36041 - Project Manager - National


Company:	Environment Agency
Salary:	£54,940
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	National, YO1 7PR
Working pattern:	Hybrid - 4 days remote
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	17 Aug 2026
Closing date:	6 Sept 2026

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Summary

As a Service Transformation Project Manager, you will be responsible for directing projects that deliver transformation and modernisation for the organisation. You will be part of a small team including a programme manager, business analysts and support staff, and you may have line management responsibilities. You will enable the team to deliver successful implementation of the projects critical to helping the organisation modernise and transform into one that is more efficient and effective.

You will be responsible for ensuring objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints. You’ll have a key role in project governance and will collaborate with high level internal and external stakeholders to ensure project outputs are delivered to enable benefits realisation. You will provide trusted evidence to inform leadership decisions on prioritisation and risk, ensuring optimal delivery and embedding of both the technical and cultural change into the organisation.

You will develop business cases, organise and engage on project assurance to assure the overall direction and integrity of projects and track project spend within budget. As Project Manager, you will take the lead in building plans, applying appropriate delivery methodology, integrating change management processes, setting project controls, tracking and reporting against milestones and supporting effective governance and decision making.

You will drive progress, consistency and quality across your projects, ensuring that the they adhere to best practice for project and programme delivery.

The team

Service Transformation is part of the Strategy, Transformation & Assurance (STA) and we drive innovation and modernisation across the Environment Agency. Our mission is to use knowledge and information to deliver transformative change, and modernise end to end services to deliver exceptional outcomes for people and the environment.

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