Project Manager
| Posting date: | 27 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 November 2025 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | ISS Facilities Services |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 149722 |
Summary
Project Manager (12 Month FTC)
Location: Nationwide
Hours of work: 40
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
We are seeking a proactive and delivery-focused Project Manager to join our Operations and Development Team. In this role, you will lead change and transformation programmes, service transitions and mobilisation projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, on budget and with full governance oversight.
This is a highly collaborative role requiring strong stakeholder management and the ability to translate complex or ambiguous objectives into clear, structured project plans.
Job Description
You will take ownership of governance forums, reporting cycles and risk/issue tracking, driving completion of actions and ensuring decision-makers have visibility of progress.
Alongside operational projects, you may also support internal business initiatives such as new system deployments, workforce management upgrades or process implementation.
Key Responsibilities
Leading and coordinating transformation, mobilisation and roll-out projects
Turning high-level objectives into detailed, time-bound project plans
Holding governance calls and project meetings, ensuring actions progress
Maintaining risk registers, RACI structures and escalation routes
Providing regular project updates to key stakeholders
Overseeing milestone delivery, timelines and project admin
Producing reports for senior leadership and steering groups
Coordinating with action owners to ensure deadlines are met
Types of Projects:
Operational transformation and service improvement programmes
Mobilisation and transition of services
Change management and rollout projects (new processes / procedures)
Systems and workforce implementation initiatives
Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications
Experience managing workplace or FM-related projects to strict deadlines
Strong communication and stakeholder influence skills
Confident in challenging or holding others to account when required
Excellent reporting skills - able to distil information with clarity
Skilled in project governance, risk management and escalations
Experience creating structured project plans (Teams Planner / Excel etc)
Comfortable working independently and driving delivery across teams
The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace
ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team by emailing resourcing.team@uk.issworld.com
Location: Nationwide
Hours of work: 40
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
We are seeking a proactive and delivery-focused Project Manager to join our Operations and Development Team. In this role, you will lead change and transformation programmes, service transitions and mobilisation projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, on budget and with full governance oversight.
This is a highly collaborative role requiring strong stakeholder management and the ability to translate complex or ambiguous objectives into clear, structured project plans.
Job Description
You will take ownership of governance forums, reporting cycles and risk/issue tracking, driving completion of actions and ensuring decision-makers have visibility of progress.
Alongside operational projects, you may also support internal business initiatives such as new system deployments, workforce management upgrades or process implementation.
Key Responsibilities
Leading and coordinating transformation, mobilisation and roll-out projects
Turning high-level objectives into detailed, time-bound project plans
Holding governance calls and project meetings, ensuring actions progress
Maintaining risk registers, RACI structures and escalation routes
Providing regular project updates to key stakeholders
Overseeing milestone delivery, timelines and project admin
Producing reports for senior leadership and steering groups
Coordinating with action owners to ensure deadlines are met
Types of Projects:
Operational transformation and service improvement programmes
Mobilisation and transition of services
Change management and rollout projects (new processes / procedures)
Systems and workforce implementation initiatives
Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications
Experience managing workplace or FM-related projects to strict deadlines
Strong communication and stakeholder influence skills
Confident in challenging or holding others to account when required
Excellent reporting skills - able to distil information with clarity
Skilled in project governance, risk management and escalations
Experience creating structured project plans (Teams Planner / Excel etc)
Comfortable working independently and driving delivery across teams
The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace
ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team by emailing resourcing.team@uk.issworld.com
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