Junior IT Project Manager

As a Junior IT Project Manager at RBG Kew, you will help deliver technology projects that enable organisational change and support Kew’s strategy to understand and protect plants and fungi. Working with the Senior IT Project Manager, you will support the day-to-day management of multiple capital-funded projects, ensuring delivery to agreed time, cost and quality standards. This is a one-year fixed-term appointment and will involve working across Kew Gardens (London) and Wakehurst (Sussex) as required.

As a Junior IT Project Manager at RBG Kew, you will help deliver technology projects that enable organisational change and support Kew’s strategy to understand and protect plants and fungi. Working with the Senior IT Project Manager, you will support the day-to-day management of multiple capital-funded projects, ensuring delivery to agreed time, cost and quality standards. This is a one-year fixed-term appointment and will involve working across Kew Gardens (London) and Wakehurst (Sussex) as required.

Junior IT Project Manager

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Educated to degree level (or with equivalent relevant experience), you will have experience delivering technology-based projects involving multiple teams and diverse stakeholder groups, including projects that drive procedural and/or business change. You will be confident applying best-practice project management approaches (e.g., PRINCE2, Agile and/or MSP), and comfortable using technology with an interest in emerging trends.

You will be an organised, proactive communicator who can build effective relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels, including senior managers, technical specialists and external suppliers. You will be able to maintain project plans, manage risks and issues, support financial control and reporting, and contribute to robust governance and documentation. Experience of government-funded projects, public sector environments, or Microsoft platforms such as Office 365, SharePoint, Dynamics CRM, SQL Server, Power BI or Project Online is desirable.

This role is based at Kew with the option of regular home working, subject to operational requirements. 

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Our mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth.

We are working to end the unprecedented extinction crisis and to help create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably. We will achieve these goals by drawing on our leading scientific research, unrivalled collections of plants and fungi, global network of partners, inspirational gardens at Kew and Wakehurst, and our 260 years of history.

Join us on our journey as protectors of the world’s plants and fungi.

The salary for this position is £39,243 - £45,064 per annum, depending on skills and experience [Band D].

Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well as access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.

If you are interested in this position, please submit your application through the online portal, by clicking “Apply for this job”.

We are dedicated to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.