2103 - Project Manager
| Posting date: | 18 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £45,000 to £55,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Fixed Term 1 year(s) 6 month(s) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 September 2025 |
| Location: | Peterborough |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 5 days per week |
| Company: | Construction Industry Training Board |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 2103 |
Summary
Project Manager (x2)
Location – Peterborough, with the option for a blended working approach, agreed with your Line Manager
Working Hours – 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Salary Target - £53,303pa from the 1st September 2025
Benefits – Car Allowance
You’re in the right place at the right time! We are CITB and we’re bringing a wide range of exciting career opportunities as we drive forward our plans for the Construction Industry. This is a unique opportunity for brilliant people to join our team and get involved in helping to shape our organisation and achieve our shared ambitions. CITB’s job is to attract talent and support skills development across the construction industry. And we need ambitious, talented people like you to make it possible.
We are seeking experienced and dynamic PM Managers to join our recently established Central Portfolio Office (CPO) to lead the successful delivery of projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope and budget, and aligned to organisational priorities.
CITB aims to lead the construction sector by example to ensure fairness, inclusion and respect for all. We seek to build a workforce that reflects Britain’s diverse population and people from under-represented groups are encouraged to apply for vacancies.
Our main objective is to create a culture that helps all of our customers strive towards a workforce that is reflective of today’s society.
CITB operates a hybrid working from home and head office in Peterborough policy, with approx. one day in the office per fortnight with additional travel to external sites and parties as required.
About the role:
You will be working directly on a high-profile transformation programme that spans multiple areas of the business. You will work closely with the Programme Manager and Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) to ensure the successful planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure of projects within scope, time, and budget. The role ensures project deliverables align with organisational objectives and stakeholder expectations while adhering to governance standards.
This is a key role in supporting the successful delivery of change at CITB by ensuring projects comply with the CITB Project Design and Delivery Framework.
Key Responsibilities:
Project Delivery, Performance and Controls
Business Case, Budget & Benefits Realisation
Resource Management
Stakeholder Management
Risks and Issues Management
Governance and Assurance
Change Management
Guidance and Support to colleagues
Essential:
Proven ability to lead end-to-end delivery of projects, translating strategic objectives into delivery plans, managing multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring delivery within agreed time, cost, and quality constraints.
Experienced in developing detailed project plans and applying appropriate project controls aligned to recognised methodologies including milestone tracking and reporting.
Demonstrated experience in coordinating the development of robust business cases and managing project budgets, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and tracking spend against plan.
Skilled in benefits management: identifying, tracking, and reporting on benefits realisation, including development and application of benefits realisation strategies throughout and beyond the project lifecycle.
Strong background in resource planning and allocation, including managing internal and external teams or working independently to deliver project outcomes.
Demonstrated success in stakeholder identification and engagement, developing and maintaining effective relationships across all levels of the organisation to ensure successful project outcomes.
Experienced in proactively identifying, assessing, and managing project risks and issues, developing mitigation plans and escalating appropriately to maintain project momentum.
Knowledge of governance and assurance processes, with the ability to prepare and present key reports to governance boards and ensure project compliance with internal and external requirements.
Applied experience in change control and management, ensuring agreed deliverables are maintained through structured processes with appropriate stakeholder input and approval.
Committed to personal development and continuous improvement, with experience in seeking guidance and coaching, promoting team learning, and fostering a high-performance culture.
Relevant professional qualification, such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, Agile Project Management Practitioner, APM Project Management Qualification, PMI Project Management Professional, Leading and Managing Project Workstreams
Desirable:
Working towards relevant professional qualification, such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, Agile Project Management Practitioner, APM Project Management Qualification, PMI Project Management Professional, Leading and Managing Project Workstreams
Level 5 coaching & mentoring.
Experience in contributing towards programme planning and budgeting.
Experience working with or in public sector / UK Government delivery environment
Benefits:
33 days holiday per year (Including bank holidays)
Flexible benefits including childcare vouchers, cycle to work and insurance
Pension scheme
Employee discounts
Long service awards
CITB recognition scheme
Employee assistance programme
Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the stated closing date. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, therefore early applications are encouraged to avoid disappointment.
Location – Peterborough, with the option for a blended working approach, agreed with your Line Manager
Working Hours – 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Salary Target - £53,303pa from the 1st September 2025
Benefits – Car Allowance
You’re in the right place at the right time! We are CITB and we’re bringing a wide range of exciting career opportunities as we drive forward our plans for the Construction Industry. This is a unique opportunity for brilliant people to join our team and get involved in helping to shape our organisation and achieve our shared ambitions. CITB’s job is to attract talent and support skills development across the construction industry. And we need ambitious, talented people like you to make it possible.
We are seeking experienced and dynamic PM Managers to join our recently established Central Portfolio Office (CPO) to lead the successful delivery of projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope and budget, and aligned to organisational priorities.
CITB aims to lead the construction sector by example to ensure fairness, inclusion and respect for all. We seek to build a workforce that reflects Britain’s diverse population and people from under-represented groups are encouraged to apply for vacancies.
Our main objective is to create a culture that helps all of our customers strive towards a workforce that is reflective of today’s society.
CITB operates a hybrid working from home and head office in Peterborough policy, with approx. one day in the office per fortnight with additional travel to external sites and parties as required.
About the role:
You will be working directly on a high-profile transformation programme that spans multiple areas of the business. You will work closely with the Programme Manager and Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) to ensure the successful planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure of projects within scope, time, and budget. The role ensures project deliverables align with organisational objectives and stakeholder expectations while adhering to governance standards.
This is a key role in supporting the successful delivery of change at CITB by ensuring projects comply with the CITB Project Design and Delivery Framework.
Key Responsibilities:
Project Delivery, Performance and Controls
Business Case, Budget & Benefits Realisation
Resource Management
Stakeholder Management
Risks and Issues Management
Governance and Assurance
Change Management
Guidance and Support to colleagues
Essential:
Proven ability to lead end-to-end delivery of projects, translating strategic objectives into delivery plans, managing multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring delivery within agreed time, cost, and quality constraints.
Experienced in developing detailed project plans and applying appropriate project controls aligned to recognised methodologies including milestone tracking and reporting.
Demonstrated experience in coordinating the development of robust business cases and managing project budgets, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and tracking spend against plan.
Skilled in benefits management: identifying, tracking, and reporting on benefits realisation, including development and application of benefits realisation strategies throughout and beyond the project lifecycle.
Strong background in resource planning and allocation, including managing internal and external teams or working independently to deliver project outcomes.
Demonstrated success in stakeholder identification and engagement, developing and maintaining effective relationships across all levels of the organisation to ensure successful project outcomes.
Experienced in proactively identifying, assessing, and managing project risks and issues, developing mitigation plans and escalating appropriately to maintain project momentum.
Knowledge of governance and assurance processes, with the ability to prepare and present key reports to governance boards and ensure project compliance with internal and external requirements.
Applied experience in change control and management, ensuring agreed deliverables are maintained through structured processes with appropriate stakeholder input and approval.
Committed to personal development and continuous improvement, with experience in seeking guidance and coaching, promoting team learning, and fostering a high-performance culture.
Relevant professional qualification, such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, Agile Project Management Practitioner, APM Project Management Qualification, PMI Project Management Professional, Leading and Managing Project Workstreams
Desirable:
Working towards relevant professional qualification, such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, Agile Project Management Practitioner, APM Project Management Qualification, PMI Project Management Professional, Leading and Managing Project Workstreams
Level 5 coaching & mentoring.
Experience in contributing towards programme planning and budgeting.
Experience working with or in public sector / UK Government delivery environment
Benefits:
33 days holiday per year (Including bank holidays)
Flexible benefits including childcare vouchers, cycle to work and insurance
Pension scheme
Employee discounts
Long service awards
CITB recognition scheme
Employee assistance programme
Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the stated closing date. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, therefore early applications are encouraged to avoid disappointment.