Senior Project Manager Education Digital Services

Salary £46,142-£51,356 per annum Permanent, Full Time, 37 hours per week

We are recruiting an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our Education Digital Services - Design and Implementation team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a strong background in delivering high quality ICT solutions and driving impactful digital change in education settings.

Education Digital Services provides a comprehensive portfolio of ICT solutions to over 600 schools across the North West, supporting their digital strategy, infrastructure, and classroom technologies.

About the Role

As Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for leading and delivering a range of complex ICT projects to agreed timescales, budgets, and quality standards. You will also play a key leadership role, supporting and guiding a small team of ICT Project Managers, ICT Engineers, and ICT Technicians throughout the full project life cycle.

What You'll Need to Succeed

• Proven project management experience delivering complex technical or digital projects
• A track record of designing and implementing end to end IT solutions, including managing the resulting organisational or technical change
• Significant experience in technical design, systems analysis, programming, or technical support
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and engage effectively with customers and stakeholders

Whatyou'llget in return

We value our staff as individuals and aim to help them achieve their full potential while working for us. We offer a work environment that encourages staff engagement, team working and problem solving and we recognise the importance and benefits of a good work life balance. In return for your passion and expertise, we offer all our staff a generous benefits package equal to the terms and conditions enjoyed by all council staff. Details of the benefits on offer can be found on the LCC Vacancies website.

The team is based at a great location, just a short walk from the train station and main bus routes.

For a confidential and informal chat about the role, please contact Nicola Tate -

Closing date: 09th March 2026

Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.

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