Junior Project Manager
Junior Project Manager
£434 per day inside ir35
Hampshire/hybrid (2 days pr week on site)
Contract: 6 months
SC clearance is required for this role
We're partnered with a leading defence and national security technology organisation looking for a Junior Project Manager to support the delivery of innovative, fast-paced projects that genuinely make a difference.
This is an ideal opportunity for an early-career PM to gain hands-on experience across bids, delivery, and governance, with clear progression into owning larger, more complex programmes.
Responsibilities:
- Supporting delivery of multiple short-term innovation projects (typically <£500k)
- Managing project schedules, milestones, and dependencies
- Maintaining RAID logs, driving mitigations, and escalating where needed
- Supporting change control across scope, cost, and timelines
- Coordinating resources, onboarding, and cross-team activity
- Producing status reports, KPIs, and stakeholder updates
- Supporting governance, quality assurance, and gated reviews
- Gradually taking ownership of workstreams on larger programmes
Experience required:
- Early-stage Project Manager or Project Coordinator ready to step up
- Strong organisation and communication skills
- Understanding of RAID, governance, and change control principles
- Experience supporting project delivery in a structured environment
- Working towards (or recently achieved) APM PFQ, with ambition to complete PMQ
- Work on cutting-edge defence and innovation projects
If you're SC/DV cleared and looking for a role where you'll learn fast, take ownership, and build a serious PM career, this is it.
If you would like to apply for this orle, please submit your CV.