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On behalf of Network Rail, we are looking for a Assistant Project Manager for a 6 month contract based remotely but does include up to 4 days a week in the Manchester Square One offices

Network Rail is at the heart of revitalising Britain’s railway. From Crossrail – Europe’s largest civil engineering project – to investment in world-class stations and major programmes of electrification, we are involved in some of the most ambitious and diverse ventures that this country has ever seen. We at Network Rail are dedicated to becoming one of Britain's best employers and believe this starts with placing the candidate at the heart of everything we do!

New project – training team within Network Rail – helpdesk and planning for national training – Shared Services

As a Assistant Project Manager, your main responsibilities will be:

• Support Change Delivery: Assist Project Managers and Change Leads in coordinating change initiatives that impact Shared Services operations (e.g. HR, Finance, Payroll, Procurement). 
• Documentation & Tracking: Maintain accurate records of change activities, stakeholder engagement, feedback, and actions, ensuring updates are captured in change logs or trackers. 
• Training Coordination: Organise logistics for training sessions or briefings to support adoption of new systems, processes, or tools, ensuring attendance is tracked and materials are distributed. 
• Data Collection & Analysis: Gather data (e.g. from surveys, feedback forms, or system reports) to support root cause analysis and help assess service performance or user impact. 
• Process Review Support: Contribute to small process mapping exercises or workshops, helping document current- state processes and capture suggested improvements. 
• Proactive Suggestions: Identify and propose simple improvements to team workflows or reporting processes, especially where manual effort or duplication is identified. 

Essential Skills

• Experience as an assistant project manager across either public or privste sectors
• Experience in maintaining project documentation, action logs, risk and issue trackers, and project plans to the highest of standard
• Identify and propose simple improvements to team workflows or reporting processes, especially where manual effort or duplication is identified. 
• Excellent communication skills– able to engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels. 
• Highly organised with the ability to manage time effectively and prioritise a large workload 
• Strong self starter with a pro active confident approach to all duties

Desirable Skills

• Experience within large public sector, rail, infrastructure, or shared service operation is highly beneficial

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Network Rail is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. They welcome applications from everyone.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Network Rail guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".