Apprentice Project Manager

GREYFRIARS PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

NORWICH (NR1 3PL)

Closes on Sunday 1 March 2026

Posted on 8 January 2026

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Summary

Kick‑start your PM career on live projects that matter. Work on major construction and infrastructure schemes while studying at university. With close mentorship, early responsibility, and clear progression, you’ll help shape better places—and see your impact every day.

Wage

£26,500 a year

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Training course
Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours
Monday to Friday 8:30am-5pm

40 hours a week

Start date

Wednesday 1 April 2026

Duration

3 years 6 months

Positions available

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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

As an Apprentice Project Manager at Greyfriars, you’ll support our team of experts and support staff to deliver major infrastructure and construction projects while learning directly from experienced PMs.

Project Coordination & Administration

  • Maintain project records, logs, and registers (e.g., risk, design, decisions).
  • Prepare letters, reports, and ensure documents are well presented.
  • Produce and maintain agendas, minutes, action logs, and key decision logs.
  • Take minutes during meetings (delivery, design, Project Board sessions).

Support to Project Managers and Senior Management Team

  • Provide pragmatic solutions and add value to project outcomes.
  • Assist in planning for successful delivery and actively control/manage projects.
  • Liaise with contractors and represent Greyfriars in client meetings.
     

Communication & Collaboration

  • Ensure clear and effective communication across teams.
  • Work collaboratively with internal teams and external stakeholders.
     

Technical & Delivery Support

  • Review reports, documents, and drawings for accuracy and compliance.
  • Support discharge of planning conditions and assist with programme management.

Administrative Excellence

  • Maintain data so information is readily available and accessible.
  • Ensure activities are delivered to the highest standards.
     

 

Where you'll work

QUEENS HOUSE
123-129 QUEENS ROAD
NORWICH
NR1 3PL

Training

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

Training provider

ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY

Training course

Project manager (integrated degree) (level 6)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Governance Frameworks: Lead and take responsibility for the project management plan as required by the governance structure. Apply techniques and project management methodologies as appropriate, dependent upon project complexity and criticality to the organisational environment in which a project is being delivered. Maintain, review and communicate a project business case for approval through the stages of a typical project lifecycle ensuring continued value for money and continued alignment with organisational objectives.
  • The Business Environment: Identify and analyse the context, opportunities and challenges presented by projects in a range of organisational settings, appreciating the differences within both large and small organisations and in different industry sectors and the consequent need for tailoring. Identify the operating constraints that apply to projects including ethical, legal and regulatory considerations. This may include the green economy and the impacts of strategies for achieving net carbon zero by 2050.
  • Stakeholder and communications management: Lead and take responsibility for the identification and analysis of internal and external stakeholders and their impact on the project. Manage an effective project communication plan across stakeholders with different cultural and physical barriers. Analyse information and communicate with stakeholders incorporating elements of feedback to understand and measure the effectiveness of planned communications. Effectively listen and influence others through negotiation and persuasion.
  • Control of projects in terms of time, cost and quality: Manage the project within the constraints of time, cost and quality. Control expenditure and produce status reports as required, including control of costs against budgets, forecasting, and establishing performance indicators as required by funding sources. Measure progress and actual costs against plans to determine a full understanding of project performance. Identify, achieve and maintain quality standards appropriate to the context and specific requirements of project activities.
  • Risk Management: Ensure that project risks, opportunities and issues are addressed using quantitative and qualitative methods to categorise risks and their impacts. Identify, evaluate and implement appropriate mitigation strategies, ensuring that mitigation actions are incorporated into the project plan and are implemented should they develop into issues. Manage risk through the regular review of a risk management plan, adopting appropriate strategies to manage both threats and opportunities.
  • Commercial and Contract management: Maintain and evaluate different commercial contract and procurement types to select appropriate options for specific programmes and projects. Support effective contract management and the achievement of programme and project outcomes.
  • Project Change Control: Dependent upon the size and complexity of a project, define and apply a recognised process to manage change in projects. Make effective decisions in the interests of a range of stakeholders with regards to change requests. Handle change within different project management methodologies.
  • Schedule Management: Evaluate requirements and methods for data capture and analysis in a project environment. Evaluate project schedule integrity including identification and resolution of scheduling problems. Apply resource acquisition and management techniques to balance programme and project needs against resource demand. Negotiate the allocation and scheduling of internal and external resources to meet programme and project demands.

Training schedule

  • BSc (Hons) in Project Management 
  • Delivered via blended learning which is a combination of in-person teaching, distance and self-directed learning

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English and Maths (grade C/4)

A Level in:

Any (grade Pass)

BTEC in:

Any (grade Pass)

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this employer

Greyfriars Project Management is a specialist project and cost management consultancy working in the construction and built environment sectors. We help deliver buildings and infrastructure that make a real difference - schools, homes, highways and roads, and community spaces. You might have seen our work on the redevelopment of Hay Hill or Great Yarmouth’s Market Place but we also manage multi-million pound infrastructure projects and housing schemes.

 

Project managers play a vital role in construction; we’re the organisers, problem-solvers, and strategic-thinkers who drive a project to completion. It’s a career where no two days are the same and suits people who enjoy variety, responsibility, and working with others.

 

The projects we deliver become part of the landscape and promote community benefits for years to come. Whether you're just starting out or building your career, you’ll be able to visit schemes you helped bring to life, knowing you played a key role in making them happen. If you’re curious about construction and want to shape the future of the built environment, we’d love to hear from you.

https://greyfriarspm.com/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

  • Generous holiday
  • EAP
  • Life insurance
  • Free parking
  • Clear progression
  • Collaborative culture and supportive working environment
  • Staff outings and team building days
  • CPD
  • Membership at Norfolk Constructing Excellence

After this apprenticeship

Successful apprentices have opportunities to progress into Project Management roles at Greyfriars.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000006089.

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Closes on Sunday 1 March 2026

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