Project Manager

Project Manager

35 hours per week

Fixed term until 30 April 2027

For more than 425 years, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow has been improving health and healthcare for people around the world.  

Today, we are a professional membership body providing education, assessment and development to more than 15,000 Fellows and Members at all stages of their careers. We are a UK organisation with a global membership. 

Our estate in the heart of Glasgow city centre includes modern conferencing and events facilities, a rich and extensive heritage collection with museum status, a library and our multi-award-winning events offering, 1599 at the Royal College. 

Our purpose is built around delivering:  

• Excellent education and an outstanding member experience 
• New standards through assessment and gold standard qualifications 
• Transformative impact on the health and wellbeing of the wider world 

The Role

The Project Manager will primarily be responsible for the development and successful delivery of College’s ICT projects. This will include overseeing project delivery including quality of end product, timescales and budgets, and ensuring sufficient training where necessary for the wider organisation; ensuring internal technical and non-technical staff, and 3rd party providers in each project team are appropriate for successful delivery; managing the work of each project team; managing project risk registers and actively anticipating and mitigating all material project risks; and ensuring adherence to College’s project management processes.

In addition, the Project Manager is responsible for developing and implementing good project management practice throughout College.

About You

 ·      Formal Project Management Qualification (e.g. Prince2 Foundation, PPM, Agile Scrum Master) 

·        Project Management experience 

·        Self-motivated, holds high level of accountability for themselves 

·        Demonstrated analytical, problem solving and planning skills 

·        Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills 

·        Commercial awareness at a project level 

·        Enthusiastic about information technology with an ability to grasp technical concepts 

·        Committed to personal excellence, ethical behaviour, and integrity 

·        Excellent planning and resource management skills 

·        Understanding and management of Project Change 

·        Excellent report writing and analysis skills 

·        Excellent understanding of project applications / tools such as MS Project, Asana, Visio, PowerPoint, Word, Excel etc. 

The full job description can be found on our website.

Benefits include:

·        40 days holiday

·        Hybrid working – at least 50% of working time in the College, dependent on the needs of the business

·        Pension scheme – the College offers a contributory pension scheme with employer contributions ranging from 6% to 10%, based on the employee’s chosen contribution level 

·        Life Assurance

·        Enhanced Sick Pay, Maternity, Paternity and Adoption pay 

·        Health and Wellbeing Benefit 

·        Cycle to Work Scheme 

Successful candidates will have the requisite ability and experience to meet the specific requirements of the post. If you believe you have the skills to be part of our team then apply by submitting your CV, with a covering letter and Equal Opportunities Monitoring form (available from our website).

The closing date is 6 October 2026. However, we will assess applications as they are received and call successful applicants for interview. Therefore, the closing date may be brought forward without notice.

Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow is a Scottish Charity, SC000847, regulated by the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR).