Project Manager

KP UK Project Manager

Reference number: JR259012

Location: Remote/ Nationwide

Working pattern: Full Time 37.5 Hours Per Week

Contract Type: Permanent

Number of roles: 1

Grade: K6

Salary: £58,000

We are looking for a Project Manager to join our team.

Role summary

As a Project Manager at Kaplan, you will drive the successful planning, execution, and delivery of strategic business projects from inception to completion. Operating within a home-based environment, you will bridge cross functional delivery teams and senior leadership to ensure projects complete on time, within scope, and aligned with business objectives. Our project portfolio covers diverse initiatives, including client onboarding, new qualification launches, and multi-departmental system implementations across IT, Learning, Operations, and Marketing.

As a Project Manager, you will:

• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with all stakeholders to ensure they remain engaged and informed throughout the project lifecycle

• Drive collaboration across all delivery teams to ensure project deliverables meet business needs and deliver value

• Project manage various different types of projects such as bringing new clients onboard, new qualifications or new markets - which may result in managing delivery across multiple departments.

• Identify all key resource requirements

• Proactively manage project risks & issues, escalating where necessary and taking corrective action as required

• Ensure projects are baselined in terms of scope, timelines, benefits and cost and are reviewed regularly for changes

• Ensure projects are managed within a controlled framework

• Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with Kaplan standards

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who may be currently working as a Project Co-ordinator, IT Project Manager, Project Manager, who is looking to expand their skills and build their career with an industry leader. 

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What you’ll bring to the role

Qualifications & Experience

• Certifications: PRINCE2 Practitioner, AgilePM, PMP, or equivalent project management qualification.

• Change Management: Demonstrated understanding or certification in change frameworks (e.g., Prosci, ADKAR).

• Proven Track Record: Proven experience managing end-to-end projects within a structured PMO environment.

  
  

Skills & Competencies

• Strong negotiation and senior stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to quickly absorb complex concepts and translate them into actionable plans.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Proficiency with modern project management tools (e.g., Teamworks, Monday.com, MS Project).

What we do

Kaplan Professional is a leading provider of apprenticeships, accountancy / tax / finance & banking courses, and professional assessments. For almost 80 years, we've helped shape the development and careers of finance professionals.

What we believe in

Our goal is for Kaplan to be a great place to work where everybody can succeed, so we truly live and breathe our values: act with integrity, grow knowledge, empower & support, create opportunity, drive results together.

Kaplan is a global organisation whose mission is rooted in providing equal access to education and opportunities for advancement to people of all backgrounds. We believe diversity, equity and inclusion - of culture, experiences, perspectives - are paramount to creating success and opportunity in an ever-changing world. As an educator, partner and employer, Kaplan is committed to promoting an equitable world in which diverse talent can develop, advance and thrive.

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Our Values

We live, breathe and celebrate our values - they drive what we believe in, how we behave and guide us in creating a culture of success.

• Act with integrity

• Empower and support

• Create opportunity

• Grow knowledge

• Drive results together

What we offer

As well as a competitive salary, transparent pay structures, hybrid/home working where possible, and paths for career progression, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• 28 days annual leave + option to purchase more

• Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme

• Big discounts on Kaplan courses for you and your family

• Private medical, income protection, and life insurance

• 24/7 confidential helpline providing counselling and other support services

• Company pension contributions

• Maternity, Adoption, Shared Parental and Paternity/Partner pay which is well above statutory levels

How to apply

To apply for this role please submit a CV along with a Cover Letter detailing how you meet the requirements of the role no later than 11pm on Monday 19th October 2026. Note, we recommend that you apply at the earliest as we reserve the right to close the role before the closing date if we have gathered a suitable shortlist.

Additional Application Information

Kaplan is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.

This role involves working with learners who are under 18 years old and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Recruitment checks are undertaken in accordance with our background checking policy. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure (including children’s barred list) via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. In addition to the DBS check, for roles that include teaching or coaching, a Prohibition from Teaching Check will be completed through the Teaching Regulation Agency.

Our Suitability of Ex-offenders Policy is available on the careers page of our website www.kaplan.co.uk.

Please be aware that it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Recruitment checks are undertaken in accordance with our background checking policy. Successful applicants will be required to undertake a Basic Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Our Suitability of Ex-offenders Policy is available on the careers page of our website www.kaplan.co.uk.

A sponsorship licence is a legal requirement for employers seeking to hire individuals from outside the UK or those who require a work visa to work in the country. Unfortunately, SQE or Kaplan Publishing or Kaplan Professional Awards does not possess this licence at this time.

Application Support

If you require support completing your application or wish to talk to someone about the role before applying please email the Recruitment Team kaplanstaff.recruitment@kaplan.com.

Disability Confident Scheme

As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to interviewing applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the role as per the job description and any screening or testing stages.  Details of how to request your application be considered under the Disability Confident scheme will be shared with all applicants upon submission of an application.

Furthermore, all applicants invited to attend interview will be given information on how to request reasonable adjustments to attend.