About us

TfL is responsible for some of the highest profile, most complex and diverse infrastructure work in the UK. Our projects keep a world city moving for 8.6 million people and we do this through our teams of talented people.  

TfL delivers critical portfolios of projects to make journeys better for our customers. Our projects vary from enhancing our stations, trains, tracks and roads to multi £billion programmes to invest in our infrastructure and the technology that supports it.

Our core values of delivering safely, sustainably, reliably and affordably are at the heart of every project. People are the key to our success and by making sure we share knowledge, skills and expertise across our programmes we enhance both your career and how we deliver for London. 

We are now looking for talented Assistant Project Managers to join us to work on a wide variety of exciting and high-profile projects and programmes. You will assist with the day-to-day management of external contractors/suppliers and support the implementation of projects. This includes management of TfL obligations, contractors, Private Finance Initiative (PFI) suppliers, or other third-party partners, to ensure delivery of projects on behalf of TfL, meeting the needs of our customers.  

TfL is an inclusive and flexible organisation, committed to developing you. We are looking for both experienced Assistant Project Managers and people with potential and the ability to demonstrate a passion for project management.  

Job Purpose

APM adopts a one team approach that shares resources to deliver projects efficiently. As the role will cover project work across all modes within APD, the job holder should be flexible in terms of movement and location of work to successfully deliver assigned projects. Responsibility for project management of small work packages or assisting project managers with the implementation of larger projects including day-to-day management of external contractors / suppliers. This includes management of TfL obligations and of principal contractors, PFI suppliers or other third party suppliers to ensure delivery of projects on behalf of TfL to meet the needs of its customers.

Key accountabilities 

• Making day-to-day decisions to help resolve project issues 
• Undertaking local level management resolution within a level of authority and advancing to management as appropriate
• Handling the collection, collation and interpretation of data 
• Researching alternatives to current methods and suggesting opportunities for continuous improvement to project management processes 
• Analysis of data and making decisions where appropriate or providing recommendations 
• Identifying standard methodology and risk management suggestions and raising with management as appropriate 
• Maximising effectiveness of day-to-day relationships with operational colleagues 
• Prepare performance/progress reports for both internal and external reviews

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

We’re most interested in your potential, but as a guide, these are some of the skills, knowledge and experience that we look for:

 

Skills 

• Analyse data, draw conclusions and produce reports (Essential) 
• Build effective working relationships, with people at all levels across the organisation and externally (Essential) 
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people at all levels across the organisation and externally (Highly desirable) 
• Plan and manage tasks to time, budget and quality (Desirable) 
• Use Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) to basic level (Desirable)

Knowledge of

• Project management tools and techniques (Desirable) 
• Risk management and planning processes (Desirable) 
• Contractual issues in a project environment (Desirable) 
• Financial control and procurement processes and techniques (Desirable) 
• Health, Safety & Environment knowledge (Desirable)

Experience of

• Working on contracts/projects in a commercial environment (Desirable) 
• Building effective working relations with people at all levels across an organisation and externally (Essential) 
• Working in a team-based service environment (Essential) 
• Analysis of data (Highly desirable)