Assistant Project Manager

Posting date:	03 July 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	Competitive
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	02 August 2025
Location:	Manchester, M1 3BG
Company:	inploi
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	75713422

Summary

Welcome to your next BIG opportunity in Greater Manchester! Are you ready to help us deliver and achieve our vision for the city?

If yes, then look no further as your time is now - so let’s talk!

Join us on a journey that truly matters! - Here at Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), we’re committed to transforming and improving how people move across our amazing region and whilst we have already achieved so much such as bringing all local bus services under local control as part of the Bee Network - there are many more exciting opportunities ahead.

Be part of something BIG! - Greater Manchester’s time is now with over £2.5 billion in committed investment to enhance and develop our infrastructure transport network over the next 5 years; as we continue our mission to deliver the UK’s first fully integrated, Zero Emission public transport system outside of London.

Your Role

As an Assistant Project Manager, you will support Project Managers and other members of Projects Group to develop and deliver projects to time, to budget and a high standard, whilst effectively working in partnership with a variety of stakeholders both internal and external to the organisation.

You’ll work alongside other project professionals to review, analyse and interpret data from different sources to track and report on project progress including delivery timelines, risks and performance.

In this role, you may also be given responsibility for managing small projects, or designated tasks as part of larger projects, such as producing documentation to obtain necessary internal and external approvals, preparing change request proposals, preparing project update presentations and/ or establishing effective arrangements with Stakeholders to communicate the progress of projects.

This is hybrid role where you will be expected to work in the office 2 days per week.

For more information, please see the role profile at the bottom of the advert.

Who are we?

Welcome to Projects Group, part of Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) - we are responsible for ensuring the organisation has firm foundations to successfully develop and deliver a large, complex and technically diverse portfolio of capital and revenue projects and programmes across Greater Manchester - on time, within budget and with the customer at the heart of what we do.

Our extensive portfolio of projects and programmes covers a significant number of areas within the different modes of transport infrastructure throughout Greater Manchester including Bus infrastructure, Metrolink, Rail, Electrification, Interchanges, Zero Emissions, Clean Air, Active Travel and Business Change just to name a few!

What you’ll bring

What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

You’ll have a positive impact and successfully engage and contribute to your project teams, through being a strong team player, with equal ability to work effectively on both your own initiative and without close supervision. You will have excellent organisation and prioritisation skills and be able to work to tight deadlines.

You will have great communication skills and be able to positively engage, interact and build relationships with key stakeholders at varying levels building rapport, trust and confidence at all times.

You’ll also have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret different types of data including qualitative and quantitative data from different sources.

You will either be educated to degree level, or have demonstrable relevant experience in a similar role, with the relevant transferable skills such as strong organisation and report writing skills.

Desirable, but not essential, you will possess a formal Project Management related qualification and/or have some experience in working with business change and/or infrastructure projects

What we can offer you

Over the next few months, we anticipate several exciting Assistant Project Manager opportunities for some special people who want to be part of something great to come and join our award-winning teams. So, we are currently recruiting to a talent pool of successful candidates for roles that we anticipate will be coming up!

The salary for this role ranges from £29,881 to £38,723 per annum, depending on your skills and experience.

This is a career-graded role, which means you'll start your career at the level 1 grade with annual increment progression and with opportunities for salary progression over time. Your progression is supported by your performance and professional development, helping you grow your career with us. In addition, you will be entitled to several other amazing benefits.

At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to #talkflexibleworking to help colleagues maintain a healthy work life balance.

Our benefits include:

• 28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays) rising to 30 days after 5 years and 32 days after 10 years. Where required, there is also an opportunity to purchase additional leave.
• Free bus travel within Greater Manchester and free Rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary
• Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions
• Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to via our employee assistance programme when required
• Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
• You will have the opportunity to work across supportive and friendly teams, giving colleagues opportunities to experience new areas and develop their skills.
• A modern, vibrant and accessible office environment located in the heart of Manchester with easy access to Piccadilly train station and the local Metrolink network.
• We offer a range of employee benefits including various discount schemes, health and wellbeing support and more.

What's next?

If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. When completing your application, please ensure that you provide clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit.

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.

Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.

TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

NOTE TO AGENCIES we will be accepting direct applications only for this role. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.

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