Remote Project Manager - Change & Transformation Leader

Metropolitan Police; Greater London; Remote; GBP 49,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Job summary

NPCC (National Police Chiefs’ Council) recruitment is conducted by The Metropolitan Police. They seek an experienced Project Manager to lead multiple initiatives across NPCC. The role requires managing a portfolio, delivering projects end-to-end, and engaging with police chiefs and senior stakeholders.

The position is remote working nationally within the UK with occasional travel. Contract – Fixed Term until 31/03/2027 with possible extension subject to funding and performance.

Qualifications

• Essential - 3 years project management experience or project management qualification.
• Management of a project through its life cycle – planning, governance, reporting, benefits, resourcing and finance.
• Project design including the development of PID, business case or similar.
• Project planning skills including mapping milestones, deliverables and ongoing progress using PM tools.
• Understanding of benefits and working with business area leads to develop measurable benefits.
• Stakeholder mapping and management, risk and issues articulation with SMEs for mitigation.
• Provide project reporting in line with project requirements, NPCC governance and assurance processes (RAG, financial data, workforce data).
• Identify interdependencies with other NPCC projects and report them appropriately.
• Demonstrable experience delivering change projects within a complex environment.
• Proven ability to work on own initiative and lead projects end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Lead on multiple projects across the NPCC landscape.
• Manage portfolio of work and deliver projects from inception to delivery with the ODC team support.
• Maintain credibility and relationships with police chiefs and senior stakeholders.
• Ensure delivery on high-profile, politically sensitive work with national implications.
• Apply project management principles pragmatically within the organisational environment.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Planning & governance

Change management

Risk management

Education

Project management qualification

Job description

NPCC (National Police Chiefs’ Council) recruitment is conducted by The Metropolitan Police. They seek an experienced Project Manager to lead multiple initiatives across NPCC. The role requires managing a portfolio, delivering projects end-to-end, and engaging with police chiefs and senior stakeholders.

The position is remote working nationally within the UK with occasional travel. Contract – Fixed Term until 31/03/2027 with possible extension subject to funding and performance.