Project Manager (Ref: 21738)

Job summary

This position is based Nationally

Job description

Project Manager

Location: National*

Closing Date: 13th September 2026

Interviews: w/c 21st September 2026

Grade: SEO

(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary**: London: £49,325 - £53,081

National: £42,914 - £46,182

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Number of vacancies: 3

Vacancy number: 21738

*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
Please note that unless you are an existing member of staff at Justice Digital, Data and Science, the only London location being recruited to is 10 South Colonnade, E14 4PU. We are no longer recruiting to 102 Petty France, SW1H 9AJ.

The Role

Please note this role requires you to pass Security Checkclearance. Please click on the link for details.

We’re recruiting for 3 Project Managers here at Justice Digital, Data and Science to be part of our warm and collaborative Project Delivery team.

Project Managers ensure teams have the right environment to deliver the vision, products and services, iteratively, and ensure the team collaborates, communicates and focuses on what is most important.

They work at the heart of teams to provide direction within a project, service or programme. They are accountable for building, motivating, supporting and facilitating teams as well as removing obstacles and blockers that get in their way.

They challenge approaches inside and outside of the team they are working with and facilitate a focus on the outcome. They are responsible for working proactively, effectively and collaboratively with external supplier organisations.

Project Managers proactively develop and manage sometimes complex plans and risks, they build and proactively manage significant project budgets, identify and manage project dependencies and priorities, and get the best value against constraints. They assess and evaluate the business readiness for change managing all aspects of the governance of projects ensuring continued integrity and coherence is maintained.

Our team is part of a wider and growing network of project professionals across Government, working together to build Project Management capability critical to government’s modernisation and reform plans.

You’ll receive a range of excellent benefits when you join our department, including:

• A generous employer pension contribution of 28.97% through the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
• 25 days of annual leave, (increasing to 30 days once you have reached 5 years of service),plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
• Flexible working arrangements including hybrid working, working part time or compressed hours. Designed to support a positive work–life balance.
• Lead the planning, governance and delivery of projects and programmes, ensuring objectives, scope, risks, dependencies and outcomes are effectively managed throughout the project lifecycle.
• Apply the most appropriate delivery methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall and Lean approaches, adapting ways of working to meet organisational and project needs while driving continuous improvement.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders, providing clear communication, managing expectations and facilitating informed decision-making.
• Develop and maintain delivery plans, prioritising activities based on business value, managing team capacity, resolving blockers and ensuring delivery momentum is sustained.
• Create and foster high-performing, collaborative teams by promoting effective teamwork, addressing team challenges and supporting an environment that enables successful delivery.
• Establish and manage appropriate governance, assurance and reporting mechanisms, including the development and delivery of business cases and benefits realisation plans.
• Manage project budgets, financial performance and supplier relationships, ensuring value for money, effective commercial oversight and timely escalation of financial or contractual issues.
• Ensure projects and services progress through the appropriate lifecycle stages, meeting required standards, controls and organisational objectives from initiation through to implementation and transition.

• Employees are allocated 10% of their working time for personal and professional development.
• A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best-in-class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms.
• Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!

You can find more details of the Benefits we offer here. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital, Data and Science please take a look at our blog.

Key Responsibilities:

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!

Person Specification

Essential

• You’ll take ownership of problems and show initiative in aligning the necessary resources to bring about a successful outcome for the business demonstrate a passion for digital and technology and understand how it can be used to enable new ways of working, increase efficiencies and productivity and reduce costs.
• You’ll visualise, articulate and solve problems and make disciplined decisions based on available information, by applying logical thinking, information analysis and the use of comprehensive tools and techniques, formulating day-to-day and long-term strategic plans.
• You’ll have an overall perspective on business issues, events, activities and an understanding of their wider implications, including determining patterns, standards, policies, roadmaps and vision statements.
• You’ll understand user needs, based upon evidence. You’ll engage in meaningful interactions and relationships to translate user stories and propose design approaches or services to meet these needs.
• You’ll have strong planning and reporting skills with experience on Microsoft Project and preparing reporting papers for presentation.
• You’ll have a good understanding of working in diverse business/operational environments, and be able to demonstrate examples of activities, structures, and team, organisation or departments for which services are provided.
• Experience working in digital, waterfall and hybrid methodologies, you will have the ability to recognise and influence the correct methodologies for project delivery.
• Experience of working to relevant Project Management certification or equivalent levels and experience of using recognised methodologies and tools to develop and deliver projects and maintaining controls.

Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for SC clearance

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.

Our values are Purpose, Humanity, Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace.

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Salary Information**

Base salary for this role is from £49,325 - £53,081 (London) or £42,914 - £46,182 (National).

• New entrants to the Civil Service joining the MoJ are expected to start at the minimum of the pay band.
• Existing Civil Servants moving on a level transfer will retain their current base salary or move to the minimum of the pay band for the role, whichever is higher.
• Existing Civil Servants who are promoted will either move to the bottom of the new grade’s pay band or receive a 10% uplift, whichever provides the greater increase.

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £42,914, Ministry of Justice contributes £12,432 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial 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. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

How to Apply

In Justice Digital, Data and Science, we recruit using the Success Profiles Frameworks. We shall assess a combination of your Experience, Technical skills and Behaviours during the assessment process.

Stage 1 - Application and sift:

To apply for this position, you must submit the following as part of your application:

• A CV detailing your career history (including any relevant qualifications). Your CV will be assessed against the essential criteria outlined within the Person Specification of this advert.
• A Personal Statement (no more than 750 words) which should outline your experience and skills, giving clear examples of work undertaken. It should specifically address the following 3 criteria listed below, using a separate paragraph for each.
• You’ll have a good understanding of working in diverse business/operational environments, and be able to demonstrate examples of activities, structures, and team, organisation or departments for which services are provided.
• Experience working in digital, waterfall and hybrid methodologies, you will have the ability to recognise and influence the correct methodologies for project delivery.
• Experience of working to relevant Project Management certification or equivalent levels and experience of using recognised methodologies and tools to develop and deliver projects and maintaining controls.

Candidates who do not adhere to the Personal Statement directions above may be rejected on this basis.

A diverse sift panel will review the information in your CV and Personal Statement to assess the sift criteria specified above. We operate an anonymous shortlisting process. Please ensure your CV and Personal Statement do not include your name or any other identifying details.

Please access the following link for guidance on how to apply - Application Guidanc

Stage 2 - Interviews:

Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a panel interview held via Microsoft Teams. At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements - Experience, Technical and the following Behaviours:

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together

As part of your interview, you will be asked to deliver a presentation that assesses the “Experience working in digital, waterfall and hybrid methodologies, you will have the ability to recognise and influence the correct methodologies for project delivery” experience. Further details will be provided if successful at sift.

Appointments are made strictly in merit order.

Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.

Use of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial 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. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
• Telephone : 0345 241 5359

Recruitment team

• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitm…

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