Assistant Project Manager

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Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing package

Additional annual leave (pro-rata)

Flexible bank holidays

Employer pension contributions (AVCs)

Development opportunities

Paid volunteering hours

IDEAL staff network participation

Employee Recognition Awards

Our Cambs Rewards discounts and car/cy

Job summary

Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to help deliver transport and infrastructure projects across the county. You will work with engineers, contractors, councillors and communities, supporting programmes, budgets and stakeholder engagement.

No prior PM experience is required; the council offers training, mentoring and a clear progression path toward senior roles, with a generous benefits package and a commitment to inclusion.

Qualifications

• We're more interested in your potential than ticking every box.
• You might already have experience in: Project delivery or project support.
• Civil engineering or construction.
• Transport, planning or infrastructure.
• Coordinating activities and managing deadlines.
• Working with customers, communities or stakeholders.
• You’ll also bring: Strong communication and organisation skills.
• A proactive approach and willingness to learn.
• The ability to work collaboratively with different people.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• A genuine interest in improving local communities.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of projects that improve local communities.
• Work with engineers, contractors, councillors, residents and partner organisations.
• Help manage project programmes, budgets, risks and timescales.
• Support public consultations and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Prepare reports and project updates.
• Gain hands-on experience in project management and infrastructure delivery.
• Lead smaller projects as your skills and confidence grow.

Job description

Assistant Project Manager

Company: Cambridgeshire County Council Salary: £34,434 - £44,822 Hours: Full-time Location: Huntingdon, PE28 4YE Job type: Permanent Posting date: 18 Aug 2026 Closing date: 16 Sept 2026

We're looking for ambitious and enthusiastic Assistant Project Managers to help deliver exciting transport and infrastructure projects in Cambridgeshire. From new walking routes to traffic calming to sustainable transport schemes, you'll help deliver projects that improve everyday life for thousands of residents. The best part? You don't need to be an experienced Project Manager to apply. If you're passionate about delivering great outcomes, enjoy working with a wide range of people and want to develop a professional career, we'll support you with training, mentoring and a structured progression pathway that can take you from Assistant Project Manager to Project Manager and beyond.

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Michael Martin, Senior Project Manager Local Improvements - [e-mail]

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

Our benefits

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

What will you be doing?

As an Assistant Project Manager, you'll work alongside experienced project professionals to plan and deliver transport and infrastructure projects across the county. You'll have the opportunity to:

• Support the delivery of projects that improve local communities.
• Work with engineers, contractors, councillors, residents and partner organisations.
• Help manage project programmes, budgets, risks and timescales.
• Support public consultations and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Prepare reports and project updates.
• Gain hands-on experience in project management and infrastructure delivery.
• Lead smaller projects as your skills and confidence grow.

Every day is different, and you'll be part of a team that is passionate about creating better places and better journeys.

About you

We're more interested in your potential than ticking every box. You might already have experience in:

• Project delivery or project support.
• Civil engineering or construction.
• Transport, planning or infrastructure.
• Coordinating activities and managing deadlines.
• Working with customers, communities or stakeholders.

You’ll also bring:

• Strong communication and organisation skills.
• A proactive approach and willingness to learn.
• The ability to work collaboratively with different people.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• A genuine interest in improving local communities.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes. Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do. We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager... Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers

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