Project Manager

Location: Weekly UK wide travel
Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 per annum plus company car excellent benefits
Schedule: 12-month fixed term contract

Ready to impact a better future?

As a Project Manager in our Leisure team, you’ll play a pivotal role in developing and delivering exciting new facilities and services through capital investment, helping to shape vibrant, high-quality leisure environments that benefit local communities.

You’ll play a key role in bringing projects to life - ensuring they’re delivered safely on time, and within budget. Your work will help create accessible, high-quality leisure environments that support healthier lifestyles and stronger communities, reinforcing our commitment to making more of every day for the people we serve.

What you’ll do as a Project Manager

You’ll be entrusted to:

• Define and agree clear project objectives aligned to client and organisational goals


• Lead end-to-end project delivery, ensuring timelines, budgets, and quality standards are achieved


• Coordinate cross-functional teams, contractors, and stakeholders to drive progress and performance


• Conduct risk assessments, including Construction Design and Management (CDM) responsibilities, and implement effective mitigation strategies


• Monitor financial performance including costing, billing, and reporting against benchmarks


• Build strong relationships with internal teams and external partners to support successful outcomes

Does this sound like you?

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:

• Strong experience in Project Management within the Leisure or local authority sector is desirable


• Commercial awareness and an understanding of capital expenditure processes


• Excellent planning, analytical, and financial management skills


• Confident communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build trust and influence


• A relevant qualification or equivalent experience, such as PRINCE2 or business management training

Discover all you need to keep growing

We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.

What we offer

• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays


• Company car


• Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression


• Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service


• Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel


• Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity


• Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.

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Serco/Serco Leisure Operating Limited are appointed as the Trust’s Managing Agents. We manage the recruitment process and the Trust’s employees in the delivery of the service on their behalf. The Trust is committed to equal opportunities and requests any potential applicant to contact the Recruitment Team on 0345 010 4000 as soon as possible if an applicant has any additional queries, requirements or will need additional time in submitting an application. Applicants should be aware that in line with the company’s policy, employees will have a DBS check where appropriate.

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