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About the Role

Seeking a Project Manager for the Centre for Early Childhood team to manage business and international workstreams. This role involves engaging diverse stakeholders and coordinating activities to strengthen the case for early years investment, support international knowledge exchange, and position early childhood as a shared priority. The Project Manager will oversee projects from inception to completion, reporting to the Associate Director.

Responsibilities

Plan and manage allocated projects from inception to closeout, including scope, milestones, deliverables, resources and delivery routes.
Define clear success criteria, benefits and impact measures aligned to the Centre’s mission and strategic priorities.
Maintain proportionate project controls, including risk, issue, dependency, decision and action logs, escalating matters through agreed governance routes.
Coordinate delivery across internal teams, advisers, partners and stakeholders, ensuring roles, responsibilities and communications are clear.
Manage budgets, procurement inputs and resource plans, ensuring strong financial discipline and transparent reporting.
Prepare concise reports, briefings, agendas, papers and minutes that communicate progress, risks, decisions and impact clearly.
Support change control by assessing proposed changes to scope, timing, budget, risk or benefits, and capturing decisions appropriately.
Build in quality assurance so outputs meet organisational standards, safeguarding expectations, reputational considerations and project objectives.
Support evaluation, learning and benefits realisation, including lessons learned and transition into ongoing ownership where needed.
Promote collaborative, inclusive and values-led ways of working across the Centre, The Royal Foundation and its partner ecosystem.
Undertake other duties compatible with the nature and level of the post.

Requirements

Proven experience directly managing substantive projects through the project lifecycle, ideally in a charity, non-profit, research, policy, public sector, campaigning or social impact environment.
Strong understanding of structured project management practice, including planning, governance, risk and issue management, stakeholder engagement, change control, reporting, quality assurance and benefits realisation.
Experience managing complex projects with multiple internal and external stakeholders, competing priorities and sensitive reputational considerations.
Experience of budget management, resource coordination and financial reporting, including the ability to work within restricted funding, grant, donor or partner reporting requirements where relevant.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear updates, briefings and reports for stakeholders of different levels, both internal and external.
Confident user of Microsoft Suite.
Knowledge and passion for early childhood, social and emotional development, public health, research translation, policy, campaigning or systems change, and an appetite to learn.
5 years of project management experience is preferred.
APM Project Management Qualification, Project DPro, PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent professional project management qualification is preferred.
Experience of project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Monday.com, Trello, Asana or equivalent is preferred.
Excellent communicator, both in writing and orally, able to tailor your deliver based on the audience.
Collaborative and confident relationship builder, able to influence without direct authority and bring people together around shared outcomes.
Highly organised, with strong attention to detail and the ability to balance multiple workstreams and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Impact-focused and evidence-minded, with an interest in using research, data and lived experience to support meaningful social change.
Calm and agile under pressure, able to respond positively to changing contexts while maintaining strong project controls.
Discreet, professional and values-led, with good judgement when handling sensitive information, high-profile stakeholders and reputational risk.
Creative and solutions-focused, willing to offer ideas, constructive challenge and practical improvements beyond immediate tasks.
An optimistic and energetic outlook, keen to maximise the positive change you and the team can deliver.
Appreciation for the importance of discretion and confidentiality and a mature and professional approach.

Skills

Project Management
Stakeholder Engagement
Budget Management
Financial Reporting
Risk Management
Issue Management
Change Control
Reporting
Quality Assurance
Benefits Realisation
Microsoft Suite
Early Childhood Knowledge
Microsoft Project
Smartsheet
Monday.com
Trello
Asana

Location

Central London (WC1B)

Work Type

Hybrid (60% on-site, 40% remote)
Permanent
Full-time

Experience Level

5 years of project management experience (preferred)

Education Level

APM Project Management Qualification, Project DPro, PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent professional project management qualification (preferred)

Benefits

25 days of holiday per year, plus UK bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time employees)
Your birthday off
Two volunteering days per year
8% employer pension contribution
Life Assurance
Access to wellbeing support via Employee Assistance Programme and online platform
Private medical insurance (available after probation)
Healthcare cash plan (available after probation)

About the Company

The Royal Foundation leads with the belief that change is always possible and is committed to building innovative, collaborative and optimistic solutions that deliver positive impact.
The Foundation unites people and purpose to create a better future for individuals, communities, society and the planet.
It sparks progress by connecting people, ideas and ambition.
The Royal Foundation brings together experts, communities and organisations to pilot and scale solutions, including building coalitions to tackle homelessness, laying societal foundations through early childhood work, advancing mental health support and championing conservation.
The Foundation believes that when people connect with purpose and empathy, real and lasting change is possible, which is reflected in its values: Uniquely ambitious, Respectfully honest, and Collectively impactful.