Project Manager - Central Government

Role: Project Manager REF 106659
Contract Length: 5 months
Location: Hybrid/Bristol - 2/3 days per week on site
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: SC requested

Spinwell is recruiting for a Project Manager for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PROJECT MANAGER

• Develop, maintain and control the integrated project plan for the Supply Chain Resilience Action Plan, covering mobilisation, resilience definition, academic metrics development, scenario testing, policy gap analysis, adoption planning, roadmap development, handover and closeout.
• Own and maintain core project controls, including RAID logs, action trackers, decision logs, dependency maps, milestone plans, delivery schedules and governance reporting.
• Coordinate delivery of the agreed project outputs, including the resilience definition, metrics and measurement method, scenario findings, policy and clause gap analysis, adoption and reporting plan, behavioural change narrative, implementation roadmap and handover pack.
• Work with the Business Lead and academic partner to ensure the metrics development approach is clearly scoped, scheduled, quality assured and aligned to scenario testing requirements.
• Coordinate input from policy SMEs and commercial stakeholders to identify policy gaps, adoption levers, implementation considerations and any unintended incentives or delivery burdens.
• Plan and support scenario testing activity, ensuring assumptions, data needs, findings, limitations and recommendations are captured clearly for review and decision-making.
• Support business change planning by identifying stakeholder impacts, cultural and behavioural change requirements, adoption risks, ownership requirements and transition actions.
• Prepare concise governance and senior stakeholder updates, highlighting progress, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions required, recommended options and next steps.
• Manage dependencies across academic input, policy engagement, governance approval, adoption recommendations, FY27/28 implementation planning and handover activity.
• Identify and escalate delivery risks early, particularly around resourcing, academic metrics development, scenario readiness, policy owner engagement, adoption ownership and implementation planning.
• Facilitate collaboration between the Senior Business Owner, Business Lead, client stakeholders, academic contributors, policy SMEs and wider supply chain resilience stakeholders.
• Ensure outputs are reviewed for client usability, data availability, policy fit, implementation burden, adoption feasibility and alignment to the project’s success criteria.
• Support the transition from project recommendations to future delivery by preparing a clear roadmap.

  SKILLS/EXPERIENCES OF THE PROJECT MANAGER

  Essential Criteria:

• Experience working as a Project Manager in a complex business change, transformation, policy, commercial or programme environment.
• Practical experience of planning, controlling and delivering projects through the project lifecycle, from mobilisation and initiation through to implementation planning, transition or handover.
• Experience managing project controls, including plans, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, actions, decisions and governance reporting.
• Experience supporting business change activity, including stakeholder readiness, adoption planning, benefits, communications, transition planning or embedding new ways of working.
• Proven ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders, subject matter experts, suppliers, academic partners or workstreams to deliver agreed outputs and outcomes.
• Experience preparing clear, decision-ready materials for governance boards, senior stakeholders or delivery forums.
• Ability to turn complex policy, analytical or technical inputs into practical plans, recommendations and delivery products.

  Essential Skills:

• Project planning and delivery: ability to build realistic plans, manage milestones and maintain control of delivery activity across multiple workstreams.
• Business change awareness: understanding of how recommendations, policy changes, measurement approaches or new ways of working affect people, processes, governance and adoption.
• Stakeholder management: proven ability to engage, influence and coordinate senior stakeholders, business leads, subject matter experts and delivery partners.
• Governance and reporting: ability to produce concise, accurate and decision-ready updates covering progress, risks, issues, dependencies and recommendations.
• Analytical coordination: ability to manage technical, policy or evidence-based inputs and convert them into clear delivery products, assumptions, findings and next steps.
• Problem solving and decision support: ability to identify issues, assess options, present impacts and recommend practical courses of action.
• Organisation and prioritisation: ability to manage competing priorities, track actions and maintain momentum across time-bound delivery activity.
• Microsoft Office capability: competent use of Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, with familiarity with project planning, collaboration or reporting tools.

If you are a Project Manager, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!

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