Project Manager

12 Month FTC Band E - £42,730 Swindon / Newport – flexible and hybrid working options.

Please be advised, if you have previously applied for this role in the last 3 months, your application will not be reconsidered.

Due to continued expansion and an ambitious transformation agenda at UKSBS, we are growing our Project Management team. Over the past 12 months the team has doubled in size, reflecting increased demand and the critical role project delivery plays in supporting our organisation and customers. We’re now looking to bring in talented project professionals who want to be part of a growing, high-impact team and help shape the next phase of our journey.

UKSBS is a public sector shared service centre providing high quality HR, Payroll, Finance, Procurement and IT services and expertise to our partners. We are proud of the part we play in enabling our partners to achieve the best outcomes for the British people and the UK economy. It’s an exciting time to join UKSBS as we transform our business to become the leading UK public sector business service provider. We aim to become a very different organisation over the next few years as we move to a modern multi‑platform, digitally enabled organisation.

Why Join

• A strong emphasis on quality, consistency, and governance
• Clear frameworks and processes that support effective delivery
• A culture built on transparency, accountability, and collaboration

Here, you’re supported to think ahead, manage risk proactively, and keep stakeholders aligned — all within a structure designed to help you succeed.

Key Projects

• Pension change and people‑centred transformation
• ERP and IT system enhancements (Oracle Fusion, Workday)
• Process improvements across HR, payroll, finance and operations
• Regulatory and compliance driven change
• Business readiness and organisational change initiatives

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the successful delivery of allocated technical project(s) or taking responsibility for a workstream or work package as part of a large organisational and system transformation programme within the UKSBSP Portfolio, delivering on time, within budget and to the agreed quality, and realising the projected benefits.
• Lead complex and/or politically sensitive projects from inception to delivery into live service, maintaining project momentum and focus.
• Establish and maintain the appropriate project governance, set up and manage delivery teams in a matrix structure.
• Utilise effective project management disciplines and management techniques to ensure successful delivery.
• Flexible in using Agile and Waterfall approaches, as appropriate to the project.
• Communicate information about the project to the organisation(s) and stakeholder groups as necessary.
• Agree the work packages to tolerances for time, quality and cost, communicating overall strategic guidance for the project, and manage and escalating any risk(s) and issues associated with the project(s) with the appropriate escalation route.
• Manage any quality assurance activity required for the project.
• Lead the project team to deliver high quality outputs according to the defined plan(s).
• Work with senior stakeholders from clients and delivery partners to define and manage expectations and facilitate issue resolution.
• Provide advice on direction to the Project/Programme Board.

Qualifications

• Good working knowledge and experience of using Project Management frameworks, disciplines and policies (e.g. Agile, SAFe, PRINCE2 or PRINCE2 Agile, Managing Successful Programmes).
• Knowledge of people change management implications, techniques and practices.
• Good range of technical, business and commercial knowledge.
• Good understanding of risk management, including methods and techniques for the assessment and management of risk.
• Effective negotiation and influencing skills at mid‑management and department level including with clients and suppliers.
• Proficient understanding of Stakeholder management tools and techniques.
• Proven experience of leading change through the full project lifecycle.
• Proven experience of managing complex change projects.
• Competent using Jira and MS Project.
• Experienced delivering within an Agile environment.
• ERP or complex IT systems delivery experience would be highly advantageous.

We are an inclusive and Disability Confident employer and welcome all applications. Successful candidates may be required to undergo Security Clearance (National Security Vetting) as part of the employment. To meet those standards, applicants must normally have lived in the UK for at least the last five years and be able to satisfy background, identity and criminal record checks. UKSBS does not hold a Home Office Sponsor Licence under the UK Immigration System, therefore candidates are required to have eligibility to live and work in the UK prior to applying.

We look forward to hearing from you. We are UKSBS. We are creating a place where people love to work, a culture where we lead, change, deliver and empower our people to be curious, take action and add value.