Are you an organised, proactive professional looking to grow your career in project management? We’re looking for an Assistant Project Manager to join our Customer Experience team, supporting the delivery of impactful projects in the non-household water market.

What you’ll be doing

As an Assistant Project Manager, you’ll play a key role in ensuring projects run smoothly from start to finish. Working closely with the Project Manager, you will:

• Coordinate project plans, schedules, budgets and deliverables

• Track performance against KPIs and provide progress updates

• Support communication with key stakeholders including retailers, contractors and business customers

• Prepare reports, meeting agendas and minutes

• Help manage day-to-day project activities and governance

• Take ownership of smaller projects and contribute to successful delivery

What we’re looking for

We’re seeking someone who is highly organised, collaborative and eager to develop their project management skills.

You’ll bring:

• Experience in project coordination or administration

• Knowledge of project planning, scheduling and reporting

• Strong data analysis and reporting skills

• Confidence working with stakeholders and teams

• Proficiency in Microsoft tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word; Project is a bonus)

You’ll stand out if you have:

• Understanding of the non-household water market or regulated industries

• Experience with process mapping or procurement activities

Key skills

• Excellent organisation and attention to detail

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement

• Problem-solving mindset and proactive approach

• Ability to manage multiple priorities

• Adaptability and willingness to take initiative

Benefits:

• Competitive salary dependant on skills and experience

• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.

• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.

• Annual leave from 26-30 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.

• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.

• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)

• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.

• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.

• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.

• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.

• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.

• Life Assurance.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through.

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.

You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site https://www.affinitywatercareers.co.uk/ where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture.