Senior HR Project Manager
| Posting date: | 26 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £32.86 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 March 2026 |
| Location: | Grays, Essex |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Wax Recruitment Ltd |
| Job type: | Contract |
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Summary
Job title: Senior HR Project Manager
Job Category: Interims
Hours per week: 37
Location: New Road, Grays, Essex, RM176SL Thurrock Council
Pay: £32.86 per hour
Minimum 2 days in the office
Job Purpose
The purpose of this role is to lead the delivery of HR transformation across People Services, ensuring that key corporate projects, workforce changes and modernisation programmes are effectively designed, governed and implemented. The role is responsible for driving forward the development, review and delivery of a portfolio of HR projects that enhance service performance, strengthen organisational capability, and enable the Council to meet its strategic priorities.
Skills and abilities – essential
Evidence of leading, developing and delivering both project and the matrix management of projects that are of a highly complex and sensitive nature and of significant size and scale (e.g. with major staffing, reputation impact, risk etc.)
Substantial vocational and relevant management experience demonstrating management ability in a HR Strategy professional role, and success in similar or related roles, supported by evidence of significant HR Strategy specialist knowledge.
Significant experience of building and maintaining effective working relationships with Trade Unions, staff, partners, Cabinet Members and key stakeholders
Able to research and analyse complex information, including numeric and financial data to provide relevant management information and analysis to assist in development and delivery of key projects
Ability to drive and manage change effectively and creatively respond to complex and changing situations through innovative problem solving, delivery mechanisms and solutions.
Influential - gaining support and commitment to ideas and proposals through persuasion, reasoned challenge, and effective business cases
Proven organisational skills to cope with high-volume, high-pressure environment
Excellent written skills: ability to prepare clear and concise documents for a variety of audiences
Ability to communicates clearly, concisely and appropriately in both group and 1:1 situations, encouraging feedback and engagement and via the use of a number of communication channels and methods
Proficient use of the MS365 suite
Able to produce comprehensive reports, business cases and recommendations that apply sound and persuasive reasoning to secure positive outcomes with senior stakeholders
Practical knowledge and experience of local government or other public sector body
Educated to degree level or relevant professional qualification(s), or relevant industry experience
4a. Other requirements – essential
To behave in accordance with our values.
Commitment to the principles of agile working including the ability to work flexibly with regards to both hours of work and location of work including remote and home working as required.
5a. Equalities – essential
Understanding of and commitment to principles of equality and diversity and compliance with Thurrock Council policies.
Job Category: Interims
Hours per week: 37
Location: New Road, Grays, Essex, RM176SL Thurrock Council
Pay: £32.86 per hour
Minimum 2 days in the office
Job Purpose
The purpose of this role is to lead the delivery of HR transformation across People Services, ensuring that key corporate projects, workforce changes and modernisation programmes are effectively designed, governed and implemented. The role is responsible for driving forward the development, review and delivery of a portfolio of HR projects that enhance service performance, strengthen organisational capability, and enable the Council to meet its strategic priorities.
Skills and abilities – essential
Evidence of leading, developing and delivering both project and the matrix management of projects that are of a highly complex and sensitive nature and of significant size and scale (e.g. with major staffing, reputation impact, risk etc.)
Substantial vocational and relevant management experience demonstrating management ability in a HR Strategy professional role, and success in similar or related roles, supported by evidence of significant HR Strategy specialist knowledge.
Significant experience of building and maintaining effective working relationships with Trade Unions, staff, partners, Cabinet Members and key stakeholders
Able to research and analyse complex information, including numeric and financial data to provide relevant management information and analysis to assist in development and delivery of key projects
Ability to drive and manage change effectively and creatively respond to complex and changing situations through innovative problem solving, delivery mechanisms and solutions.
Influential - gaining support and commitment to ideas and proposals through persuasion, reasoned challenge, and effective business cases
Proven organisational skills to cope with high-volume, high-pressure environment
Excellent written skills: ability to prepare clear and concise documents for a variety of audiences
Ability to communicates clearly, concisely and appropriately in both group and 1:1 situations, encouraging feedback and engagement and via the use of a number of communication channels and methods
Proficient use of the MS365 suite
Able to produce comprehensive reports, business cases and recommendations that apply sound and persuasive reasoning to secure positive outcomes with senior stakeholders
Practical knowledge and experience of local government or other public sector body
Educated to degree level or relevant professional qualification(s), or relevant industry experience
4a. Other requirements – essential
To behave in accordance with our values.
Commitment to the principles of agile working including the ability to work flexibly with regards to both hours of work and location of work including remote and home working as required.
5a. Equalities – essential
Understanding of and commitment to principles of equality and diversity and compliance with Thurrock Council policies.