{"id":4257657,"url":"https://alion.io/job/citb-project-manager-permanent","title":"Project Manager - Permanent","company":{"id":1778948,"name":"CITB","domain":"citb.co.uk","url":"https://alion.io/company/citb","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Oracle","truth_index":null},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Peterborough, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":53303,"max":null,"currency":"GBP","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":70515},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-13T12:03:14Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-13","last_verified_at":"2026-11-15T09:43:35Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"Ready to turn strategy into action? We're looking for a driven Project Manager to lead transformational projects across CITB, taking ownership of planning, budgets, risks, stakeholder engagement and delivery to ensure lasting business benefits and successful outcomes.\nHours of Work: Full-time (35 hours per week)\nWorking Pattern: Hybrid, 4 days per month in the office\nContract: Permanent\nGrade: SC4\nTarget Salary: £53,303 per annum + £6,799 car allowance\nLocation: Peterborough\nProvisional Interview Dates: w/c 30th November 2026 - 2 Stage Interview Process\nAbout the Role\nThe Project Manager leads the successful delivery of low to moderately complex projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope and budget, and aligned to organisational priorities.\nThe postholder applies project delivery standards in line with the Government Project Delivery Capability Framework (PDCF) and CITBs Project Design & Delivery Framework, while fostering high-performing teams and promoting a culture of continuous improvement.\nThe Project Manager is responsible for the successful planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure of projects within scope, time, and budget. Using APM and CITB frameworks, the role ensures project deliverables align with organisational objectives and stakeholder expectations while adhering to governance standards.\nThe role involves working with both internal and external stakeholders, as required, to ensure projects are delivered to agreed cost, scope, and timescales, realising their agreed benefits.\nReporting to the Project SRO on a day to daybasis, this role works closely with the change managers and programme and project support staff.\nWhat you’ll be doing:\nProject Delivery, Performance and Controls\nCreate and lead the project to deliver the agreed outcomes within time, costand quality constraints. Cascade vision and translate into delivery objectives for the team.\nDay-to-day management and leadership of the project and the project team.\nBuild Project Plan and apply appropriate project controls aligned to CITBs Project Design & Delivery Framework.\nTrack and report delivery against milestones.\nBusiness Case, Budget & Benefits Realisation\nCoordinate the development of the business case.\nTrack delivery within budget.\nEnsure benefits are identified, understood, measured, tracked and owned.\nEnsure appropriate Benefits Realisation Strategy is in place and monitor longer term delivery of benefits against the business case.\nResources\nSchedule / manage resources to deliver the project. May work independently or with a small team.\nStakeholder Management\nIdentify key stakeholders and develop effective relationships\nRisks and Issues\nIdentify and monitor project risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate\nGovernance and Assurance\nProvide key reports and support effective governance and decision making.\nSupport or set appropriate project assurance.\nChange Management\nEnsure effective Change Management processes are in place to agree and document changes to deliverables as agreed with stakeholders\nGuidance and Support\nSeek appropriate support, guidanceand coaching from the project community. Show commitment to personal development. Promote effective individual and team performance.\nPeople Leadership/Team Leadership \nDirect reports\n\nThe Project Manager will lead a small team or work independently; they may supervise Project Coordinators or Business Analysts depending on project scale and structure.\nContribute to developing the team to reach and contribute to their full delivery potential, ensuring team members take ownership and responsibility for their own work\nDevelop and ensure a team culture that motivates and inspires excellent collective and individual performance, embraces change and thatdelivers continuous improvement; initiate and lead change and continuous improvement initiatives.\nProvide coaching and mentoring to CITB staff involved in project delivery. \nSupport capability development across the PPCM function and contribute to a community of practice initiatives.\nIndirect reports\n\nProvide coaching and mentoring to CITB staff involved in project delivery. \nSupport capability development across the PPCM function and contribute to a community of practice initiatives.\nKey Contacts and Relationships\nInternal:\nSRO, Change Managers, Service Owners, Business Leads, PMO Support Staff, Data & Information Manager, Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT), Finance, HR\nExternal:\nEnabling Partner(s), third-party suppliers, project delivery peers from external organisations\nWork closely with Suppliers to manage activities.\nEngage with other project managers from CITB and other organisations to find beat practise opportunities to continually improve processes.\n What we’re looking for:\nEssential\nProven ability to lead end-to-end delivery of projects, translating strategic objectives into delivery plans, managing multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring delivery within agreed time, cost, and quality constraints.\nExperienced in developing detailed project plans and applying appropriate project controls aligned to recognised methodologies including milestone tracking and reporting.\nDemonstrated experience in coordinating the development of robust business cases and managing project budgets, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and tracking spend against plan.\nSkilled in benefits management: identifying, tracking, and reporting on benefits realisation, including development and application of benefits realisation strategies throughout and beyond the project lifecycle.\nStrong background in resource planning and allocation, including managing internal and external teams or working independently to deliver project outcomes.\nDemonstrated success in stakeholder identification and engagement, developing and maintaining effective relationships across all levels of the organisation to ensure successful project outcomes.\nExperienced in proactively identifying, assessing, and managing project risks and issues, developing mitigation plansand escalating appropriately to maintain project momentum.\nKnowledge of governance and assurance processes, with the ability to prepare and present key reports to governance boards and ensure project compliance with internal and external requirements.\nApplied experience in change control and management, ensuring agreed deliverables are maintained through structured processes with appropriate stakeholder input and approval.\nCommitted to personal development and continuous improvement, with experience in seeking guidance and coaching, promoting team learning, and fostering a high-performance culture.\nRelevant professional qualification, such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, Agile Project Management Practitioner, APM Project Management Qualification, PMI Project Management Professional, Leading and Managing Project Workstreams\nDesirable\nWorking towards relevant professional qualification, such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, Agile Project Management Practitioner, APM Project Management Qualification, PMI Project Management Professional, Leading and Managing Project Workstreams\nLevel 5 coaching & mentoring.\nExperience in contributing towards programme planning and budgeting.\nExperience working with or in public sector / UK Government delivery environment.\nBehavioural Competencies\nWorks collaboratively - Level 3 \nDrives for results - Level 3 \nCommunicating with impact - Level 3 \nEffective decision making - Level 3\nLeading by Example - Level 3 \nWorking with Ambiguity - Level 3 \nAdditional: Working with Ambiguity, Influencing\nWhy join CITB?\n25 days holiday + bank holidays \n3 additional days Christmas shutdown \nGenerous pension scheme (up to 9% employer contribution) \nLife assurance (4x salary) \n2 paid volunteering days per year \nProfessional development & funded training qualifications \nEmployee Assistance Programme \nBe part of a respected organisation shaping the future of UK construction\nClosing Date\nPlease note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the stated closing date. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis; therefore early applications are encouraged to avoid disappointment.\nArtificial Intelligence\nArtificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.\nWe are committed to equal opportunities and recruit based on merit,skills and experience.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8739,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Paid volunteering days","Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Vocational Education","Standards & Industry Bodies"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-13T14:21:38Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":20,"reasons":["conf:12","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-15T07:52:55Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":70515,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/citb-project-manager-permanent","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/citb-project-manager-permanent.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-15T18:15:31Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":10991,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-16T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1778948},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1778948"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fcitb-project-manager-permanent"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fcitb-project-manager-permanent"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fcitb-project-manager-permanent"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/citb-project-manager-permanent\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fcitb-project-manager-permanent"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4257657}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"citb.co.uk","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4257657},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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