IT Project Manager – SCP46 £54,941
City Building provides a range of repairs and maintenance, manufacturing, construction and refurbishment activities for Glasgow City Council and Wheatley Housing Group’s citizens and customers as well as other public, private and third sector organisations.
City Building operates both the largest construction craft apprenticeship programme in Scotland, and Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi), one of the largest supported manufacturing businesses in Europe, around 200 people, more than 50% of whom have a disability.
Our accreditations include, ISO45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001:2015. We are current recipients of a Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promoting Opportunity and Investors in Young People Platinum award. Both these accolades recognise our focus on investing in and growing a skilled staff base.
We are currently recruiting for a Project Manager to join our IT Team.
As a Project Manager, you will play a critical role in the delivery of digital transformation and innovation across City Building. You will be responsible for planning, executing, and closing projects that deliver strategic objectives, business value, and enhanced operational performance.
You will provide strong leadership and direction to multi-disciplinary project teams, ensuring that project scope, resources, timelines, risks, and budgets are effectively managed from initiation to completion.
You will foster collaboration between stakeholders, business units, and technical teams to drive alignment, resolve challenges, and ensure project outcomes meet or exceed expectations.
Requirements for the role:
- Possess recognised professional certifications such as Prince 2 practitioner, MSP, PMP.
- Desirable to have Agile PM.
- Experience in delivering complex projects.
- Demonstrable experience in transformation, cloud, technology or digital delivery.
- Demonstrable experience managing delivery in dynamic or resource constrained environments.
- Proven record in managing cross-functional teams, budgets and risk in a matrixed environment.
- Experience in working with public sector stakeholders.
This role is fixed term for 12 months.
You will be required to have a flexible approach to this role. Your contracted hours of work will be 35 hours per week to be worked to suit the needs of the business.
As an employee of City Building, you will also receive the following benefits:
- A rewarding career with a competitive salary.
- Access to contributory pension scheme – Strathclyde Pension Fund.
- Excellent annual leave entitlement.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption/shared parental leave.
- Access to excellent health and wellbeing initiatives.
- Access to a discounted gym membership.
Please refer to the role profile for further details on the role.
If you feel, you have the necessary skills and experience for this role then please forward your CV along with a completed Supporting Statement to the People Services Team, Recruitment@citybuildingglasgow.co.uk by Monday, 11 August 2025.
