Project and Delivery Manager

Project and Delivery Manager (FTC, 12 months)

Do you have a background in co-ordinating and delivering a range of projects within the education industry? If so, grow your career with NFER as a Project and Delivery Manager and make a positive, lasting impact in a leading independent charity with a worldwide reputation.

Salary: £36,000 - £40,000 (DOE)

Location: Slough, Hybrid (office attendance 2-3 days a week)

Job Type: Full-time, FTC 12 months

As a Project and Delivery Manager, you’ll join our operations team working to develop, plan and implement the operational delivery processes of various projects, including; surveys, randomised controlled trials, assessments and test trials with a key focus on project delivery, school relationship management, data collection, and supporting internal and external clients.

Typically, you’ll be working to engage with schools to collect data, organise survey and assessment completion including the preparation and delivery of materials, and the training and deployment of administrators and markers. Projects may include supporting the improvement and development of customer facing platforms.

You will work with Project leads to agree and monitor schedules, ensuring projects are delivered to time, budget and quality expectations and key changes are escalated as appropriate for the whole end-to-end process.

Requirements

To be a Project and Delivery Manager, you'll ideally have experience of delivering and managing projects within education or a research environment. We are open to considering a variety of backgrounds - what you'll need is an aptitude for using technology, the ability to plan forward, a logical approach, good written communication skills and the ability to turn complex tasks into practical realities.

WHY NFER?

We put impact before profit to improve outcomes for future generations everywhere, supporting positive change across education systems worldwide.

We are an independent charity and a trusted destination for education research evidence and insights.

We embrace agility and flexibility to enable you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments.

We place equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all.

We offer our next Project and Delivery Manager

• Competitive salary of £36,000 - £40,000 depending on experience and reviewed annually
• Generous pension scheme
• 42 days’ holiday per year including bank holidays + additional discretionary days
• Excellent support for continued professional development
• Flexible working with hybrid working – office attendance based on business need
• Lots of well-being and social activities
• And the opportunity to help children around the world have a better life
  
  

Other roles you may have experience of include: Project Manager or Delivery Manager.

We are reviewing applications regularly as part of an ongoing recruitment process and will begin shortlisting on 15th October 2025.

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us and we will talk to you about how we can assist.

If you’re looking for a place where you can put your heart, soul and skills into making a difference, then you could be our next Project and Delivery Manager and we want to hear from you. Apply via the button shown.