Project Manager, Project & Program Management, Operations Management

Position: Project Manager (Ref: 21738)
Location:

Staffordshire, UK;
City of Westminster;
Scotland;
Wales, UKSalary: 42,914 - 53,081 per year Employment:
Flexible Category:
Project Management Posted:
Valid to:
Apply:  Ministry of Justice Job summary

This position is based Nationally Job description

Project Manager

Location:

National
* Closing Date: 13th September 2026

Interviews: w/c 21st September 2026

Grade: SEO(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary**:
London: 49,325 - 53,081

National: 42,914 - 46,182

Working pattern:
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Contract Type:
Permanent Number of vacancies: 3

Vacancy number: 21738
* We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAPPlease note that unless you are an existing member of staff at Justice Digital, Data and Science, the only London location being recruited to is 10 South Colonnade, E14 4PU
. We are no longer recruiting to 102 Petty France, SW1H 9AJ
.

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We’re recruiting for 3 Project Managers here at Justice Digital, Data and Science to be part of our warm and collaborative Project Delivery team.

Project Managers ensure teams have the right environment to deliver the vision, products and services, iteratively, and ensure the team collaborates, communicates and focuses on what is most important.

They work at the heart of teams to provide direction within a project, service or programme. They are accountable for building, motivating, supporting and facilitating teams as well as removing obstacles and blockers that get in their way.

They challenge approaches inside and outside of the team they are working with and facilitate a focus on the outcome. They are responsible for working proactively, effectively and collaboratively with external supplier organisations.

Project Managers proactively develop and manage sometimes complex plans and risks, they build and proactively manage significant project budgets, identify and manage project dependencies and priorities, and get the best value against constraints. They assess and evaluate the business readiness for change managing all aspects of the governance of projects ensuring continued integrity and coherence is maintained.

Our team is part of a wider and growing network of project professionals across Government, working together to build Project Management capability critical to government’s modernisation and reform plans.

You’ll receive a range of excellent benefits when you join our department, including:

A generous employer pension contribution of 28.97% through the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
25 days of annual leave, (increasing to 30 days once you have reached 5 years of service),plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday.

Flexible working arrangements including hybrid working, working part time or compressed hours. Designed to support a positive work–life balance.

Lead the planning, governance and delivery of projects and programmes, ensuring objectives, scope, risks, dependencies and outcomes are effectively managed throughout the project lifecycle.

Apply the most appropriate delivery methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall and Lean approaches, adapting ways of working to meet organisational and project needs while driving continuous improvement.

Build and maintain effective relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders, providing clear communication, managing expectations and facilitating informed decision-making.

Develop and maintain delivery plans, prioritising activities based on business value, managing team…