Project Manager

Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council; Penmorfa, Aberaeron; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A county council in Penmorfa is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead multiple high-profile funding programmes. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in project management, excellent report writing skills, and the ability to engage stakeholders effectively. This role involves coordinating reporting to the government and overseeing financial controls. Successful candidates will have a relevant qualification in project management and experience managing large projects.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing large projects and programmes.
• Experience in monitoring program and project status.
• Ability to engage with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage high-profile capital funding programmes.
• Act as the principal point of contact with UK/Welsh Government.
• Maintain risk and issue logs to manage potential risk areas.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Report writing

Risk management

Education

Relevant qualification in project management

Job description

We operate a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

The job applications system will be down for routine maintenance Thursday 13 November 2025.

Only current employees may apply for this job.

We are looking to recruit a Project Manager to join our Corporate Project Office team. This is an exciting role within the Service for an experienced individual to support with the delivery of a number of externally funded schemes within the Economy and Regeneration Service.

About the role

You will have responsibility for leading and managing the delivery of multiple, high-profile capital funding programmes that the Strategic Economic Investment team lead on for the Authority and for Growing Mid Wales. This is a pivotal role that enables the strategic delivery of Ceredigion and Mid Wales’ economic priorities and will see you work directly with the Corporate Manager and other Senior Officers to manage the funding successfully.

On a day to basis, you will:

• Act on behalf of the Corporate Manager to manage assigned funding programmes. Acting as the principal point of contact with UK/Welsh Government.
• Oversee and implement fund governance and management arrangements to support local fund delivery and regional oversight.
• Lead the co‑ordination and own the overall schedule of reporting to Government. Ensuring clear milestones are set with delivery partners and working with internal colleagues (e.g. finance) to review and approve reports for timely submission.
• Support the S151 and their team to implement relevant financial controls and processing mechanisms.
• Oversee fund guidance and ensure a common approvals process is enacted.
• Lead the strategy for audit, document management, record keeping and compliance for assigned programmes.
• Oversee and direct assigned resources (budget and people) to support effective delivery of assigned programmes.
• Maintain risk and issue logs. Manage potential risk areas, working with delivery partners and internal teams.

About the candidate

We are looking for an experienced, suitably qualified candidate with proven experience in successfully managing the delivery of large projects and programmes. This includes experience of monitoring programme and projects in areas of planning, risks, issues, finance and resources. You will have experience of engaging with a range of internal and external stakeholders, excellent report writing skills and the ability to collate and disseminate information and prioritise and deliver tasks to tight deadlines.

Interviews will be held on: w/c 8th December 2025

Note: We reserve the right to extend the application closing date.

Where you'll work

Democratic Services

We play a key role in ensuring the smooth and efficient management of the decision‐making process of the Council, including support and advice to Councillors; PA, administrative and project management support to all service areas; facilitating elections; the communications team; translation and the Welsh Language policy officer. Our key functions include:

• Corporate Service Support: PA and Administrative support; Business support including project management and minute taking.
• Democratic Services: Councillors; Council, Cabinet, Overview and Scrutiny Committees and Regulatory Committees.
• Electoral Services: General and local elections; Management of electoral register.
• Communications Team: Manage communication activities corporately; support services in campaigns and projects; deal with the press and media; develop and issue press releases; manage social media pages.
• Translation: Documents and simultaneous translation.
• Welsh Language Standards: Operational; Policy making; Promotion; Monitoring; Service delivery.

Penmorfa Penmorfa is our most central office, it is where our Chief Executive and Councillors are based.

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