Apprentice Project Manager - REF 14954

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Greater Manchester (OL16 1XU)

Closes in 20 days (Monday 8 June 2026)

Posted on 19 May 2026

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Summary

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester are recruiting for an Apprentice Project Manager. The successful candidate will work towards completing a Level 4 Associate Project Manager apprenticeship over the duration of 20 months.

Wage

£25,583 a year

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Apprentices at this rate are paid a salary equivalent to grade 3 SCP 5 for the first 12 months

Training course
Associate project manager (level 4)
Hours
Flexible working hours in accordance with the needs of the service and the council’s work-life balance policy.

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 7 September 2026

Duration

1 year 8 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

  • Assist with the management of Projects and Design teams assigned to them in delivering a safe, proactive high quality and cost-effective project or service to both internal and external customers
  • To assist with Contract Administration of projects
  • To assist the Senior Capital Projects Officer in achieving the business plan targets and other relevant objectives

Where you'll work

Number One Riverside
Smith Street
Rochdale
Greater Manchester
OL16 1XU

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

NORTH LANCS. TRAINING GROUP C.I.C.

Training course

Associate project manager (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Use project monitoring and reporting techniques to track, interpret and report on performance.
  • Manage and engage with stakeholders.
  • Influence and negotiate with others to create a positive outcome for the project.
  • Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
  • Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
  • Communicate and support the project vision, to ensure buy in to the project objectives.
  • Collate and analyse information and provide input to support negotiations relating to project objectives.
  • Monitor and analyse project budgets.
  • Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
  • Apply change control processes to support the management of project scope.
  • Evaluate an integrated project management plan to provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
  • Prepare, monitor, and schedule activities that contribute to the delivery of the overall project schedule and objectives.
  • Evaluate and make recommendations on the risk management plan to threats to delivery and recommend solutions.
  • Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
  • Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
  • Use an organisation’s continual improvement process including lessons learned to improve performance.
  • Support the preparation or maintenance of a resource management plan for project activities.
  • Work with stakeholders to deliver the project.
  • Use digital tools and software to meet project objectives for example research, collaboration, presentations, and resolution of problems.
  • Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
  • Work within the approved project budget.
  • Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
  • Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
  • Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
  • Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
  • Manages resources through the project lifecycle.
  • Use project monitoring and reporting techniques to track, interpret and report on performance.
  • Manage and engage with stakeholders.
  • Influence and negotiate with others to create a positive outcome for the project.
  • Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
  • Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
  • Communicate and support the project vision, to ensure buy in to the project objectives.
  • Collate and analyse information and provide input to support negotiations relating to project objectives.
  • Monitor and analyse project budgets.
  • Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
  • Apply change control processes to support the management of project scope.
  • Evaluate an integrated project management plan to provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
  • Prepare, monitor, and schedule activities that contribute to the delivery of the overall project schedule and objectives.
  • Evaluate and make recommendations on the risk management plan to threats to delivery and recommend solutions.
  • Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
  • Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
  • Use an organisation’s continual improvement process including lessons learned to improve performance.
  • Support the preparation or maintenance of a resource management plan for project activities.
  • Work with stakeholders to deliver the project.
  • Use digital tools and software to meet project objectives for example research, collaboration, presentations, and resolution of problems.
  • Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
  • Work within the approved project budget.
  • Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
  • Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
  • Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
  • Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
  • Manages resources through the project lifecycle.

Training schedule

  • Level 4 Associate Project Manager
  • Work-based learning
  • Functional skills 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Passionate

Other requirements

  • Essential:
    Able to work flexibly and on occasion out of hours with reasonable notice
  • Minimum of 4 GCSE grades A*-C / 9-4 or equivalent, including maths and English
  • Ability to use Microsoft Office products (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams)
  • Basic understanding of what a project is and how teams work together
  • Good communicator and understands how to create good working relationships with others
  • Ability to communicate courteously and effectively with a range of people. In a team setting and or with external stakeholders
  • Ability to be proactive, take ownership of work, doing what is needed within set deadlines
  • Approach the job at all times using the values set out below:
  • Proud
  • Passionate
  • Pioneering and open

Desirable criteria:

  • Having access to a vehicle and or ability to drive
  • Any prior work experience, work placement, internship, or part-time role
  • Previous study related to business, IT, construction, or management. And or have an interest in construction/property or related subjects, e.g. project management, surveying or architecture.
  • Please give details of your geographical knowledge of the borough of Rochdale

About this employer

  • Local authority

After this apprenticeship

  • Progession onto full-time employment 

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NORTH LANCS. TRAINING GROUP C.I.C.

Grace

grace.lovell@nltg.co.uk

01254395355

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000032483.

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Closes in 20 days (Monday 8 June 2026)

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