Project Officer (2 x 12 month Fixed-Term)


Company:	General Medical Council
Salary:	£31,465 to £31,465 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Manchester, M3 3AW
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	7 Sept 2026
Closing date:	21 Sept 2026

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Summary

Are you excited by improving services, supporting change, and helping teams work more effectively?

We're recruiting for

two Project Officers, each working within a different directorate and offering the chance to support meaningful change and improvement work across the organisation.

About the General Medical Council

We work with doctors, physician associates (PAs), anaesthesia associates (AAs), those they care for and other stakeholders to support good, safe patient care across the UK. We set the standards doctors, PAs, AAs and their educators need to meet, and help them achieve them. If there are concerns these standards may not be met or that public confidence in doctors, PAs, or AAs may be at risk, we can investigate and take action if needed.

The roles

Project Officer, Fitness to Practise Directorate - 1 x 12 month fixed-term contract until November 2027.

Project Officer, Education & Standards Directorate - 1 x 12 month fixed-term contract until November 2027.

Project Officer, Fitness to Practise

Directorate

We're looking for a Project Officer to join our Business Transformation team within the Fitness to Practise directorate. This is an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of strategic change initiatives that will help shape how we work in the future. The team is currently focused on delivering key priorities within the Regulatory Reform programme, helping to improve our processes, systems and ways of working.

As a Project Officer, you'll play a key role in coordinating projects and business improvement activities, working with colleagues across the GMC to turn ideas into practical solutions. You'll support the planning and delivery of change initiatives, engage with stakeholders, maintain project documentation, track progress, and help ensure that new ways of working are successfully embedded.

This role would suit someone who enjoys working with people, solving problems, organising complex pieces of work, and supporting teams to deliver positive change.

This is a hybrid role, with at least one day in the office a week, dependent on business needs. We support a range of flexible working options.

Project Officer, Education & Standards Directorate

This is a great opportunity to be part of our work to eliminate inequality in medical education and training. You'll work closely with project managers, a GMC Clinical Fellow as well as with a range of operational and policy teams within the directorate to develop standards, policies and operational systems to drive improvement. There will also be opportunities to work with colleagues across the GMC and with educational institutions.

You'll join a team that values collaboration and creative ways of working, and who understands how important it is to feel included and supported at work.

This would suit someone who enjoys working with people, solving problems, organising complex pieces of work, and supporting teams to deliver positive change.

This is a hybrid role, with at least one day a week in the office, dependent on business need. We support a range of flexible working options.

For both these roles you will receive a full induction and training on joining, with ongoing support provided in the role.

Application process

If you are interested in applying for this role, please submit a CV and supporting statement, demonstrating your reasons for applying and a summary of how you can meet the essential criteria listed in the job description, provide examples where possible. You may find more information about the tasks you'll carry out and the essential skills for the role in the Job Description.

Please also specify your preferred role in your covering letter.

Applications submitted without the above will be considered incomplete and not shortlisted.

Please ensure you have anonymised your CV and supporting statement before submitting your application. Please refer to the CV application form guidance.

Interviews and assessments will take place on

Wednesday 30 September &

Thursday 01 October 2026. These will be virtual, via MS Teams.

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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The GMC values diversity and has made a public commitment to processes and procedures that are fair, objective, transparent and free from discrimination. We are committed to the Disability Confident Employer scheme, and candidates with a disability who best meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification will be offered an interview.

The GMC is a charity registered in England and Wales (1089278) and Scotland (SC037750)

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