Project Manager
Posted 7 days 23 hours ago by Somerset House
Permanent
Part Time
Other
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
Project Manager
Description We are looking for people to join our fantastic team at Somerset House Trust. As the home of cultural innovators, the Trust connects creativity and the arts with the broader society.
Somerset House pursues a 'Step Inside, Think Outside' spirit and is born from the creative community we nurture - the experience and perspectives we host across background, age, race, and stage, and the intersections and crossovers we encourage.
We are embarking on an ambitious data transformation project aimed at significantly improving how we understand and engage with our audiences and operate as a business. This role has been created to lead the delivery of that transformation, with a focus on how we collect, manage, present and analyse data to drive smarter, more strategic planning across the organisation. At the heart of the project is a commitment to deepening our audience insight capabilities, with an aim to enable more informed decision-making, more targeted engagement strategies, and a more agile response to evolving audience needs. The Project Manager will play a pivotal role in steering this work, coordinating teams, aligning stakeholders, and managing timelines, budgets, and outputs to ensure successful delivery. This is a key strategic role that will shape how data underpins our future planning and impact.
This is a fixed term contract, planned to be for 18 months duration, although this is subject to change.
What we are looking for:
Skills, knowledge & expertise required for the role: Experience:
Benefits to working at Somerset House Mental Health & Wellbeing - Access to our external Employee Assistance Programme (CiC) for free 24/7 confidential advice and support, including up to 6 free counselling sessions per year where needed - Mental health support and guidance from our in-house trained Mental Health First Aiders - Hybrid working based on having 3 days in the office per week (pro rata if part-time)
- Contribution towards eye tests and glasses
-Trust life insurance scheme
- We offer winter flu vaccination vouchers
dependent on the needs of the role
Holiday - Enhanced annual leave - 25 days plus bank holidays (pro rata) - Birthday leave - additional day leave - Celebration day - to celebrate anything of your choice
Other Leave - Sick leave - 20 days full pay, followed by 20 days half pay (pro rata & following 3 months service) - Emergency dependent care - option to use 25% of paid sick leave for emergency care of a dependent (pro rata & following 3 months of service) - Enhanced maternity pay
Benefits - 8% employer pension contributions, no employee contribution required - Option for salary sacrifice - Season ticket loan - Cycle to Work scheme
Discounts, offers and free stuff
-The list is endless and includes tickets to Somerset House events and entrance to other London Heritage sites
-Discounts in Somerset House cafes and restaurants
-Discounts with various high street retailers and restaurants
-Discounts to local leisure centres
following 3 months of employment
Application Deadline: 30 June 2025
Department: IT
Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract
Location: London
Reporting To: Amaraghosha Carter
Compensation: £42,000 - £45,000 / year
Description We are looking for people to join our fantastic team at Somerset House Trust. As the home of cultural innovators, the Trust connects creativity and the arts with the broader society.
Somerset House pursues a 'Step Inside, Think Outside' spirit and is born from the creative community we nurture - the experience and perspectives we host across background, age, race, and stage, and the intersections and crossovers we encourage.
We are embarking on an ambitious data transformation project aimed at significantly improving how we understand and engage with our audiences and operate as a business. This role has been created to lead the delivery of that transformation, with a focus on how we collect, manage, present and analyse data to drive smarter, more strategic planning across the organisation. At the heart of the project is a commitment to deepening our audience insight capabilities, with an aim to enable more informed decision-making, more targeted engagement strategies, and a more agile response to evolving audience needs. The Project Manager will play a pivotal role in steering this work, coordinating teams, aligning stakeholders, and managing timelines, budgets, and outputs to ensure successful delivery. This is a key strategic role that will shape how data underpins our future planning and impact.
This is a fixed term contract, planned to be for 18 months duration, although this is subject to change.
What we are looking for:
- Manage a programme of work to transform the Trust's approach to managing and using data, expanding the depth and quality of data, and its utilisation, to enable data-informed decision making.
- Enable the analysis of behavioural trends and consumer data to help refine messaging, optimise campaigns, and enhance overall customer experience.
- To deliver projects to time, budget and quality requirements via the application of agreed Project Management tools, techniques and expertise.
- To identify and manage key dependencies
Skills, knowledge & expertise required for the role: Experience:
- PRINCE2/MSP practitioner / Association for Project Management (APM) certified / Project Management Institute (PMI) certified
- Significant demonstrable experience in the delivery of technical IT projects
- Experience of performing systems and/or business analysis to understand end user processes and impact
- Experience managing data transformations and data lifecycles
- Experience working in the not-for-profit sector
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders
- Flexibility and adaptability to change
- Strong numeracy and IT skills, including working knowledge of MS Office applications and spreadsheets, and ability to learn new systems and software quickly
- Agile project management qualification
- ITIL server management qualification
Benefits to working at Somerset House Mental Health & Wellbeing - Access to our external Employee Assistance Programme (CiC) for free 24/7 confidential advice and support, including up to 6 free counselling sessions per year where needed - Mental health support and guidance from our in-house trained Mental Health First Aiders - Hybrid working based on having 3 days in the office per week (pro rata if part-time)
- Contribution towards eye tests and glasses
-Trust life insurance scheme
- We offer winter flu vaccination vouchers
dependent on the needs of the role
Holiday - Enhanced annual leave - 25 days plus bank holidays (pro rata) - Birthday leave - additional day leave - Celebration day - to celebrate anything of your choice
Other Leave - Sick leave - 20 days full pay, followed by 20 days half pay (pro rata & following 3 months service) - Emergency dependent care - option to use 25% of paid sick leave for emergency care of a dependent (pro rata & following 3 months of service) - Enhanced maternity pay
Benefits - 8% employer pension contributions, no employee contribution required - Option for salary sacrifice - Season ticket loan - Cycle to Work scheme
Discounts, offers and free stuff
-The list is endless and includes tickets to Somerset House events and entrance to other London Heritage sites
-Discounts in Somerset House cafes and restaurants
-Discounts with various high street retailers and restaurants
-Discounts to local leisure centres
following 3 months of employment