Project Manager

Community Integrated Care; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Discounts and perks app

Job summary

Community Integrated Care is seeking a driven project professional to lead multi-stakeholder programmes end-to-end, ensuring governance, value-for-money and measurable impact. You will manage budgets, partners and suppliers, producing clear reporting for boards and funders while mentoring colleagues across the team.

The role offers flexible/hybrid working and requires travel to regional and national sites, with weekly visits to Head Office in Widnes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading complex projects end-to-end in multi-stakeholder environments.
• Strong governance, assurance, and risk management understanding.
• Experience with partners, community organisations or suppliers.
• Ability to manage budgets and ensure value-for-money.
• Excellent communication and ability to translate complex information for varied audiences.
• Experience with project management tools and digital reporting platforms (MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Visio).
• Recognised project management qualification (PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent).
• Commitment to inclusion, co-production and social impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects end-to-end from concept through mobilisation, delivery, evaluation and legacy.
• Manage a diverse portfolio of projects, campaigns and partnerships within scope, budget and timelines.
• Collaborate with external partners, funders and suppliers to coordinate delivery and maximise impact.
• Apply high-quality project management standards, governance and documentation throughout the lifecycle.
• Lead risk, safeguarding, health & safety and compliance across community-focused programmes.
• Produce board, partner and audit-ready reporting detailing progress, risks and outcomes.
• Lead impact reporting and evaluation turning data into evidence and learning.
• Manage project budgets, resources and supplier relationships to ensure value for money and compliance.
• Support and develop colleagues, building project discipline and collaboration.
• Represent work in presentations, reviews, events and partner forums.

Job description

Key responsibilities

• You’ll lead projects end-to-end - from early concept and funding through to mobilisation, delivery, evaluation and legacy - ensuring programmes are well governed, well delivered and genuinely impactful.
• Managing a diverse portfolio of projects, campaigns and partnerships, delivered to agreed scope, budget, timelines and quality
• Working closely with external partners, funders and suppliers to coordinate delivery and maximise impact
• Applying consistent, high-quality project management standards, documentation and governance throughout the project lifecycle
• Leading risk, safeguarding, health & safety and compliance management across community-focused programmes
• Producing board, partner and audit-ready reporting, giving clear visibility of progress, risks, outcomes and learning
• Leading impact reporting and evaluation - turning data and insight into evidence, learning and future opportunity
• Managing project budgets, resources and supplier relationships to ensure value for money and compliance
• Supporting and developing colleagues, building strong project discipline, capability and collaboration across the team
• Representing our work confidently in presentations, reviews, events and partner forums

Our ideal candidate

You’ll be a confident and values-driven project professional who combines strong delivery discipline with empathy, creativity and influence.

• Proven experience leading complex projects end-to-end in multi-stakeholder environments
• A strong understanding of project governance, assurance, risk management and portfolio delivery
• Experience working with partners, community organisations or suppliers, building trusted, productive relationships
• Confidence managing budgets, financial planning and value-for-money decisions within projects
• Excellent communication skills - able to translate complex information into clear, engaging messages for varied audiences
• Experience using project management tools and digital reporting platforms (e.g. MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Visio or similar)
• A recognised project management qualification (PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent) or equivalent experience
• A genuine commitment to inclusion, co-production and social impact, with an understanding of safeguarding and ethical delivery
• Above all, you’ll be motivated by purpose, comfortable with ambiguity, and excited by the opportunity to turn ideas into mobilised, high-impact programmes.

Why join us

At Community Integrated Care, we believe everyone deserves the opportunity to live the best life possible.

Our Partnerships & Communities team delivers ambitious, multi-partner programmes that tackle inequality, open doors, and create lasting change for disabled people and the communities we serve.

• Be part of one of the UK's leading social care charities, delivering nationally recognised, high-profile programmes
• Work on ambitious partnerships and campaigns that genuinely change lives
• Enjoy flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Access learning, development and progression opportunities in a supportive, values-led culture
• Be trusted to lead, influence and shape work that has a lasting legacy

If you thrive in complexity, care deeply about social impact, and love bringing people together to deliver meaningful outcomes, this could be the role for you.

This is a full time permanent role with travel to our head office in Widnes at least once a week with regional and national travel as and when required so our ideal candidate will be based within an hours commute of Widnes.

What is "The Deal" for you?

• Flexibility: You can work your 37.5 hours over 4 days and enjoy a long weekend, or split the hours over 5 days to accommodate your other commitments.
• Pension: contributory pension scheme
• Benefits: retail discounts, holiday discounts, cycle to work scheme and travel discounts through our benefits app
• Best Lives Possible: You’ll be working for an award winning charity who is passionate about ensuring our colleagues and the people we support lead the best lives bolder
• Development: We’ll work with you to develop your career or to learn and experience new things. We’re passionate about developing our people!
• Support: From our Employee Assistance Programme (available 24/7), financial support options, and wellbeing fund you’ll have the support available to lead an easier (financial) life

We’re really proud to be a Hive HR Employee Voice Certified organisation, a recognition that confirms our commitment to creating a culture where our colleagues are not only encouraged to share their thoughts, but where this feedback is actively sought and acted upon to drive positive change at every level. In our 2025 Colleague Engagement Survey, 59% (nearly 3,800) of our people shared their feedback and insights, giving us an incredible Employee Net Promoter Score of +34. The Employee Net Promoter Score is a measure of how willing our colleagues are to recommend us as a good place to work to their loved ones - and a score of +34 is considered a Very Good score when compared to global benchmarks set by hundreds of other organisations.