Strategic Project Delivery Manager (1-Year FTC)

Schools’ Choice; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Schools’ Choice is recruiting for a one-year FTC starting October/November. This hands-on delivery role works with senior management on key business projects and regulatory initiatives, taking projects from brief to delivery with clear actions and proactive stakeholder engagement.

You’ll own projects, track progress and risks, and maintain governance records while building broad experience in financial services.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial services or regulated environments.
• Experience delivering projects, regulatory obligations, audit remediation, risk initiatives or similar.
• Experience managing actions, risks, issues, dependencies and decisions across projects.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders and subject matter experts.
• PRINCE2 or APM training would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of high-priority projects, driving them to successful completion.
• Translate requirements and objectives into clear actions and delivery plans.
• Gather information from stakeholders to understand dependencies and outcomes.
• Develop and maintain delivery plans; monitor actions, risks and decisions.
• Coordinate activity across teams and ensure governance records are kept.

Skills

Project delivery

Stakeholder management

Risk & issue tracking

Governance

Independent working

Education

PRINCE2 or APM training

Tools

JIRA

Trello

Confluence

SharePoint

Job description

Schools’ Choice is recruiting for a one-year FTC starting October/November. This hands-on delivery role works with senior management on key business projects and regulatory initiatives, taking projects from brief to delivery with clear actions and proactive stakeholder engagement.

You’ll own projects, track progress and risks, and maintain governance records while building broad experience in financial services.