IT Relocation Project Manager
Summary
A fixed-term part-time (17.5 hrs/week) IT Project Manager role in Brighton, running until Feb/March 2027, to plan and lead all IT aspects of William Reed's office relocation — managing project plans, suppliers, cutover/rollback planning, risk (RAID) and stakeholder reporting to ensure business continuity.
- Leading the planning and coordination of all IT-related activities associated with the office relocation.
- Developing and maintaining comprehensive project plans, ensuring activities, dependencies, milestones and critical paths are clearly defined and managed.
- Coordinating internal teams, suppliers, contractors and third-party providers to ensure successful delivery of project objectives.
- Working closely with the external project management company in relation to all activities
- Maintaining effective project governance through reporting, RAID management, progress tracking and stakeholder communication.
- Providing regular project updates and clear non-technical reporting to senior stakeholders and executive audiences.
- Ensuring business continuity requirements are identified, planned and effectively managed throughout the relocation programme.
- Coordinating cutover, rollback, contingency and recovery planning for business-critical technology services.
- Managing risks, issues, dependencies and delivery challenges, implementing mitigation actions and escalating concerns where appropriate.
- Facilitating business readiness, technical readiness and go-live approval processes to ensure a smooth and controlled transition into the new office environment.
- Supporting the facilities team with relocation projects as required.
- Proven experience managing office relocation programmes, technology implementations or complex business change projects.
- Strong project management capability, including planning, scheduling, dependency management and governance across multiple workstreams.
- Experience coordinating internal teams, suppliers, contractors and third-party service providers.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience developing and managing project documentation, including plans, RAID logs, status reporting and governance frameworks.
- Strong business continuity and risk management capability, with the ability to identify, mitigate and escalate delivery risks.
- Experience coordinating complex infrastructure, workplace technology or IT-related delivery programmes.
- Fantastic organisation skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously while maintaining delivery against objectives.
- Experience using structured project management methodologies and delivery frameworks.
- Understanding of network infrastructure and workplace technology environments would be highly desirable.
- Experience working across facilities, property or office relocation projects would be beneficial.
- Generous annual leave –25 days per annum plus standard England and Wales bank holidays for full-time employees
- Christmas office closure – Enjoy additional paid leave between Christmas Day and New Year's Day to cover discretionary office closure days
- Holiday purchase scheme – Buy up to three additional days' annual leave each year and spread the cost over up to six months
- MeDay – Take an additional paid day off to celebrate your birthday, a cultural or religious event, or another occasion that is meaningful to you
- Volunteering day – One paid day each year to support a charity, community group or cause close to your heart
- Hybrid and agile working – Flexible ways of working to help you balance work and life commitments (role dependent)
- Enhanced pension contributions – Benefit from employer pension contributions above the statutory minimum
- Life assurance – Providing financial protection and peace of mind for you and your loved ones
- Group Income Protection – Financial support if you're unable to work due to long-term illness or injury
- Family-friendly policies – Enhanced pay entitlements to support you and your family during important life events
- Health and wellbeing support, including:
- Healthcare cash plan
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Virtual GP service
- Health and wellbeing resources and tools
- Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion – Supported by employee-led networks, with a culture where everyone feels welcome and valued. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer