Project Manager

Lord Search & Selection; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education service business is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join their multi-award winning PMO in Greater Manchester. The role involves managing large-scale projects and ensuring timely delivery within budget. Candidates should possess strong project management skills, stakeholder management experience, and a relevant educational background. The company offers a supportive environment with a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Hybrid working model

Relocation package available

Qualifications

• Experience in managing large projects with multiple work packages.
• Fluency with MS Project and/or other project management applications.
• Aptitude for adapting to new software and digital services.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage large scale and complex projects.
• Ensure projects meet contractual obligations and are delivered on time.
• Support planning and delivery of projects for clients.

Skills

Project management tools understanding

Stakeholder management

Large project management

Education

Good honours degree or equivalent

Project management post-graduate degree or qualifications

Tools

MS Project

MS Office

Job description

Project Manager

Permanent, full-time

Starting salary- £46,000 to £56,000 depending on qualifications and experience

Closing date for applications: Monday 7 July at 9.00 am

AlphaPlus is an education service business that specialises in standards, assessment and certification. We help our clients design, develop, deploy and evaluate qualifications and their underpinning assessments. Our work spans the public and private sectors, schools, colleges, vocational and professional learning.AlphaPlus is a member of the AQA group.

We are currently seeking an experienced project manager to join our established and multi-award winning Project Management Office (PMO). Visit our website page https://alphaplus.co.uk/news/apm-awards-pmo-of-the-year-winner-2024/ to find out more about the team.

The postholder will have a track record of leading whole projects or substantial elements of projects. They will support the leadership and management of projects with particular responsibility for the planning and delivery of large scale and complex projects to our clients, meeting contractual obligations promptly, within budget, and to the agreed quality.

We are seeking candidates with:

• A good understanding of a range of project management tools, techniques, and approaches

• A good honours degree or equivalent

• A good standard of numeracy and literacy and fluency with MS Office applications

• Aptitude for adapting to new software and digital services

• Reasonable fluency with MS Project and/or other project management applications

• Experience in managing diverse stakeholders and client relationships in large-scale complex projects.

• Experience in managing large projects with multiple work packages and dependencies.

• Experience in using and applying different project management approaches to different projects.

The following are desirable but not essential:

• A project management post-graduate degree or project management professional qualifications (e.g., APM PMQ, PMI PMP)

• Experience in one of the following sectors/fields

- Education/assessment

- Change management

- Project control/governance

- PMO/portfolio management

The full person specification is set out in the job description.

We welcome enquiries about the vacancy. For an informal discussion about what the role entails, please email Kath Fanning, Consultant, [e-mail], who will arrange a call with a senior member of the PMO at a time convenient for you.

The post is permanent, full-time working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday and is Manchester office-based. The company offers hybrid working (two days per week minimum in the office, with three days working at home). A relocation package is available if appropriate.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview at our Manchester office, planned for 16 or 17 July 2025.

Please note that AlphaPlus is not licensed to offer sponsorship under the UK government’s skilled worker sponsorship scheme.

To apply:

Application is via the AlphaPlus online application form located on its website vacancies pages here:

https://alphaplus.co.uk/opportunities/vacancies/project-manager/