PROJECT MANAGER

Salary: £33,000 per annum

Full time

Want to use your Project Management expertise to make a real difference? At Real Life Options, your knowledge and leadership will help to deliver on key projects in Procurement and Facilities Management. Our frontline teams provide freedom, dignity and personalised care, and behind the scenes, our support functions make it all possible. That’s where you come in. We’re looking for a Project Manager to manage a key project which will deliver against our Facilities Management (FM) and Procurement objectives. Working with agreed project plans and timescales, meeting key milestones and deadlines, you’ll implement project governance and project management principles and manage all internal and external stakeholders involved in the project. This is a full time permanent position based in our Knottingley office in West Yorkshire. We operate hybrid working, with a minimum of three days in the office. Some travel will be required.

What You’ll Do:

• Take ownership and management of the project working with the Group Head of Estates and key stakeholders, internally across the group, and externally with strategic partners and contractors.
• Act as point of contact for project related questions and escalations across the group.
• Provide effective governance for the project including where appropriate, tracking against project budgets, key performance objectives, risk management, monitoring progress against project timescales and key deliverables.
• Set up, manage and provide administrative support and governance to the main project board, ensuring representation and input from key departments across the group.
• Work with external strategic partners and stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of the project within agreed timescales and budget.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Experienced professional with recent hands on experience in a similar role.
• Relevant Project Management qualification such as Prince 2.
• Experience of delivering complex projects in diverse and challenging environments.
• Experience of delivering projects within Estates, Facilities Management or Procurement.
• Experience of dealing with social housing providers.

Why Join Us?

• Make an Impact – Your work will help protect and empower hundreds of people across the UK.
• Collaborate Across the UK – Build strong partnerships with operational and support teams.
• Ongoing Development – We support your professional growth through accredited training and development.
• Be Part of Something Bigger – Join a team driven by values, with a mission that matters.

Benefits and rewards:

• Up to 33 days holiday a year including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff).
• A contributory pension scheme – employer contribution 4%.
• 2 x salary Life cover.
• Health Cash Plan.
• A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information).
• A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services.

Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders. If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know. Don’t miss out – Apply today and start making a real impact!