Legal Project Manager

On behalf of Government Legal Department, we are looking for a Legal Project Manager (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract. This is a hybrid working role (three days per week office based - London/Leeds/Salford/Manchester or Bristol).

The Legal Delivery Division sits within the Legal Operations Directorate of the COO Group within GLD. The Legal Operations Directorate aligns existing cross functions and skills, and creates new complimentary roles and capabilities, to collaborate and identify ways for GLD to become ever more efficient in the support of legal teams. The work of the Legal Delivery Division is core to the future effectiveness of GLD's legal work.

Job Purpose: The post holder as a Legal Project Manager, G7, will play a pivotal role in driving the successful delivery of legal projects across GLD and will report directly to the SCS1 Head of the Legal Delivery Division. The role will be suited to someone from a project management background with extensive experience of working within a legal operations environment skilled in helping to drive efficiency and enhancing service delivery through data‑driven and technology‑enabled methods. The role will suit someone who is able to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast‑paced environment and across separate functions with competing priorities.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to understand challenges and drive process improvements.
• Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables, and develop comprehensive plans with clear timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.
• Prepare and manage project budgets, monitor spend and provide financial reporting to ensure cost‑effective delivery.
• Oversee day‑to‑day project execution, coordinating teams and proactively addressing risks to ensure timely delivery.
• Act as a liaison, leading meetings and ensuring transparent, aligned communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• Continuously analyse and enhance workflows, implementing best practices and technology to improve efficiency.
• Identify and mitigate risks, ensuring all deliverables meet quality and compliance standards.
• Lead change initiatives and deliver training to embed project management practices and support adoption of new tools.
• Conduct post‑project evaluations, report on performance metrics, and use feedback to drive continuous improvement.

Essential:

• Previous experience of creating project plans and trackers, managing scope, timelines and project deliverables.
• Able to build good working relationships.
• Previous experience working within Legal Project Management.
• Works well with change and improvement management.
• Experience of managing a busy and complex caseload.
• Sound judgement, problem solving and analytical skills.

Desirable:

• Prince2, MSP, APM knowledge of Agile, preferably also Lean methodologies.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident: As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Government Legal Department guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

Armed Forces Covenant: Government Legal Department guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex‑military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following: this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.