Project Manager in Chester

£47,664 per annum Chester / Remote (Hybrid working available) Full Time (35 hours per week), Permanent

Additional Benefits Include:

• DC Pension Scheme with employers contributions up to 10.5% (with salary sacrifice option)
• 25 days annual leave increasing to 28 after 4 years
• Flexi time and agile working options
• Payment of professional subscription fee
• Opportunities for sponsored professional development
• Employee discount schemes
• Free onsite parking

We are a value-orientated Housing Association working together to create communities where people want to live. We manage circa 5,600 homes over a wide geographical area and our residents include families, older people and those in need of special care and support.

We are seeking a highly motivated Project Manager for a position which plays a key role in the delivery of Muir Groups corporate projects. The successful candidate will be part of a passionate and dynamic Business Transformation and Technology Team, responsible for delivering transformational business change to the Association. You need to be a customer-focused individual, able to work with minimal supervision, able to understand, conceive, problem solve and deliver outstanding change.

The main responsibilities will include:

• The definition and management of corporate and IT projects, encouraging the need for transformation and change within a business area in tandem with the delivery of new capabilities and outcomes from the project.
• Creating and maintaining realistic project, communication, transition, benefit realisation and quality plans.
• Ensuring that project deliverables are completed within planned cost, timescale, quality, scope, risk, change and benefit goals.
• Understand and analyse needs of stakeholders, capture their requirements and develop achievable solution options.
• Day-to-day management of a project and team, working closely with key stakeholders including sponsor, change leads and the IT team.
• Responsible for specific project governance as directed by project board, including project reporting and assessments.

In support of your application please provide a CV and written statement detailing how your skills, experience, abilities, behaviours and work-related qualities make you a suitable candidate for this role. Please note that your written statement forms an important part of our short-listing process.

Closing date: 9am, Friday 2nd March 2026

Interviews: 16th March - Friday 20th March 2026

Benefits: Here are just some of the reasons we think you would enjoy a Career at Muir...

• We offer great pay and benefits
• We are serious about health and wellbeing
• We are committed to living our values everyday
• We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
• We offer a strong work life balance
• We are committed to high colleague Engagement

If you think you've got most of what we are looking for, but not everything, we'd still love to hear from you. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce, where individual contributions are encouraged and valued. We welcome and encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, sex or gender identity, religious beliefs, marital status, sexual orientation, disability or neurodiversity.

Please note we will be reviewing applications throughout the campaign and may invite candidates to interview at any time. We reserve the right to close this role earlier than the published closing date should a suitable candidate be identified.