Senior project manager - Integrity and welfare (3510)

RSPCA Assured is celebrating 32 years of improving the lives of farmed animals.

In that time, we're proud to have worked with thousands of farmers – and all of the UK's biggest supermarkets – to help make the lives of millions of animals better. Every year, we inspect more than  4,000 farms and other scheme members to ensure they meet strict RSPCA animal welfare standards, helping to give farm animals a better life.

When you see an RSPCA Assured label on meat, fish, eggs or milk products, it means the animal was cared for according to the RSPCA's standards from birth to slaughter. Our vision is a world where all farmed animals are respected and treated with kindness and compassion – and that's what we work towards every day.

We're now looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager – Integrity and Welfare to join our Impact and Insights team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead complex, organisation-wide projects that will help strengthen the integrity of our scheme, improve animal welfare outcomes and transform the way we work.

You'll play a key role in delivering innovative projects that drive meaningful and sustainable change across RSPCA Assured, working with colleagues and stakeholders to turn ambitious ideas into practical solutions that make a difference.

• Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
• Location: Hybrid working from either our London or Horsham hub with a home-based approach and occasional travel as required.

Our teams stay connected through regular check-ins and meetings, and colleagues are always on hand to chat. It's important to us that you feel part of our supportive team from the beginning.

Are you ready to bring your project management expertise to an organisation that's working to make a positive difference for farm animals?

We expect this role to attract significant interest, so we strongly encourage early applications to avoid missing out. The closing date: 20th October 2026.

Here at RSPCA Assured, we know it's a cliché, but no two days are the same! As our Senior Project Manager – Integrity and Welfare, you'll lead a range of complex projects designed to improve how we operate and deliver lasting benefits across the organisation.

You could be working with colleagues to shape a new approach to assessments, helping to develop digital solutions and workforce planning, transforming how we collect and use animal welfare data, or supporting improvements to supply chain traceability.

You'll guide projects from the early planning stages through to implementation, bringing people together, managing competing priorities and ensuring everything stays on track. You'll oversee project plans, budgets, resources, risks and milestones, while keeping stakeholders informed and focused on the outcomes we're working towards.

You'll also lead and motivate project teams across different departments, building strong relationships and creating an environment where people can collaborate effectively to deliver change.

For a full insight into the responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached job description.

You'll be an experienced project management professional who enjoys tackling complex challenges, bringing people together and turning plans into successful outcomes. You'll be confident working in a changing environment, comfortable navigating uncertainty and able to lead projects that have a lasting impact across an organisation.

We're looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Strong project delivery experience: A proven track record of delivering large-scale projects or programmes,, with organisation-wide impact and lasting benefits.
• Project management expertise: Experience across the full project lifecycle, from developing proposals and business cases through to delivery, implementation and closure.
• Professional qualifications: Certification in an industry-standard project or programme management methodology.
• Change management experience: A track record of successfully delivering complex, organisation-wide change initiatives.
• Stakeholder management: The ability to build and maintain strong relationships, manage expectations and navigate differing priorities and perspectives.
• Leadership skills: Experience leading project teams through matrix management, motivating colleagues and coordinating resources across different functions.
• Analytical skills: The ability to analyse complex performance data, manage budgets and produce clear, useful management information.
• Governance and organisation: Experience preparing high-quality project documentation, business cases and project initiation documents, alongside managing risks, issues, dependencies and change control.
• Communication and presentation: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage and influence a wide range of audiences, including senior leaders.
• Service design experience: An understanding of service design and user-centred approaches to developing effective delivery structures. .
• A collaborative mindset: A positive, tenacious and practical approach to problem-solving, with the ability to adapt quickly, work independently and help teams overcome obstacles.

You'll be highly organised, detail-oriented and comfortable managing competing demands under pressure. Just as importantly, you'll be someone who takes ownership, builds credibility quickly and enjoys helping others deliver their best work.

Successful candidates for certain RSPCA roles will need to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK - We are unable to sponsor visas at RSPCA

We want to ensure we do all we can to give you a positive candidate experience through our recruitment. Whilst we do try to give feedback where we can, sometimes due to receiving high levels of applications, this may not always be possible

We are building the future of a diverse Society, and our priority is to support animal welfare by finding people from all backgrounds who are committed  to our mission.  For this reason we actively encourage a wide diversity of applications - in particular from members of minority ethnic groups, and people with disabilities - as these candidates are currently under-represented at the RSPCA. Your transferable skills & lived experiences could make you a valuable addition to our RSPCA Family! 

Should you need any support with your application or interview process please contact resourcingteam@rspca.org.uk / 0300 123 0685.

Our mission is to ensure animals have a good life by rescuing and caring for those in need, by advocating on behalf of all animals and by inspiring everyone to treat them with compassion and respect