Location
Manchester, GB
Department Name
SC Route Strategy Director HQ (105216) G2
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Our North West route covers Cheshire to Cumbria, including key cities like Liverpool and Manchester, and destinations such as Blackpool and the Lake District. Major stations include Crewe, Liverpool Lime Street, Preston, and Manchester Piccadilly and Victoria
This busy region sees 1.3 million daily passengers and moves 700,000 tonnes of freight weekly, with 571 stations making up a quarter of Britain's rail network.
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Brief Description
The programme management team in North West Route works with colleagues across all functions to deliver a portfolio of projects and programmes. We manage the Route data and information management processes so that Route teams can be confident in data quality and make better decisions that lead to better outcomes.
T he team's key focus is
delivery – working with those impacted by the projects and programmes to drive a people-centred approach to structured change management. We are a friendly team who work closely together and are passionate about delivering for our customers.
The Project Management Assistant (PMA) will support the NW programme management team – focussing on communications, facilitation and administration, reporting and programme controls.
About The Role (External)
Specific responsibilities include:
- Responsible for the creation of the programme communication plan (in conjunction with the programme / project managers and NW Route comms teams)
- SharePoint site creation, ongoing management and ownership
- Programme / project controls: action and RAID log management, general periodic and ad hoc reporting; working with the team to develop programme and project plans and the ongoing management of them
- Programme planning / data / reporting support to the Head of Programme Management
- General team facilitation and administrative support
- Taking the lead on smaller projects or individual workstreams
The position is key to facilitating delivery across the Route, with the person expected to focus on communications, planning, SharePoint on line creation and general administrative support.
In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:
- Educated to HND/HNC level or relevant work experience
- Good Microsoft Excel and Word skills,
- Excellent written and oral skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload to meet deadlines
- Strong organisation skills
How To Apply (External)
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Salary and benefits:
- Salary: Starting at £28,000
- Pro-rata annual leave entitlement (28 days contract dependant)
- My benefits – our discounted online shopping site
- A range of discounted offers including, childcare vouchers, healthcare offers – cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefits
- Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets
- 75% discount on leisure travel ( Discretionary )
- A choice of contributory pension schemes
- 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community
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structured pay framework, any salary offered will be within the pay range advertised.
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Closing date: 18 July 2025. Late applications will not be accepted.
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