management of project change.
• Excellent report writing and analysis skills.
• Solid knowledge of project applications such as MS Project, Asana, Visio, PowerPoint, Word, Excel.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver ICT projects with oversight of quality, timescales and budgets.
• Ensure appropriate training for staff and third-party providers on the project.
• Manage project teams, risks and change controls throughout the lifecycle.
• Promote and implement strong project management practices across the College.

Skills

PM Qualification

PM Experience

Self-motivated

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Commercial awareness

IT enthusiasm

Integrity

Planning & resources

Change management

Report writing

Project apps/tools

Tools

MS Project

Asana

Visio

PowerPoint

Word

Excel

Job description

Fixed term until 30 April 2027

For more than 425 years, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow has been improving health and healthcare for people around the world.

35 hours per week

Fixed term until 30 April 2027

Today, we are a professional membership body providing education, assessment and development to more than 15,000 Fellows and Members at all stages of their careers. We are a UK organisation with a global membership.

Our estate in the heart of Glasgow city centre includes modern conferencing and events facilities, a rich and extensive heritage collection with museum status, a library and our multi-award-winning events offering, 1599 at the Royal College.

Our Purpose Is Built Around Delivering

• Excellent education and an outstanding member experience
• New standards through assessment and gold standard qualifications
• Transformative impact on the health and wellbeing of the wider world

The Role

The Project Manager will primarily be responsible for the development and successful delivery of College’s ICT projects. This will include overseeing project delivery including quality of end product, timescales and budgets, and ensuring sufficient training where necessary for the wider organisation; ensuring internal technical and non-technical staff, and 3rd party providers in each project team are appropriate for successful delivery; managing the work of each project team; managing project risk registers and actively anticipating and mitigating all material project risks; and ensuring adherence to College’s project management processes.

In addition, the Project Manager is responsible for developing and implementing good project management practice throughout College.

About You

• Formal Project Management Qualification (e.g. Prince2 Foundation, PPM, Agile Scrum Master)
• Project Management experience
• Self-motivated, holds high level of accountability for themselves
• Demonstrated analytical, problem solving and planning skills
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills
• Commercial awareness at a project level
• Enthusiastic about information technology with an ability to grasp technical concepts
• Committed to personal excellence, ethical behaviour, and integrity
• Excellent planning and resource management skills
• Understanding and management of Project Change
• Excellent report writing and analysis skills
• Excellent understanding of project applications / tools such as MS Project, Asana, Visio, PowerPoint, Word, Excel etc.

The full job description can be found on our website.

Benefits Include

• 40 days holiday
• Hybrid working – at least 50% of working time in the College, dependent on the needs of the business
• Pension scheme – the College offers a contributory pension scheme with employer contributions ranging from 6% to 10%, based on the employee’s chosen contribution level
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Sick Pay, Maternity, Paternity and Adoption pay
• Health and Wellbeing Benefit
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Successful candidates will have the requisite ability and experience to meet the specific requirements of the post.

The closing date is 6 October 2026. However, we will assess applications as they are received and call successful applicants for interview. Therefore, the closing date may be brought forward without notice.

Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow is a Scottish Charity, SC000847, regulated by the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR).