A digital organisation rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted in 2024, our IT team, in collaboration with our private sector partners, provides the technology that is a critical enabler for our diverse, flexible, mobile workforce. We are proud to work hand-in-hand with colleagues to provide the tools and services that ultimately benefit children and families.
About The Role
We are seeking an IT Project Manager to support the successful delivery of a portfolio of IT projects and programmes across Cafcass. Working closely with the IT team, our partners and stakeholders from the wider business, you will lead the delivery of a number of IT projects, provide leadership to project teams, and ensure that agreed outcomes and benefits are delivered to time, cost and quality. Whilst we already achieve a 95% staff satisfaction with our technology, we have an ambitious programme in place to make it even better.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage IT projects from initiation through to implementation.
- Provide visible leadership to project teams.
- Plan and manage multiple projects concurrently within agreed governance.
- Select and apply appropriate delivery methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall)
- Manage project budgets, risks, issues and dependencies.
- Ensure project benefits are clearly defined, tracked and realised.
- Challenge assumptions and provide assurance on plans, delivery and outcomes.
- Report progress, risks and finances to sponsor boards and senior leaders.
- Build strong partnerships with business stakeholders, PMO and suppliers.
You will be a confident and experienced IT Project Manager with strong leadership capability and a track record of delivering change in demanding environments.
You Will Have
- Substantial IT project management experience, including risk, issue and budget management.
- Experience of leading project teams and working with external suppliers.
- Distinctive blend of business, IT, financial and communication skills, because this is a highly visible position with substantial impact.
- In depth theoretical and hands-on experience of project management methodologies e.g. agile, waterfall.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
- Experience working with sensitive and confidential data.
- A strong desire to have a positive impact on the support we offer Children and Families.
- Practitioner‑level project management qualification.
- Degree‑level qualification (preferably IT‑related).
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer generous annual leave (28 days rising to 33 days with 5 years’ continuous service, and it may be possible to recognise your current service), a Local Government Pension Scheme with significant employer contribution and a range of other financial and non-financial benefits to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing.
Where you will work
If you join us, whilst your contractual office base will be one of the 30+ offices we have across England, it is highly likely you will work remotely as you will be part of a team based around the country. However, you can expect some level of national travel for things like meetings with your team, project stakeholders and key suppliers.
Timeline
Here Is An Indicative Timeline For The Recruitment Process
Closing date
23 August 2026
Initial interview (remote via Teams)
2 > 4 September 2026
Meet the team (remote via Teams)
10 September 2026
Final interview (in-person, Coventry)
16 September 2026
We have purposefully set an initial deadline not too far away but reserve the right to extend. If we do, this doesn’t necessarily reflect the quality of anyone that has already applied, only that we wish to extend to allow more people to apply and give ourselves the broadest pool of applicants to consider.
While we don’t wish to discourage you from using AI as a support tool, applications should reflect your own thinking, experience and voice, as overreliance on AI‑generated content may limit our ability to assess your suitability for the role.
As long as you have started your application by the closing date, you will have up to two days to complete and submit your application.
The ‘meet the team’ is an informal opportunity for you to meet the wider IT team and key internal stakeholders, something that when we’ve recruited previously applicants have found valuable in helping them to get a deeper insight into our team, organisation and culture.
In anticipation of your application being successful, you might want to read about the offer and pre-employment checks process. As part of your application, you can highlight any concerns or questions about the pre-employment checks and we encourage all applicants to do so, safe in the knowledge such information will not be shared with individuals involved in the selection process.
Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Further information on what the assessment covers can be found by viewing the Cafcass DBS policy.
We look forward to hearing from you.
