Project Manager

Peregrine; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Peregrine is seeking a Project Manager to lead complex projects across various sectors. The role involves coordinating teams, managing budgets, and engaging stakeholders to ensure project delivery aligns with organizational goals. Ideal candidates will have substantial project management experience, certifications, and a collaborative mindset.

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing business and IT projects.
• Experience with financial system implementations is beneficial.
• Understanding Change Management tools and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and project manage internal teams and third-party vendors.
• Develop detailed project plans including dependencies and milestones.
• Manage resource planning to support operations and transformation activities.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Organizational Skills

Problem Solving

Stakeholder Management

Education

A Level or equivalent

Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE II, Agile)

Tools

Microsoft Office

MS Project

Asana

Trello

Job description

Join us a Project Manager at Peregrine Resourcing.

At Peregrine, we???re always seeking Specialist Talent that have the ideal mix of skills, experience, and attitude, to place with our vast array of clients. From Business Analysts in large government organisations to Software Developers in the private sector ??? we are always in search of the best talent to place, now.

How Specialist Talent Works:

At Peregrine, we find the best talent for our clients. As a permanent employee of Peregrine, with access to all our standard benefits, you will be deployed across our portfolio of clients as a specialist consultant, working on a wide array of complex projects across multiple industries.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and project manage internal teams and third-party vendors to ensure the successful delivery of projects, leveraging experience within housing associations to effectively navigate sector-specific requirements.
• Ensuring that all projects are delivered on time, within scope and within budget.
• Manage resource planning including availability, allocation and tracking, to support both day-to-day operations and transformation activities.
• Developing detailed project plans to track progress including dependencies and milestones.
• Creating, forecasting and managing project budgets.
• Communicating effectively with project teams, stakeholders, and interested parties.
• Create and maintain thorough project documentation, including delivery plans, status reports, risk logs, and change management records, to support governance and audit readiness.
• Measuring project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques.
• Complex stakeholder Management.
• Define project scopes and objectives with input from all relevant stakeholders, ensuring alignment with technical feasibility and business goals, particularly during financial system implementations.
• Apply best practices and structured project delivery methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, Agile, Waterfall) with change management frameworks (e.g., Prosci, ADKAR) to support the people side of change, build stakeholder engagement and drive successful adoption.

Skills & Experience:

• A good standard of education to ???A??? Level or equivalent.
• A Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE II, Agile) is desirable.
• Significant experience managing business and IT projects throughout their lifecycle, especially within housing associations.
• Experience with financial system implementations is beneficial.
• Understanding and application of Change Management tools and frameworks.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum, Waterfall).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills, with attention to detail and the ability to multi-task.
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills, with strong influencing and problem-solving abilities.
• Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Experience with MRI, 8x8, and Sim Financials is desirable.
• Proficiency in project management software tools (e.g., MS Project, Asana, Trello).
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

About us:

At Peregrine, we see beyond the immediate and look to the horizon. We build lasting, meaningful partnerships with our clients, and deliver flexible solutions for every resourcing need, both now and in the future. Together, we help our clients to engage, develop and harness the skills they need to achieve and grow the workforce they want. We have a range of benefits you will receive alongside your salary.

Our culture:

At Peregrine we embrace fresh ideas, and we love learning fast. Our solutions are trusted and established, so we have the confidence of knowing we have a solid foundation. We rely on openness and honesty, and we???re always ready to help each other out. And we believe that our work can benefit society ??? whether it???s finding the digital talent of the future or being a driver for social mobility.

Our commitment to diversity:

At Peregrine, we???re proudly committed to championing diversity and inclusion, with company-wide initiatives to drive greater social mobility and reduce our environmental impact. Our teams represent a huge breadth of cultures, languages, and ethnicities, and over 20 different nationalities. We also employ candidates from a range of educational and socioeconomic backgrounds. Our partnerships with numerous charities ensure that we can stay well-informed and continue to improve our practices for the future. It reflects in the way we recruit for our clients as we assist them in becoming more diverse.