National Estates Project Manager

Vacancy Reference Number

20742

Number of Vacancies

1

(B) OCU

CTPHQ Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters

Location

London / hybrid working

Band

Band C

Part/Full Time

Full Time

Hours per Week

36 hours per week

Type of Contract

Fixed Term

Contract Duration

24 Month

Job Advert

Job Title: National Estates Project Manager

Salary: The starting salary is £48,995, which includes allowances totalling £3,009

The salary is broken down as £45,986 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £54,863 Plus, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location: London / hybrid working

Contract: Fixed term - 24 months

Job Summary:

Working within the Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters (CTPHQ), the Project Manager will act within the Estates area of Local Support Services and be responsible for the successful delivery of specific projects within the London Counter Terrorism and Protective Security (CT & PS) estate. The Project Manager will be directly accountable to the National Estates Lead and line managed by London Accommodation Manager, working flexibly within National Estates, deployed on specific change project(s) as requested.

Role Position within CTPHQ National Estates, Local Support Services

National Estates oversees the delivery of the Counter Terrorism (CT) National Estates Strategy and associated change to meet our strategic objectives. It works in conjunction with regional business managers who identify and scope local estates requirements.

The Project Manager will be accountable for the project(s) they are allocated and line managed by the National Estates Lead. The Project Manager will work flexibly across the national estates change portfolio, deployed on specific change project(s) as requested by the National Estates Lead. The post holder may therefore work on multiple change projects at any time depending on the scale of change.

Job Purpose:

The purpose of this role is to provide early feasibility, management and leadership of complex estates projects and project teams across the change lifecycle within a dynamic and flexible environment, to agreed parameters (time, cost, quality).

Key Responsibilities:

Champion and implement effective project delivery, supporting the vision to deliver effective change to counter terrorism, including:

• Leadership to bring consensus to what needs to be achieved to resolve business challenges within our estates project(s). The Project Manager needs to be comfortable working across the change lifecycle and with project value often around £100k-£3m per annum.
• Definition and agreement of the appropriate methodologies, governance and reporting mechanisms to be used across project delivery
• Ensuring governing forums and senior stakeholders are appropriately engaged with ongoing change activity through briefings, alongside more targeted conversations to influence others and build support for delivery.
• Remote and/or in person task management within an often reactive environment with levels of uncertainty to move towards an agreed delivery end point.
• Development of Business Cases at appropriate points of the project lifecycle and then ownership and management of these cases through the multi stage CTPHQ governance process.
• Proactive risk and issue management with an understanding of management levers which can be used and appropriate points at which these should be deployed.
• Managing commercial processes in conjunction with the regional and/or CTPHQ commercial team to ensure relevant delivery contracts are in place, then subsequent contract management through the lifecycle of the project(s). The Project Manager needs to understand principles around commercial management and ensure correct controls in place to deliver value for money.
• Proactive management of dependencies and working relationships with other areas of regional, CTPHQ or other external organisations which are required to conduct activities to support project delivery e.g. CTPHQ ICT or Home Office.
• Delivering change management activities across the national network - leveraging regional support where appropriate and ensuring the relevant regional stakeholders have input at appropriate points.
• Manage communication and engagement with project stakeholders, developing and maintaining key relationships and working in partnership to resolve problems to benefit operational policing.
• Ensuring business change is sustained through appropriate embedding activities and ICT and business service management.
• Leadership and contribution to wider National Estates team initiatives, development and strategy.

Skills

Advanced: Highly competent in this skill and could train and/or coach others

• Stakeholder Management
• RAID Log Management PPM
• Resource planning & forecasting Support and Facilitation of Workshops
• Project Management
• PPM Mgmt report & dashboard design
• PPM Resource tracking
• Presentation and verbal communications skills
• Project Scoping & Design
• Management and Status Reporting
• PPM Resource prioritising & scheduling
• Action tracking & management
• PM Risk Management
• Analysing options to support Decision-makers
• PPM Financial management and forecasting
• Minute Taking
• PPM Issue Management
• Business Case Writing
• Use of Portfolio Office templates
• PPM Planning & Dependency Management
• PPM Governance Management
• Workshop design

Intermediate: Executes the skill competently with minimal supervision

• Commercial & procurement management
• PPM Reporting data collection & analysis
• PPM
• Microsoft SharePoint Change Control
• PPM Risk Analysis & reporting Collecting and analysing quantitative and qualitative
• Microsoft Visio data
• Assurance of Business Change activity
• PPM Risk Contingency planning
• Business Case Assurance
• Creative Thinking (Problem Solving)
• Microsoft Word
• PPM Benefits Management
• Stage-Gate Assurance
• Interviewing
• Microsoft Project
• PPM Benefits mapping and profiling
• PPM Governance Design
• Microsoft Excel
• PPM Benefits planning and tracking
• PPM Reporting data collection & analysis
• Microsoft PowerPoint

Foundation: Can execute skill with support

• Programme Management
• Portfolio Balancing and Prioritisation
• Use of Portfolio Management tools
• Portfolio Management
• Portfolio Analysis
• Portfolio Office SLA Definition & Management

Additionally:

• Ability to analyse and use programme and project management information to support effective decision making.
• Strong attention to detail, ensuring that project control products are accurate and contain the necessary information to support effective decision making.
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively and tactfully with people at all levels.
• Good facilitation skills, with the ability to elicit information and agreement from audiences of varying backgrounds.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written, across all levels including stakeholder engagement skills.
• Highly organised and able to meet demanding deadlines in a pressured environment.
• Ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team.
• Self-starter, confident and capable of working both independently and collaboratively to tight deadlines with plenty of initiative.

Local Support Services is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive team. We recognise that some candidates may feel they have the majority, but not all of the skillsets outlined. We encourage those candidates to apply for the role, as we are looking for individuals with varying levels of experience to complement those already within the team. Should candidates be successful through the recruitment process, we will work with and support individuals, to build skillsets to the outlined levels.

Vetting

This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) level before taking up the post; with a willingness to undergo Developed Vetting (DV) once in post, if required.

Confidentiality Agreement

Applicants should also be aware of the need to sign a confidentiality agreement on taking up the post.

Our Employee Commitments

Counter Terrorism Policing aims to create an inclusive and welcoming atmosphere and culture and an environment where all our people feel a strong sense of belonging and are able to reach their full potential. Where any group or individual can be and feel respected, supported and valued to fully participate and contribute to our mission of "Working to keep people safe from Terrorism".

Inclusion, diversity and equality is at the front and centre of our approach to make the composition of Counter Terrorism Policing more representative of the communities we serve. As Counter Terrorism is rooted in Local Policing, to tackle today's complex policing challenges, applications from across all communities are therefore essential and encouraged. Counter Terrorism Policing as a network is committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long-term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations'.

How to apply

To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply button ". The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and Personal Statement.

Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 23rd March 2026.

Essential For The Role

Essential Experience

• Experience of senior management within a complex change portfolio.
• Experience of managing complex projects in line with corporate standards.
• Experience of influencing, negotiating with, and providing challenge to Director level stakeholders.
• Experience of resolving and escalating risks, issues and conflicts as necessary within a complex change portfolio.
• Experience of managing suppliers and contractors, assuring quality and ensuring value for money.
• Experience of managing a team, setting a collaborative culture, building capability and creating an environment of continuous learning.

Desirable Experience:

• Good levels of previous experience working within a programme management environment
• Previous experience of working in (local) government, a security agency or policing is desirable.

Qualifications

Essential:

• PRINCE2: Practitioner and / or Agile Project Management Practitioner (or recognised industry equivalent qualification).
• Managing Successful Programmes: Foundation (or recognised industry equivalent qualification).
• Civil Service Contract Management: Foundation.

Desirable:

• Agile Project Management Foundation & Practitioner (AgilePM) or PRINCE2 Agile (or recognised industry equivalent)
• ITIL4 Foundation Certification

Required Languages

English

Reports To

Band C

Additional Information

The following competencies will be tested against during sift:

• We analyse critically at level 3

• We are innovative and open-minded at level 2

• We are emotionally aware at level 2

• We take ownership at level 3

• We collaborate at level 3

• We support and inspire at level 2

The following values will be tested against during sift:

• Integrity

• Courage

• Empathy

Disability Confident Statement

The Met is committed to being an equitable (fair and impartial) and inclusive employer for disabled people, striving to have a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and long-term conditions, ethnic minority groups and women.

As a Disability Confident Leader, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.

The Met is committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process to ensure disabled applicants can perform at their best. If you need any reasonable adjustments or changes to the application and recruitment process, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence.

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