At a Glance
- Tasks: Support project delivery and manage activities from start to finish.
- Company: Join CrossCountry, a company dedicated to improving train experiences.
- Benefits: Gain valuable experience, learn new skills, and make a real impact.
- Other info: Opportunities for career growth and recognised qualifications available.
- Why this job: Be part of projects that enhance travel for millions across the UK.
- Qualifications: Organisational skills and a passion for project management are key.
Help deliver projects that make a real difference. Are you an organised, proactive individual with a passion for project delivery? Do you enjoy bringing structure to complex work, collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders, and seeing projects through from concept to completion? At CrossCountry, we're looking for an Assistant Project Manager to support the successful delivery of a diverse portfolio of projects that improve our business, enhance our trains, and deliver a better experience for our customers.
Responsibilities
- Support the successful delivery of projects aligned to Department for Transport (DfT) contractual commitments and CrossCountry's Annual Business Plan.
- Develop, maintain and monitor project plans, ensuring milestones, actions and deliverables remain on track.
- Coordinate day‑to‑day project activities and ensure actions are clearly assigned, monitored and completed.
- Prepare and present project updates through governance forums, including project and programme boards.
- Identify, monitor and manage project risks, issues and dependencies, ensuring effective mitigation plans are in place.
- Build positive relationships with stakeholders and support clear, consistent communication throughout the project lifecycle.
- Facilitate collaboration across project teams, ensuring priorities, progress and next steps are understood.
- Capture lessons learned and contribute to continuous improvement across future projects.
- Lead smaller projects or individual workstreams from initiation through to successful completion.
Qualifications
- Experience working within a project, programme or delivery environment.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain accurate documentation.
- Experience planning, tracking and reporting project activities.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships at all levels.
- A proactive approach to identifying and resolving risks and issues.
- The ability to work independently while thriving in a collaborative team environment.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Microsoft Project or similar software would be an advantage.
- Knowledge of the railway industry is a plus but not essential.
- Interest in developing your project management career through recognised qualifications such as PRINCE2 or APM.
Offer
In return, you'll benefit from working on projects that have a genuine impact on our business and the journeys of millions of customers across the UK. This role offers new challenges, opportunities to learn, and the chance to make a real difference.
Closing date for applications: 13 July 2026.
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At CrossCountry, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation. As an Assistant Project Manager, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to impactful projects that enhance customer experiences while benefiting from professional development opportunities and support for recognised qualifications. Our commitment to employee growth, coupled with the chance to work on meaningful initiatives within the railway industry, makes CrossCountry a rewarding place to advance your career.
