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Project Manager - Public Affairs and Policy

The Talent Set

Remote

£54,000 - £55,000 per year, pro rata

Part-time (3 days a week)

Contract or temporary (3-4 month contract)

Health

Actively Interviewing

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Role Overview
The Talent Set are delighted to partner with a brilliant health charity on a fantastic Project Manager - Public Affairs and Policy role. Working within a health policy and influencing project, the successful candidate will help coordinate data and insight work, stakeholder engagement, and a structured tender process to support publication planning. This is a 3 day a week role for 3-4 months.

Key Responsibilities

Setting up and managing project plans, documentation and tracking spreadsheets
Coordinate and support external agencies through research/data analysis phases, including preparing documentation for subsequent phases
Plan and oversee tender activities, ensuring paperwork and processes are accurate and completed to deadline
Organise stakeholder engagement, including surveys with healthcare professionals and roundtables, providing clear logistics and communications
Support report drafting and summarising insights into clear deliverables for publication planning
Liaise with internal technical leads to capture requirements and translate inputs into written outputs
Track publication timelines and manage changes as findings emerge

Person Specification

Strong organisational and planning capability, with the ability to manage multiple moving parts and stakeholders
Project management experience within a public affairs, policy or communications team
Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to produce clear summaries and supporting documentation
Confident stakeholder management skills, comfortable engaging with a range of professionals and volunteers
Experience managing research, comms-related projects, or influencing activity with clear deliverables and deadlines
Practical digital confidence (e.g., MS Office, email)
Collaborative, flexible approach, with professionalism and empathy for time-constrained participants

What’s on Offer
Salary: £54,000-£55,000, pro rata for 3 days a week, for 3-4 months. This role will ideally see someone in their London office once a month, but this isn't essential.

How to Apply
“To apply, please submit your CV demonstrating your suitability for this role by clicking the 'apply now' button (please do not apply via email). We aim to get back to all successful candidates within 48 working hours.”

Commitment to Diversity
“The Talent Set are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability, or age. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.”

Applications are open now—submit a CV today to be considered for an interview as soon as possible.

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Posted on: 18 June 2026

Closing date: 22 June 2026 at 13:39

Job ref: 6525

Tags: Policy, Project Management, Public Affairs

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Project Manager - Assurance & Improvement

Victim Support

Remote

£22,889.6 - £42,918 per year

Part-time (BBTECH_RESERVED:Text100)

Permanent

Justice

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We are looking for a highly organised, detail oriented and dynamic Project Manager for Assurance & Improvement. In this role you will plan, coordinate, and support delivery of national audit, assurance, and continual improvement activity. Using effective project management, you will ensure that audits, quality assurance, non-conformance actions, and improvement plans are tracked, reported, and delivered to agreed standards and timescales.

This is a part-time role (20 hours per week), home based, with proposed working hours of 10am-2pm Monday-Friday. These hours are subject to negotiation with the successful candidate; working Monday - Friday is a requirement of the role.

This role is a new opportunity to work as part of Victim Support's Quality & Compliance team, supporting the team to oversee and improve the quality of Victim services across England & Wales.

What we offer

At Victim Support, we are committed to attracting and retaining the best talent. Our competitive rewards and benefits package include:

Flexible Working Options: Including hybrid working.
Generous Annual Leave: 28 days plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 33 days plus Bank Holidays, with options to buy or sell annual leave.
Birthday Leave: An extra day off for your birthday.
Pension Plan: 5% employer contribution.
Enhanced Allowances: Enhanced sick pay, maternity, and paternity payments.
Exclusive Discounts: High Street, retail, holiday, gym, entertainment, and leisure discounts.
Financial Wellbeing: Access to our financial wellbeing hub and salary-deducted finance.
Wellbeing Support: Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support.
Inclusive Networks: Access to EDI networks and colleague cafes.
Sustainable Travel: Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loans.
Career Development: Ongoing training and support with opportunities for career progression.

About the Role

As a Project Manager for Quality & Compliance, you will provide support across the team's functions, including audit and compliance data reporting, and will lead on driving continual improvement projects.

Key Responsibilities

Audit Support - Provide project management support for the delivery of internal audits and associated audit improvement plans.
Non-Conformance - Produce data and management information relating to areas of non-conformance, and lead national projects aimed at improving compliance
Quality Assurance and Case Review - Conduct dip sampling, quality assurance activity, and case reviews to test compliance against standards.
Continuous improvement - Proactively drive continual improvement activity and provide project management support for improvement initiatives
Process Improvement - Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of processes and procedures by identifying areas for improvement
Stakeholder Engagement - Engage effectively with stakeholders to deliver key improvement projects and strengthen compliance.
Administrative Support - Provide comprehensive administrative support to Quality & Compliance meetings.
Team Support - Develop cross-functional knowledge across the department and provide cover for the Quality & Compliance Team during periods of absence.

About You

Ideally, you will hold a relevant professional qualification in project management, continual improvement or audit, and have knowledge & understand of project management, audit principles & quality assurance.

You will need:

Project Management - Proven experience of managing and delivering projects to the defined outcomes within quality, time and cost limits.
Organisation Skills - Highly organised and flexible with the ability to manage complex work streams on an ongoing basis to achieve high quality results.
IT & Data Skills - Strong analytical skills with high proficiency in Microsoft Office (particularly Excel) and an ability to interpret, analyse and present complex information and quality & performance data
Stakeholder Engagement - Experience of working collaboratively with leaders, managers and staff at all levels to influence change.
Collaborative Working - Ability to work effectively with colleagues across the organisation, drawing on skills and support to ensure delivery against deadlines and targets.
Communication - Excellent attention to detail and strong written communication skills, including the ability to produce clear summaries and project overviews.

About Us

Victim Support is an independent charity dedicated to supporting people affected by crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales. We put them at the heart of our organisation, and our support and campaigns are informed and shaped by them and their experiences.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.

At Victim Support, we're proud to celebrate diversity and create a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We're committed to being an antiracist organisation, and we actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those from Black and Asian and other minoritised communities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet all essential criteria for a job where it is practicable to do so. We are also happy to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment and selection process.

How to apply

To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date. If you have already registered & started an application, then we will contact you to advise of the amended closing date wherever possible.

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