City/Town
Various
Region
National
Vacancies
1
Salary Minimum
£54,940 Pro-rata
Post Type
Fixed Term
Job ID
36041
Closing date
06 Sep 2026
Published date
16 Aug 2026
Grade
Staff Grade 6
Role type
Programme and Project Management
Security check
Basic Check
Job description
As a Service Transformation Project Manager, you will be responsible for directing projects that deliver transformation and modernisation for the organisation. You will be part of a small team including a programme manager, business analysts and support staff, and you may have line management responsibilities. You will enable the team to deliver successful implementation of the projects critical to helping the organisation modernise and transform into one that is more efficient and effective.
You will be responsible for ensuring objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints. You’ll have a key role in project governance and will collaborate with high level internal and external stakeholders to ensure project outputs are delivered to enable benefits realisation. You will provide trusted evidence to inform leadership decisions on prioritisation and risk, ensuring optimal delivery and embedding of both the technical and cultural change into the organisation.
You will develop business cases, organise and engage on project assurance to assure the overall direction and integrity of projects and track project spend within budget. As Project Manager, you will take the lead in building plans, applying appropriate delivery methodology, integrating change management processes, setting project controls, tracking and reporting against milestones and supporting effective governance and decision making.
You will drive progress, consistency and quality across your projects, ensuring that the they adhere to best practice for project and programme delivery.
We are looking for someone with strong project management expertise and a collaborative, delivery-focused mindset.
You will:
- be experienced in a Project Manager role and have successfully led projects and project teams, including business transformation type projects
- be able to motivate, inspire and empower project teams, champion development and promote a positive learning environment
- be a well organised self-starter, able to balance multiple priorities and thrive in a fast-paced environment
- be flexible and willing to meet the challenges of complex changes
- be confident with navigating and leading project teams through uncertainty and ambiguity and be resilient yourself in complex and demanding situations
- have excellent attention to detail
- be a problem solver, innovative in your approach and have a can-do attitude
- be able to collaborate with high-level stakeholders to deliver effectively
You may hold a project management qualification, although this is not essential.
Please describe how you have led a complex project and the tools and techniques you used so the project delivered on the required products, to the required standard of quality and within the specified constraints of time and cost.
Tell us about a time when you have managed competing priorities and delivered a project on time in the face of challenging circumstances. How did you lead in that situation?
Describe a situation where you have been instrumental in persuading stakeholders to pursue a specific challenging course of action, explaining the techniques you used to influence their decision.
Please describe a time when you have had to communicate a difficult message to a variety of stakeholders. How did you ensure it landed correctly?
If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. Therefore, you will not be eligible for continuous service. For applicants who currently work in local government or other bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999, you may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment. If you are unsure of your status then you should contact your own HR Team.
We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.
We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
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