Senior Project Manager - Eyes On Russia

Centre for Information Resilience; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) in the UK is seeking a Senior Project Manager for a contractor role until 31 March 2027. You will manage open-source research projects, ensuring timelines, budgets and donor reporting, while collaborating across teams and with partners.

The role requires leading PM mechanisms, budgeting, risk management, and coordination with MEL, leadership and fundraising. Weekly travel to London and occasional travel to Ukraine are expected, with a dynamic, fast-paced

Qualifications

• A proven track record of delivering large-scale projects to deadline, within budget and with measurable impact.
• Experience delivering projects funded by UK government or equivalent, with knowledge of related policies and procedures.
• Strong planning, financial management, impact reporting and risk mitigation capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design and operationalise robust project management mechanisms: planning, tracking, risk management, reporting and learning.
• Structure teams to ensure sufficient expertise and resources to deliver workplans.
• Oversee donor communications on budgets and compliance to maintain confidence in CIR's delivery.
• Develop budgets aligned with workplans and ensure alignment with targets and donor approvals.
• Create financial forecasts, monitor expenditures and ensure timely reporting.
• Collaborate with leadership, technical staff and MEL to implement a Theory of Change and data synthesis.
• Identify solutions to delivery challenges to maximise impact within budget and timelines.
• Ensure adherence to CIR policies on data protection, cyber security, anti-corruption, safeguarding and conduct.
• Support business development by identifying funding opportunities and assisting bid submissions.
• Work with People team on hiring, planning, assessments, interviews and onboarding.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Donor communications

Team leadership

Risk management

Open-source project coordination

Job description

About CIR

The Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) is an independent organisation dedicated to exposing human rights violations and threats to democracy. We achieve this through open source research, digital investigations, capacity-building with local partners, and collaboration with media to amplify our impact. CIR was born out of a determination to expose those spreading harm - online and offline - around the world, particularly in areas of violent conflict, such as Ukraine, Sudan and Myanmar. Our projects are at the forefront of efforts to investigate and document human rights abuses, war crimes, harms targeting women and minorities, and influence operations. We work closely with multilateral and national justice accountability bodies.

Role details

Role : 1

Clearance : Please note that this role requires UK Security Check (SC) clearance . Please indicate on the application question whether you currently hold SC clearance or are eligible to obtain it. (see: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/sc-guidance-pack-for-applicants)

Contract Type : Contractor, until 31st March 2027.

Hours needed for this role : Full time, 5 days per week (Monday to Friday).

Location: UK-based with weekly travel to London Office, as required, and optional travel to Ukraine.

Closing date for this role : 12h October 2026 at 23:55pm.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative, ambitious, non-profit organisation at a formative time in its development. As a Senior Project Manager, you'll play a key role in taking forward our mission - managing the delivery of open-source research projects and ensuring the right processes and resources are in place to deliver efficiently, on time, within budget and to a high standard. Working within a developing organisation, you'll need to be a flexible and collaborative team player, willing to pitch in and multi-task across different projects and work at pace to often tight timeframes. In exchange, we offer a supportive and collaborative work environment, opportunities to take on new challenges and to grow your skills and experience.

Main Responsibilities

• Designs and operationalises effective project management mechanisms, including planning, progress tracking, risk management, reporting and learning.
• Designs team structure and roles to ensure EOR has the forms of expertise and scale of resources to deliver workplans effectively.
• Oversees communications with donors relating to budgets, expenditure, risk management and other aspects of contract administration, to ensure donors have full confidence in CIR's project management skills and delivery capacity.
• Designs budgets across EOR, ensuring budgets align with workplans, fulfil CIR commercial / cost-recovery targets, and are easily understood and approved by donors.
• Develops financial forecasts, oversees expenditure, and ensures accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Collaborates with Project Leadership, technical staff and MEL team to ensure a MEL framework is developed and maintained, including Theory of Change, Results Framework and mechanisms for collecting and synthesising data.
• Generates creative solutions to both strategic and day to day challenges to project delivery that maximise impact, comply with donor regulations, are within budget and motivate staff.
• Ensure compliance with CIR's corporate policies relating to data protection, cyber security, anti-corruption, safeguarding, conflict sensitivity, and CIR's Code of Conduct.
• Supports business development activities by contributing to the identification of potential funding opportunities, building client relationships, and preparing high-quality proposals, bids, and tender submissions.
• Works with CIR's People team to support hiring and recruitment through team planning, candidate assessments and interviews, and onboarding activities.

Managing and motivating

Experience Needed

A proven track record of successfully delivering largescale projects to deadline, within budget and with evidenced measurable impact. Substantial experience of implementing projects funded by the UK government and knowledge of associated policies, regulations and operating procedures. Strong understanding of project planning, financial management, impact reporting and risk mitigation. Managing and motivating