Project manager Work, Jobs in City Of Edinburgh (with Salaries)

Junior Project Manager
British Council —Edinburgh
- £31,000 - £34,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- English
Graduate Project Manager (Energy) - Edinburgh - 2027
Stantec —Edinburgh
- Hybrid work
- Bachelor's degree
- Business
Project Co-ordinator
Hymans Robertson LLP —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
Quick apply
7d
Project Coordinator
MacTaggart Scott —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- ERP systems
- Microsoft Office
- No degree
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
Project Coordinator
MAX Arquitectura Design and Construction —Edinburgh
- £2,700 - £3,100 a month
- Full-time
- Construction experience
- In-person
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Sick pay
Quick apply
4d
256957 (AW) Assistant Finance Manager - Projects
NHS Scotland —Edinburgh
- £52,845 - £61,466 a year
- Accounting
- Annual leave
- Flexible schedule
9d
Associate Project Manager
Boralex —Edinburgh
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Bachelor's degree
Quick apply
13d
256681 (KA) Project Manager
NHS Scotland —Edinburgh
- £43,231 - £52,679 a year
- Full-time
- Writing skills
- Project management
- Communication skills
2d
Projects Manager
Equans —Midlothian
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Management
- Construction experience
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Project Manager
University of Edinburgh —Edinburgh
- Full-time
- Computer literacy
- University
- Computer skills
- Employee discount
14d
Project Manager
AliveDx —Penicuik
- Full-time
- PMP
- Leadership
Implementation Project Coordinator - UK
Mindbody —Edinburgh
- Remote
- Spanish
- English
- Communication skills
Quick apply
Restoration Forth Project Manager
WWF —Edinburgh
- £45,167 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Communication skills
- Negotiation
- Annual leave
22h
Project Manager - Growth & Sustainability
East Lothian Council —Haddington
- £40.40 - £45.51 an hour
- Call to connect
- Hybrid work
- In-person
- Work from home
6d
Project Manager
Fife Council —Fife
- Full-time
- Remote
- Research
- Project management
- Presentation skills
- Employee discount
12d
Head of PMO
Scottish Power —Edinburgh
- £76,800 - £96,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Management
- Project management
- Continuous improvement
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
10d
Projects & Initiatives Team Manager (job share)
Royal College of General Practitioners —Edinburgh
- £26,901.25 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Budgeting
- Leadership
- Communication skills
Project Manager
Johnsons UK Services Limited —Edinburgh
- £40,000 a year
- Microsoft Office
- Business development
- Team management
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
1d
251530 (CHA) Project Manager
NHS Scotland —Edinburgh
- £43,231 - £52,679 a year
14d
Project Manager – 12 Month FTC, Edinburgh
Hampden Bank —Edinburgh
- Microsoft Office
- Analysis skills
- Organisational skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
1d

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Junior Project Manager

British Council -
Edinburgh

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Job details

£31,000 - £34,000 a year

Qualifications

Jira
Microsoft Powerpoint
Cost management
Technical project or programme management experience
Contract management
Microsoft Outlook
Resource allocation planning
Procurement
Stakeholder liaison
English
Microsoft Office Suite
Project team management
Compliance management
Confluence
Partnership building
Risk management
Relationship management
Contracts
Financial management
Networking
Microsoft Project
Project leadership
Negotiated procurement
Project management experience
Communication skills

Full job description

Location: UK or Poland

(residents only – relocation and sponsorship not provided)

Role purpose

Junior Project Manager will be managing the design, development, planning and implementation of projects across product through a matrix of internal and external resources and partnerships, to ensure delivery of value and effective achievement of business objectives.

Responsibilities will include overseeing effective project design, planning, delivery, implementation and realisation. Ideal candidate will manage and / or influence virtual, dispersed project teams to deliver high quality products and services globally.

Main accountabilities

Project leadership and management

Defines and drives a clear vision and delivery strategy for the project, ensuring alignment with key business priorities while remaining adaptable to changing needs and insights.

Takes end to end ownership for delivering outcomes beyond milestones, ensuring the project achieves measurable impact and value.

Develops and evolves project and delivery plans that are realistic, data driven, and responsive to risk, dependencies and shifting priorities.

Establishes a project and delivery environment where teams are set up to succeed, with the right resources, structure, capabilities, and ways of working.

Balances pace, quality, and cost to deliver efficiently while maintaining focus on outcomes.

Project development

Shapes and challenges early business ideas, actively contributing to robust business cases that are outcome-focussed and evidence-based.

Guides initiatives from concept through to delivery, ensuring continuous alignment between strategy and execution.

Builds and maintains external networks to access, absorb and apply professional best practice to develop and improve the British Council’s project management methodology and toolkit.

Performance, reporting and resourcing

Ensures the right resources, skills, and capabilities are in place, working across teams and partners to adjust capacity as needed.

Defines clear success measures, benefits, and performance indicators, ensuring alignment with stakeholder expectations and organisational strategy and priorities.

Leads reviews, washups and retrospectives, embedding continuous improvement into delivery and sharing insights to build organisational capability.

Customers and stakeholders

Supports management of senior relationships across the British Council, as well as with external agencies, partners and individuals, as required, to support the strategic vision and value realisation.

Builds and maintain effective relationships with internal partners and stakeholders, to ensure the effective, delivery of project goals and outcomes.

Communicates with transparency, clarity and confidence, ensuring stakeholders understand progress, risks, options, and outcomes.

Risk and compliance

Applies governance and compliance requirements in a pragmatic way that enables delivery rather than slows it down

Ensures the British Council meets all relevant internal and external compliance and client requirements (financial, HR, quality management, regulatory, etc.) across the project, to ensure the organisation and all its sub-contractors operate legally, with integrity, and in a way that manages risk effectively.

Commercial and financial management

Manages budgets and commercial performance to ensure delivery achieves strong value for money and expected returns.

Makes informed trade-offs between scope, cost, and timelines to maximise impact and value.

Negotiate and procure agreements with partners/sub-contractors/stakeholders and signoff contracts relating to delivery of the product or service, to meet optimal cost efficiency measures.

Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI)

Consistently creates an inclusive and anti-racist organisational culture, being aware of own biases and taking action to mitigate against these.

Ensures people feel valued and are treated equitably, with support for people’s wellbeing and mental health particularly through periods of significant change.

Has a deep understanding of and takes accountability for putting the British Council’s approach to equality, diversity and inclusion and anti-racism into practice.

Makes time for and visibly engages with learning and development related to EDI and anti-racism.

Education

First degree or equivalent qualification/experience

Role specific knowledge and experience

Minimum/essential

Demonstrable experience in managing projects for a multi-national organization, including support procurement and third party supplier and partner arrangements.

Experience of using formal planning tools to create project plans where appropriate (I,e. Miro, Jira, Confluence, Planner, Microsoft Project, etc.)

Excellent verbal and written communication skills using various tools including Outlook, Word, Teams, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Fluency in English.

Current residency either in the UK or Poland with unlimited right to work.

Desirable

Experience of leading on digital/online/technology projects on a global scale.

Experience of supporting the negotiation of legal contracts with external partners.

Experience of delivering learning and / or assessment programmes and projects.

British Council values and behaviours

British council values and behaviours are applicable across our organisation, in all roles and at all levels. They are important because they say what we stand for at the British Council and help us to deliver our strategy. We use them to guide our decision making, as well as guiding how we treat one another and the people we work with. These will be assessed in the selection process. Our values are: Open and Committed; Expert and Inclusive; Optimistic and Bold.

Unit: English & Exams / Product / Delivery and Governance

Work style: hybrid

Pay band: 7

UK annual salary:

£31,000 - £34,000

Poland monthly salary (PLN)

11,230 - 14,040

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