Job Description

Our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We're an organisation where people matter.
We're continuing to build a diverse organisation which is representative of the people we serve. We want to harness the skills and expertise of our people and attract the best talent, to enable a safe and accessible railway for everyone. To learn why inclusion is important to us, please click .
About our people and the recruitment process - We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone!
We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance.
We're also a employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.
Brief Description
To provide assistance as required to the Safe and Effective Working project team in the delivery of projects.
Safe and Effective Working is a dedicated team focused on the design, implementation and governance of a series of innovative planning and delivery improvement initiatives across the rail network. This work is focussed on protecting track workers from trains and delivering work as effectively and with the least impact to the travelling public and freight operators as possible. We are embedded across the geography of East Coast, North & East and East Midlands Routes, where we employ strong interdepartmental and cross-boundary approaches for strategic, realistic and purposeful change.
About the role (External)
Role and Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
1. Assist the Project Management team in the delivery of projects to time, cost and quality in a safe manner.
2. Collate, format and distribute data to support project requirements. Cascade to internal and external parties where appropriate.
3. Using the available reporting systems and guidelines monitor and report on project progress.
4. Maintain and generate project and programme documentation in accordance with project reporting system guidelines.
5. Participate in projects as required.
Are you?
Educated to HND/HNC level, relevant project or administration experience.
Ability to organise and prioritise own workload to meet deadlines.
Strong organisation skills
Good communication skills (verbal and written)
Computer literate (Word, Excel, PPT)
Do you have?
Knowledge and experience of applying project methodologies.
Obtained or working towards a project related qualification.
Networking and stakeholder engagement skills
Commercial & financial awareness
How to apply (External)
Salary and benefits:

• Salary Circa 30,117 depending on skills, qualifications and experience.

• 28 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays

• My benefits - Our discounted online shopping site

• A range of discounted offers including, healthcare offers - cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefits.

• Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets

• A choice of contributory pension schemes

• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community.

**Please note that the advert closes on the 30 July 2025 and late applications will not be considered **
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.
***Some of our roles require face to face Drugs & Alcohol testing. Further details will be shared with you as part of your formal offer.****
Oh, and by the way...
We care deeply about welcoming people no matter where they're from, how old they are or what disability they may have. We encourage applications from every age, race, ethnicity, disability, gender, gender identity, religion, culture, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, maternity or caring responsibility. We want our employees to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you!
We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential skills and experience detailed above. Network Rail positively embraces flexible working, recognising that employees may wish to balance work and family/home life. We will consider all flexible working applications.
Network Rail is required to comply with UK Government standards when carrying out pre-employment checks for all new starters; this includes a basic criminal record check. In addition to the basic criminal record check, in accordance with the UK Government we are also required to verify your identity, right to work in the UK and previous three years employment history.
If you like the sound of all that, we'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you need an alternative method of applying, please contact Rochelle Atkinson (Resourcing Business Partner Support) at Rochelle.atkinson@networkrail.co.uk