Job Description

Join us as a Project Manager and make an invaluable contribution to our Food Safety & Biosecurity!
As a Project Manager, you'll lead and deliver a wide range of initiatives that support Fera's 5?year Strategic Plan. You may be involved in projects such as facility construction and refurbishment, implementing new systems and technologies, launching new products, improving operational efficiency, strengthening environmental or regulatory compliance, or supporting merger and acquisition activity. Whatever the focus, you'll play a key part in driving successful outcomes for the organisation and advancing Fera's scientific and operational goals.
What you'll be doing:

• Leading and managing projects independently in line with organisational goals and values.
• Owning day?to?day project delivery, including revenue, costs and performance within agreed constraints.
• Defining clear deliverables and ensuring they are met to time, cost and quality.
• Maintaining strong governance, including RAID logs, documentation and regular project reporting.
• Identifying, assessing and managing risks, actions, issues, decisions and lessons learned.
• Reporting progress to the Executive Project Sponsor and Steering Group.
• Engaging, influencing and collaborating with stakeholders at all levels.
• Building strong working relationships to ensure alignment and remove delivery barriers.
• Supporting and mentoring less experienced colleagues in good project management practice.

What we're looking for:

• Strong understanding and application of project management methodologies across all project stages.
• Confident communicator able to engage, influence and report clearly to stakeholders at all levels.
• Skilled in project planning, budgeting, and use of planning tools, including managing RAID logs.
• Proven ability to manage multiple medium?to?large projects and deliver to time, cost and quality.
• Ability to break down complex concepts into actionable plans and drive progress.
• Experienced in coordinating stakeholders, maintaining visibility of progress, and escalating risks appropriately.
• Capable of producing strong business cases and supporting benefits realisation.
• Understanding of regulated environments with the ability to maintain compliance.
• Strategic thinker with strong ownership, problem?solving skills and ability to embed change.
• Experience coaching or mentoring colleagues in project management practices.
• PRINCE2 or similar project management qualification would be beneficial.

What's in it for you?

• ?25 days' holiday (rising to 29) with the opportunity to buy & sell extra leave.
• Flexible working hours, on-site gym, restaurant, and free parking
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks' fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks...and plenty more.
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• Fera operates a LTIP ( Long Term Incentive Plan) under which all employees are awarded points towards shares in the Employee Benefits Trust on an annual basis. The Employee Benefits Trust holds shares on behalf of our employee, at the point of an equity event the shares will realise a cash value.

What we hope you'll do next:
Choose 'Apply now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you. If you have any questions you'd like to ask before applying, you can contact
We're an equal opportunity employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We're committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format or if you'd like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email at and we'll get back to you.
At Fera, we're making the world a better, healthier and safer place. We're a joint venture partnership between Bridgepoint and Defra and we're working proactively to protect the world we live in and the food we eat. Our teams are investigating plant and bee health, crop protection and sustainable agriculture. Join us and discover better as you deliver world-class science for the future.

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