Assistant Head of Project Delivery and Assurance
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Job Summary
Are you an experienced project professional who wants to take a leading role in modernising and improving how we work across St Mungos
Were looking for an Assistant Head of Project Delivery and Assurance to join our Change and Transformation Team.
Reporting to the Head of Change and Transformation youll lead on project delivery and assurance driving a varied programme to modernise systems and processes at St Mungos ultimately helping colleagues deliver the best possible service to people experiencing homelessness.
Youll oversee a team of Project Managers Business Analysts and our PMO Lead managing projects such as IT system replacements data transformation initiatives and operational improvements like relocating our central office. Theres a lot happening and this role is key to ensuring projects are delivered on time on budget and achieve the benefits we need.
In this role you will:
- Coordinate projects across St Mungos ensuring resources are in place and building a pipeline of change that meets business needs.
- Keep the Transformation Portfolio Management Committee informed enabling scrutiny of performance risks and assurance to the Board.
- Develop robust project controls and artefacts for successful delivery.
- Build organisational project delivery capability to increase capacity for change.
- Ensure strong management of budgets risks issues dependencies and benefits at both project and portfolio level.
In this role you will be required to work flexibly for 2 days per week from our Central Office in London. This allows for training in person collaboration team building line management and other relationship building opportunities. We support a flexible approach to work with opportunities for agile working for the rest of your week; from home or other St Mungos London or regional locations.
While our Central Office is currently based in Tower Hill London we plan to relocate in the summer of 2026 to a new space in Farringdon London.
About you
We are looking for an experienced project professional who can quickly take the lead and drive impact building on the strong foundations weve set to professionalise project delivery.
You will be an excellent problem solver with strong communication and influencing skills able to engage colleagues at all levels of the organisation.
You will bring proven experience in leading portfolios programmes or projects within a structured project control environment using methodologies such as P3O PRINCE2 or Agile.
Above all you make things happen have the ability to drive progress efficiently while building engagement and collaboration along the way always ensuring outcomes are achieved and meet the needs of the organisation.
We are working hard to create a diverse and fully inclusive culture where everyone feels valued and we welcome applications from all under-represented groups particularly Global Majority candidates who are underrepresented at this management level.
How to apply
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When youre ready to apply click the Apply Now Button to submit your CV and Supporting Statement.
Closing date: 10am on 26 January 2026
Interview and assessments on: 5 February 2026
About Us
Our purpose is to end homelessness and rebuild lives. It drives everything that we do. For the past 55 years we have been on the ground every day and every night supporting people to recover from homelessness and advocating for change. We support around 28000 people each year and our work means that more than 2700 people have somewhere safe to stay each night.
What We Offer
We are working hard to create a diverse and fully inclusive culture where all colleagues feel valued and we welcome applications from all under-represented groups. We believe that equity diversity and inclusion improves the health wellbeing and development of our colleagues and helps to ensure everyone feels valued. We know that when diversity inclusion and wellbeing are prioritisedwe are happier healthier and can ultimately achieve better outcomes for our clients.
Below are some of our key focus areas to improve both our candidate and colleague experience:
- A growing number of diversity networks including LGBTQ Womens Action Lived Experience and Anti-Racist networks.
- Increasing visibility by ensuring that all interview panels across the organisation are diversely represented to ensure fair and balanced decision making during the recruitment process.
- A safe and supportive working environment championing positive action via various internal schemes such as upward mentoring and a Steps into Management programme.
- Mandatory Diversity & Inclusion training for all staff unconscious bias training for managers and a range of other courses such as Trans awareness and Autism Awareness.
- In recognition of the importance of transparency we publish our employee diversity statistics and pay gap reports on our website.
Want to find out more Click here to visit ourEquity Diversity & Inclusion page.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits to our colleagues to ensure wellbeing remains a key priority. Maintaining a good work life balance can be tricky but with family friendly policies flexible and agile working options and an incremental annual leave allowance we are committed to making sure you have the options available as and when you need them.
These include:
- Agile working model for suitable roles.
- Supportive flexitime and toil arrangements.
- 28 days annual leave rising to 31 after five years service.
- Family friendly leave policies including - maternity adoption and parental leave. Carers leave and fertility treatment leave.
- Financial wellbeing platform offering loans advances and saving options.
- Auto-enrolment to pension scheme after six months service with an employer contribution of 6%.
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to SmartHealth app 24/7 GP appointments health checks and nutrition advice.
- Cycle to Work scheme and interest free season ticket loans.
- Discount vouchers including gym retail food & drink travel electricals and more.
Want to find out more Want to find out moreClick here to visit our Work For Us page.
At St Mungos we are committed to providing development opportunities for all our colleagues. We welcome people with a wide range of experiences and value transferable skills so that we can provide the best support for people experiencing homelessness. Thats why we have a robust induction training and development programme that supports colleagues throughout their career at St Mungos.
These include:
- Highly praised internal training courses and access to external learning to build your skills and meet your professional development goals.
- Steps into Management programme to support colleague progression.
- Commitment to continued professional development with access to career development forums internal mentoring and internal secondment opportunities.
Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungos current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.
Documents
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Civil Engineering
- Communication
- Corporate Partnerships
- Fire Fighting
- Business Analytics
- ACCA
About Company
St Mungo's is a leading UK homelessness charity supporting over 3,150 people every night. Help us end homelessness and rebuild lives.
