Senior Project Manager (PMO Lead)

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Location: Taunton / Flexible travel across services

FTC: 12-18 months

Salary: Up to 55k depending on experience

Somerset Care is embarking on an exciting period of transformation, and we're looking for a Senior Project Manager (PMO Lead) to help shape, coordinate, and elevate our Project Management Office.

If you're an experienced project professional looking to make a meaningful impact across health and social care, this is a fantastic opportunity to lead strategic programmes that directly benefit the people and the communities we support.

About the Role

In this pivotal role, you'll partner with senior leaders across Operations, HR, IT, Property and Finance to deliver cross-functional projects that improve how we work. You'll set PMO standards, embed governance and reporting, and ensure projects run smoothly, on time and within scope.

Key programmes include:

• Technology transformation

• Staffing model alignment

• Commercial model review

• Property optimisation

You'll also be the central link between project teams and stakeholders ensuring clear communication, strong engagement, and effective change adoption across our services.

What You'll Lead On

• Building and embedding PMO standards, governance and reporting
• Coordinating multiple complex projects and maintaining detailed plans
• Facilitating meetings, tracking RAID logs, and managing dependencies
• Supporting pilots, training, rollouts and change adoption
• Producing high-quality updates for the COO and Executive Team
• Maintaining portfolio oversight aligned to organisational priorities

What Success Looks Like

You'll be measured on:

• 90%+ achievement of key project milestones
• Effective budget management
• Timely risk and issue resolution
• Strong engagement and clear communication across teams
• High adoption rates of new systems/processes
• Visible improvements to operational efficiency and staff experience

About You

You're structured, collaborative, and thrive in fast-moving, multi-disciplinary environments. You bring clarity to complexity, communicate confidently at all levels, and keep projects moving with pace and purpose.

Essential experience includes:

• Project coordination or management, ideally in care, health, property or service delivery
• Strong planning, documentation and organisational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to manage competing priorities and collaborate across functions
• Proficiency with project tools (MS Project, Asana, Excel, etc.)

Desirable:

• PRINCE2 / APM or similar qualifications
• Experience in regulated or care environments
• Understanding of change management
• Ability to interpret financial/operational data
• Full UK driving licence

If you're ready to lead meaningful change and shape the future of Somerset Care's programme delivery, we'd love to hear from you.

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Application closing date: 28th November 2025

Somerset Care Limited is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and welcome applications from all individuals. As this position involves "regulated activity" (as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) an Enhanced DBS check will be undertaken.

It's a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group. Somerset Care is committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and children at risk.

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