Portfolio Project Manager
Portfolio Project Manager
About us
Our purpose is simple: to save lives at sea. For 200 years, our lifeboat crews and lifeguards have shown selfless courage to rescue those in peril on the water. Behind them is a dedicated, talented team making it all possible. This is your chance to join that team and use your skills to help save lives every day.
We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to join the central Portfolio Office team to lead and deliver complex projects in collaboration with highly skilled technical teams. This role requires someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, understands technical concepts, and can bridge the gap between business objectives and technical execution.
Some of the benefits
- Salary - £41,242 to £48,520 (dependent on experience)
- Flexible working
- 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
- Competitive pension scheme
- Life assurance
About the role
As Project Manager, you will ensure that your projects are managed efficiently in accordance with the defined project lifecycle to deliver the benefits.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Manage end-to-end delivery of projects to the specified quality, ensuring scope, timelines, and budgets are met.
- Work closely with technical teams to translate requirements into actionable plans.
- Facilitate communication between stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring clarity and alignment.
- Identify and mitigate risks, issues, and dependencies throughout the project lifecycle.
- Support the definition of project benefits, identifying how these will be monitored and measured
About You
You’ll be someone who has strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and multi-task while remaining calm and professional. You’ll have excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills to help identify, communicate and resolve project issues, and you’ll have the ability to work with people at all levels and be a team player.
To apply for the role as a Project Manager, you must have an industry recognised Project Management qualification and demonstratable experience in technology-driven environments.
If you have the necessary qualities, skills and experience, and want to be part of a team where your efforts contribute to saving even more lives at sea, then we would love to hear from you.
Safeguarding
The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).
Diversity at the RNLI
Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.
