Junior Project Manager

Junior HR Project Assistant

Brighton | 3-Month Contract (Potential Extension) |

Hybrid Working (3-4 Days Onsite)

Rate: £18.23 per hour PAYE

Are you an organised and proactive Assistant Project Manager looking to support high-profile business change initiatives? We are recruiting for an experienced project professional to join a large and complex organisation, supporting a significant people-focused transformation programme.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with project management experience who enjoys working with stakeholders, coordinating governance activities, and ensuring projects remain on track to deliver against key objectives and timescales.

The Role

As an Assistant Project Manager, you will support the delivery of a major organisational change programme, helping to coordinate project activities, maintain governance controls, and ensure effective stakeholder engagement.

Working closely with senior programme leadership, HR stakeholders, and project teams, you will play a key role in planning, tracking, reporting, and supporting the successful delivery of programme outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning & Delivery

• Support the delivery of multiple project workstreams or a larger transformation programme.
• Assist in developing and maintaining detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Monitor project progress and ensure activities are completed within agreed timescales.
• Coordinate project governance activities, including project boards, steering groups, and stakeholder meetings.
• Maintain project documentation, trackers, action logs, and records.
• Support business readiness and transition planning activities.

Governance, Risk & Reporting

• Create and maintain RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies).
• Prepare project reports, updates, presentations, and governance papers.
• Track project actions and decisions, ensuring key updates are documented and followed through.
• Support budget, resource, and project performance monitoring where required.
• Ensure project activity aligns with established project management methodologies.

Stakeholder Management

• Build effective relationships with internal stakeholders across multiple departments.
• Coordinate project communications and engagement activities.
• Facilitate meetings, capture accurate notes, and monitor follow-up actions.
• Support training, briefings, and communication activities for project stakeholders and end users.
• Communicate complex project information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Procurement & Supplier Coordination

• Support procurement and supplier engagement activities where required.
• Assist with contract and supplier management processes linked to project delivery.
• Help ensure supplier deliverables are aligned to project objectives and timelines.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Previous experience in a Project Management or Assistant Project Management role.
• Project Management qualification (or equivalent experience), such as PRINCE2 Foundation, Project Management Certificate, or similar.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Experience maintaining project plans, trackers, RAID logs, and governance documentation.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience coordinating meetings, preparing project updates, and maintaining project records.
• Ability to influence and engage stakeholders at varying levels.
• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Desirable Experience

• Experience supporting HR, people change, organisational transformation, or business change projects.
• Exposure to redundancy, consultation, workforce restructuring, or employee relations programmes.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies such as PRINCE2 or Agile.
• Experience using Microsoft Project.
• Experience working within a large, complex organisation.
• Professional membership of a recognised project management body.

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