Project Manager

Project Manager Office Relocation (Public Sector)
Location: Bangor / Hybrid
Contract: Temporary (Until end of October 2025 with possible extension)
Pay Rate: £23.58 per hour (PAYE)
Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week

Are you an experienced Project Manager with a strong track record of driving delivery from the ground up? We're looking for a confident and proactive professional to take ownership of a critical office relocation project for our public sector organisation based in Bangor.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape and lead a project from initiation stage, ensuring the smooth move into two new separate office sites. The successful candidate will get the business case written, approved, and get the project up and running.

Key responsibilities

• Developing and writing the full business case, ensuring it aligns with organisational priorities and public sector standards.
• Securing internal approvals through appropriate governance channels.
• Translating discovery outputs into a detailed action and implementation plan.
• Building and managing a realistic project timeline, identifying critical milestones and deliverables.
• Engaging external suppliers and contractors, following procurement procedures and best value principles.
• Establishing project governance, ensuring strong reporting, risk tracking, and stakeholder communications.
• Monitoring budget, spend, and resources, with full accountability for financial reporting.
• Driving day-to-day project delivery, coordinating across internal teams and ensuring alignment across workstreams.
• Identifying project risks and barriers early, and developing clear mitigation strategies to stay on track.

Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in project management, ideally in accommodation, estates or infrastructure projects.
• A recognised project management qualification or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong financial and budget management skills.
• Familiarity with public sector governance, reporting, and procurement frameworks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to influence and negotiate at all levels.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.