Information Commissioner's Office

Project Manager

Information Commissioner's Office
Posted 10/20/2026full-timePeterborough • United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £60,000 per yearWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in infrastructure project management across the development lifecycle, including feasibility, design, planning, construction, commissioning, and operation. Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage contracts, and communicate effectively with stakeholders and regulators.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Infrastructure Project ManagementNEC Contract ManagementAPM-PMQ CertificationStakeholder ManagementCDM Requirements Knowledge

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Take day-to-day responsibility for an allocated asset, delivery function or group of suppliers supporting the Fens or Lincolnshire Reservoir
  • Coordinate technical, commercial, project controls and supplier teams
  • Ensure work is delivered safely, on schedule, within budget and to required quality
  • Manage project risks, issues, opportunities, early warnings and changes through controls and governance processes
  • Monitor performance against deliverables and milestones and report emerging variances
  • Manage suppliers, contracts, scopes, budgets, forecasts and detailed delivery schedules
  • Manage dependencies between suppliers, assets and programme teams
  • Identify opportunities to improve cost, schedule and delivery performance
  • Provide leadership to multidisciplinary teams of colleagues, consultants, advisers and delivery partners
  • Translate programme strategy into priorities, responsibilities and outcomes
  • Communicate with regulators, local authorities, landowners and other third parties
  • Produce highlight reports and present project updates through project- and board-level governance

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Infrastructure project management experience across the development lifecycle, from feasibility and design through planning, construction, commissioning and operation
  • Strong project planning, prioritisation and decision-making skills
  • NEC knowledge and practical contract management experience
  • APM-PMQ, an equivalent practitioner-level project management qualification, or equivalent relevant experience
  • Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and multiple internal and external stakeholder groups
  • Ability to challenge constructively, take ownership and communicate complex information clearly
  • Knowledge and experience of CDM requirements
  • Full driving licence; travel between sites required
  • Experience of major projects, the water sector, Development Consent Order projects or town and country planning is particularly valuable

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Private health care
  • Double-matched pension
  • Life assurance at 8 times salary
  • Personal accident cover up to 5 times salary
  • 26 days annual leave, rising with length of service
  • Ability to buy more annual leave
  • Family-friendly policies
  • 26 weeks full-pay maternity/adoption leave
  • 4 weeks paid paternity/partner leave
  • Shared parental pay
  • Bonus scheme
  • Flexible benefits supporting wellbeing and lifestyle

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Hard Skills
Project PlanningRisk ManagementBudget ManagementPerformance MonitoringDelivery Scheduling
Soft Skills
Decision-MakingCommunicationLeadershipPrioritisationConstructive Challenge
Certifications & Qualifications
APM-PMQ
Industry Keywords
Water SectorDevelopment Consent OrderTown and Country PlanningProject ControlsMultidisciplinary Teams