Project Manager (Housing) in Maidstone

We have an exciting opportunity for a collaborative and experienced Project Manager to join our Transformation department. In this role, you will lead the end-to-end delivery of key projects, ensuring clear scopes, defined objectives, and seamless execution.

As a Project Manager, you'll work closely with stakeholders, third parties, and key resources, owning projects from inception to completion. You'll ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget, while maintaining best practices and driving measurable outcomes. This is an excellent chance to contribute to our ongoing transformation initiatives while championing innovation and accountability across the business.

What you’ll be doing:

• Coordinate and project manage internal teams and third-party vendors to ensure the successful delivery of projects, leveraging experience within housing associations to effectively navigate sector-specific requirements.
• Ensuring that all projects are delivered on time, within scope and within budget.
• Manage resource planning including availability, allocation and tracking, to support both day-to-day operations and transformation activities.
• Developing detailed project plans to track progress including dependencies and milestones.
• Creating, forecasting and managing project budgets.
• Communicating effectively with project teams, stakeholders, and interested parties.
• Create and maintain thorough project documentation, including delivery plans, status reports, risk logs, and change management records, to support governance and audit readiness.
• Measuring project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques.
• Complex stakeholder Management.
• Define project scopes and objectives with input from all relevant stakeholders, ensuring alignment with technical feasibility and business goals, particularly during financial system implementations.
• Apply best practices and structured project delivery methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, Agile, Waterfall) with change management frameworks (e.g., Prosci, ADKAR) to support the people side of change, build stakeholder engagement and drive successful adoption.

More about you. What can you bring?

• A good standard of education to A Level or equivalent.
• A Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE II, Agile) is desirable.
• Significant experience managing business and IT projects throughout their lifecycle, especially within housing associations.
• Experience with financial system implementations is beneficial.
• Understanding and application of Change Management tools and frameworks.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum, Waterfall).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills, with attention to detail and the ability to multi-task.
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills, with strong influencing and problem-solving abilities.
• Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Experience with MRI, 8x8, and Sim Financials is desirable.
• Proficiency in project management software tools (e.g., MS Project, Asana, Trello).
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

When and where you’ll be doing it:

You will enjoy a 37-hour working week and earn an annual salary of £53,600 pro rata dependent upon your knowledge, skills and experience. Our Hub, Home, Roam approach allows you to work from wherever suits you best whilst also having a central workspace to collaborate and come together. Our head office is in central Maidstone and is a new, modern and bright space which inspires creativity and innovation.

What will you get in return?

Creating an environment which enables our people to thrive is crucial for us and our Total Reward package goes beyond your salary, designed to support you throughout your working life here. You’ll get:

• 28 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays)
• Company Pension contribution and life assurance
• Flexible Benefits including health cash plan, additional holiday purchase, cycle to work scheme, onsite gym, retail discounts and more.
• An annual Wellbeing Fund

We appreciate that people process information in different ways. Please get in touch if you would like some support with your application. We will be sifting applications throughout and reserve the right to close applications early.