Project Manager

Templewood Recruitment; Slough; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Templewood Recruitment is seeking a Transformation Projects Manager in Slough to lead a significant transformation programme across social housing services. The role is office-based with travel to service locations and involves managing plans, governance, and multiple workstreams under the direction of senior leadership.

You will oversee RAID logs, dashboards, and reporting, ensuring risks are mitigated and changes embedded into BAU.

Qualifications

• Strong experience within Project Management, Programme Management, Transformation or PMO.
• Hands-on experience managing project plans, RAID logs, dashboards and governance packs.
• Strong knowledge of programme controls, governance and risk management.
• Excellent planning, organisation and attention to detail.
• Flexible and adaptable to support multiple tasks across projects.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the integrated transformation plan, milestones and dependencies.
• Manage RAID logs, action trackers, dashboards and decision records.
• Monitor delivery across multiple transformation workstreams.
• Produce accurate and concise programme and governance reporting.
• Track actions and escalate delays or ownership issues.
• Identify risks and devise contingencies with stakeholders.
• Coordinate inputs from senior management and operational teams.
• Quality-check reports and governance packs and maintain auditable records.
• Support the successful implementation and transition of transformation activity into BAU.
• Ensure reporting demonstrates measurable outcomes rather than activity.
• Research and update policies and SOPs and ensure document control.

Skills

Project/Programme Management

PMO

Governance & risk management

Stakeholder management

Planning & organisation

Job description

Transformation Projects Manager

Location: Slough, (SL1) Office-based with travel to service locations

Hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm

Contract: Fixed-Term (initially 6 months, with scope for extension)

Sector: Social Housing

The Opportunity for Transformation Projects Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Transformation Project Manager to support a significant programme of organisational and operational change within a social housing services provider.

Working closely with the General Manager, Senior Leadership Team and key workstream leads, you will bring structure, discipline and momentum to the transformation programme – ensuring plans remain on track, risks are effectively managed and agreed changes are successfully embedded into Business as Usual.

This role would suit a highly organised and delivery-focused Project or Programme professional who is confident managing project plans, programme controls, RAID logs, governance, reporting and multiple workstreams.

Due to the size of the organisation (35 employees), the role requires the post holder to undertake other responsibilities outside the scope of just project management, so we would require a flexible and adaptable individual, who is happy to provide support with some of the additional tasks outlined in the key responsibilities below.

Key Responsibilities for the Transformation Projects Manager

• Maintain the integrated transformation plan, milestones and dependencies
• Manage RAID logs, action trackers, dashboards and decision records
• Monitor delivery across multiple transformation workstreams
• Produce accurate and concise programme and governance reporting
• Track actions and challenge delays, unclear ownership and programme slippage
• Identify and escalation significant risks and delivery issues and look at project contingencies and interventions with stakeholders
• Coordinate inputs from senior management, Finance, ICT and operational teams
• Quality-check reports, evidence and governance packs
• Maintain clear and auditable programme documentation and record minutes at meetings
• Support the successful implementation and transition of transformation activity into Business as Usual (BAU)
• Ensure reporting demonstrates measurable outcomes rather than simply activity
• Research, review and update policies and SOP’s and ensure effective document control
• Procure goods/services on behalf of the organisation, through conducting research and analysis and making recommendations to management
• Educate and influence internal and external stakeholders involved in project tasks to meet project deliverables and keep projects running smoothly

About You

We are looking for someone with:

• Strong experience within Project Management, Programme Management, Transformation or PMO
• Hands-on experience managing project/programme plans, RAID logs, dashboards, milestones and governance packs
• Strong knowledge of programme controls, governance and risk management
• Excellent planning, organisation and attention to detail
• Someone who is very flexible and adaptable to support the projects across a range of tasks
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Confidence to challenge stakeholders and escalating issues where necessary
• Ability to work across multiple workstreams and competing priorities
• A relevant project/programme/management qualification or equivalent practical experience
• Experience within supported housing, social housing, health & social care, public services or another regulated environment would be highly advantageous, but is not essential.

Why Apply?

This is an excellent opportunity to take a key role in a significant transformation programme where you will have genuine visibility across the organisation and work directly with senior leadership.

If you are an experienced Transformation Project Manager, Programme Manager, Project Manager or PMO professional who enjoys bringing structure, accountability and momentum to complex change programmes, we would like to hear from you.