Digital Project Manager at Homes England, Remote/UK Offices, to the end of December 2026, £Contract Rate

Homes England, the government's housing and regeneration agency, plays a central role in tackling the housing challenges the country now faces. We have the appetite, influence, expertise, and resource to drive positive market change, and our mission is to ensure more homes are built in areas of greatest need, improve affordability and create a sustainable housing market.

The role manages the planning, execution, and closure of projects that deliver against the Agency's objectives. It works closely with stakeholders, oversees resources, and ensures delivery within agreed scope, time, and budget. The role ensures governance and transparency throughout the project lifecycle, adhering to public sector standards and policies.

This role maintains core competencies aligned with the Project Delivery Capability Framework and contributes to the Agency's strategic objectives. By applying recognised government standards, the role supports effective communication, efficient delivery, and informed decision-making. The role demonstrates adaptability, promotes best practice, and supports continuous improvement and professional growth.

The role consistently demonstrates and embeds the Agency 's values and behaviours in daily work, contributing to a positive and inclusive culture.

As a Digital Project Manager, your main responsibilities will be:

• Develop and manage detailed project plans, including scope, schedule, budget, and resource allocation.
• Provide key reports to support governance, decision making, and project assurance.
• Identify potential risks and issues and work with the project team to develop mitigation strategies.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including plans, reports, and records.
• Identify risks and issues and develop mitigation strategies with the project team.
• Track project progress against milestones and deliverables, providing regular updates and reports to senior management.
• Support the development and coordination of initiation/investment justification/business case artefacts/documentation.
• Ensure effective change management processes are in place by documenting changes to deliverables as agreed with stakeholders.
• Identify and engage with key stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and collaboration, including managing stakeholder 's expectations.
• Seek support, guidance, and coaching from the project community to enhance project outcomes.

Essential Skills

• Manage the successful delivery of the Microsoft Copilot implementation project, ensuring scope, timelines, budget, risks, dependencies and stakeholder expectations are effectively managed to achieve agreed outcomes.
• Extensive holistic project management experience off integration within digital space or sector
• Plan and coordinate the deployment and adoption of Microsoft Copilot across the agency, including the development and delivery of training, user support materials, communications and engagement activities to enable successful implementation and user uptake.
• Coordinate multiple suppliers responsible for different aspects of the delivery, maintaining a single integrated project plan, managing dependencies and ensuring a cohesive approach to project delivery across all workstreams.
• Strong self starter with a hands on approach to all duties

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Homes England guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

Homes England guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.