Project Manager [12 month FTC]
| Posting date: | 02 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £55,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 July 2025 |
| Location: | N1 1TY |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Social Interest Group |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 282495JCP |
Summary
Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Predominantly London based, working across multiple sites in the inner and outer London area. This role includes on site visits, including to some services which may not have step free access. There is also work from home available.
Salary: £55,000
Shift Pattern: 12 month fixed term contract, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00. You may be required to work outside these hours and days as required.
About the role
This is a new and exciting opportunity within SIG to take the lead on delivering the strategic expansion of our services. You will assess our current criminal justice services and ensure our new services align well to the success of our current services, leading and coordinating the end-to-end planning and implementation, leading on:
Ensuring the process of mobilisation aligns with strategic objectives and contributes to long-term organisational growth and service excellence.
Oversight and coordination multiple interrelated projects, including but not limited to property mobilisation, decamp of existing services, building renovations, staffing, and service readiness.
Development and maintenance of a comprehensive project plan, including timelines, milestones, budgets, and risk registers.
Monitoring and management of project related risks, issues, and dependencies, ensuring timely resolution and escalation.
Management of the agreed organisational staffing design plan to achieve adequate and safe staffing teams to deliver contract specifications.
Decision making for staffing choices, consultation outcomes, hiring decisions, and other areas in relation to staffing for the new services
About you
We're looking for an experienced project manager with experience and knowledge of the criminal justice system and the services within it. You will be a strategic thinker with proven leadership skills, and the ability to manage the set up and running of new services. You will have an understanding of what we stand for as a charity and have alignment to help us meet our mission and objectives. We are looking for someone with:
Proven experience in project/programme management, ideally in public sector or voluntary sector
Proven experience in delivering complex, multi-site projects which involve property, service mobilisation, and stakeholder engagement
Previous experience and a good understanding of Criminal Justice Services
Ability to manage projects from planning, execution, and oversight of projects to ensure they are completed on time and within budget
Proven ability to juggle multiple tasks and competing priorities within a fast-paced environment, without compromising on deadlines
Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams to encourage positive outcomes
Understanding of safeguarding, risk management and compliance in a residential or criminal justice service environment
Proactiveness in making decisions to deal with challenges and providing a solution focused approach using initiative
Alignment with our values of Ambition, Empowerment, Inclusivity, and Transparency
Highly desirable: Relevant Qualifications including: PRINCE2, APM, Managing Successful Projects (MSP), or equivalent project management qualification
Highly desirable: Previous experience in budget management and financial oversight
Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.
What we offer
25 days (Full time equivalent) annual leave, increasing with the length of service
Training and Development, including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans
Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling
Reflective Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing at work
Eligibility to register with Blue Light Discount Card
Life Assurance Scheme
Cycle-to-work scheme
Annual Staff Awards
EDI Ambassador programme
Be part of an organisation which believes good care and support improves lives.
Join an organisation with a mission to empower people who are marginalised by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement and resettlement.
We value and celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences of all of our employees. We have a team of staff ambassadors who volunteer to actively support us in fortifying our organisational value of Inclusivity. They embrace this unique opportunity to deliver awareness, events, and developments to our organisation to support us in ensuring our value of Inclusivity is embedded throughout the organisation.
SIG actively encourages applications from individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds, particularly lived experience; Naturally, we approach any emerging issues with empathy and sensitivity.
About Social Interest Group (SIG)
SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings, probation settings, and hospitals. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, Kent and Liverpool. Our goal is to transform lives through empowering change.
Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: Theory of Change Further details can be found on our website here: Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.
Location: Predominantly London based, working across multiple sites in the inner and outer London area. This role includes on site visits, including to some services which may not have step free access. There is also work from home available.
Salary: £55,000
Shift Pattern: 12 month fixed term contract, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00. You may be required to work outside these hours and days as required.
About the role
This is a new and exciting opportunity within SIG to take the lead on delivering the strategic expansion of our services. You will assess our current criminal justice services and ensure our new services align well to the success of our current services, leading and coordinating the end-to-end planning and implementation, leading on:
Ensuring the process of mobilisation aligns with strategic objectives and contributes to long-term organisational growth and service excellence.
Oversight and coordination multiple interrelated projects, including but not limited to property mobilisation, decamp of existing services, building renovations, staffing, and service readiness.
Development and maintenance of a comprehensive project plan, including timelines, milestones, budgets, and risk registers.
Monitoring and management of project related risks, issues, and dependencies, ensuring timely resolution and escalation.
Management of the agreed organisational staffing design plan to achieve adequate and safe staffing teams to deliver contract specifications.
Decision making for staffing choices, consultation outcomes, hiring decisions, and other areas in relation to staffing for the new services
About you
We're looking for an experienced project manager with experience and knowledge of the criminal justice system and the services within it. You will be a strategic thinker with proven leadership skills, and the ability to manage the set up and running of new services. You will have an understanding of what we stand for as a charity and have alignment to help us meet our mission and objectives. We are looking for someone with:
Proven experience in project/programme management, ideally in public sector or voluntary sector
Proven experience in delivering complex, multi-site projects which involve property, service mobilisation, and stakeholder engagement
Previous experience and a good understanding of Criminal Justice Services
Ability to manage projects from planning, execution, and oversight of projects to ensure they are completed on time and within budget
Proven ability to juggle multiple tasks and competing priorities within a fast-paced environment, without compromising on deadlines
Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams to encourage positive outcomes
Understanding of safeguarding, risk management and compliance in a residential or criminal justice service environment
Proactiveness in making decisions to deal with challenges and providing a solution focused approach using initiative
Alignment with our values of Ambition, Empowerment, Inclusivity, and Transparency
Highly desirable: Relevant Qualifications including: PRINCE2, APM, Managing Successful Projects (MSP), or equivalent project management qualification
Highly desirable: Previous experience in budget management and financial oversight
Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.
What we offer
25 days (Full time equivalent) annual leave, increasing with the length of service
Training and Development, including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans
Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling
Reflective Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing at work
Eligibility to register with Blue Light Discount Card
Life Assurance Scheme
Cycle-to-work scheme
Annual Staff Awards
EDI Ambassador programme
Be part of an organisation which believes good care and support improves lives.
Join an organisation with a mission to empower people who are marginalised by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement and resettlement.
We value and celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences of all of our employees. We have a team of staff ambassadors who volunteer to actively support us in fortifying our organisational value of Inclusivity. They embrace this unique opportunity to deliver awareness, events, and developments to our organisation to support us in ensuring our value of Inclusivity is embedded throughout the organisation.
SIG actively encourages applications from individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds, particularly lived experience; Naturally, we approach any emerging issues with empathy and sensitivity.
About Social Interest Group (SIG)
SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings, probation settings, and hospitals. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, Kent and Liverpool. Our goal is to transform lives through empowering change.
Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: Theory of Change Further details can be found on our website here: Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.