The Scottish Parliament
Project Manager – Digital Services

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Salary range: £47,018- £56,062
Salary on appointment £47,018
Contract: Permanent
Location: Hybrid working from Holyrood, Edinburgh and from home
Leave: 41.5 days (including public holidays)
Working Pattern: This is a full-time post, 35-hour working week. We’re committed to supporting staff to achieve a healthy work-life balance and are happy to talk about flexible working. This is a hybrid role, working from Holyrood and from home.
Pension: Although not a civil service employer, we offer civil service pension arrangements with an employer contribution of 28.97% of basic annual salary
Clearance Required: CTC security clearance will be processed at job offer stage
Closing Date: 12:00 noon on 23 September 2026
Do you want to deliver Digital projects at the heart of democracy in Scotland? Are you an experienced project manager? Have you led and facilitated the delivery of digital business change? Are you keen to help deliver the Parliament’s high-profile digital strategy objectives?
This role sits in the Digital Services Portfolio Management Office (PMO) team, within our Digital Services Group. This is an exciting opportunity to become an integral part of the project, programme, and portfolio management specialists' team. We’re responsible for improving and transforming the Parliament’s digital and IT services.
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We’re a diverse workforce, and our embedded values shape the way we work and treat each other. We have a culture of respect and inclusion, and everyone has the ability to make a difference.
This is a great chance to apply your experience to lead project teams involved in the delivery of a diverse project portfolio. Our team provides high quality, robust and solution-focused project management services. You’ll liaise with senior stakeholders, colleagues, and suppliers to deliver projects and ensure benefits are captured in business cases and in project scopes.
You’ll have practical experience of planning, monitoring, and controlling Digital projects. You’ll also have a track record in influencing stakeholders and operating effectively in sometimes complex environments. You’ll demonstrate a high level of personal credibility with excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships. You’ll have outstanding mentoring and coaching skills and be passionate about contributing to an inclusive and collaborative working culture which values diversity and encourages openness. You’ll have knowledge of digital business change and will be able to demonstrate your experience of delivering projects within a digital services or IT environment.


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We particularly welcome applications from candidates from a Minority Ethnic background and candidates with a disability. All appointments will be made on merit. We have a values-based culture of respect and inclusion embedded in our organisation, and everyone has the ability to make a difference.
We offer a great range of benefits including: 41.5 leave days (including public holidays), flexible working, paid professional subscriptions, family-friendly policies, Season Ticket advance loans, an onsite gym facility, Health and Wellbeing Schemes including discounted gym membership, a confidential counselling and information service, and the Cycle to Work Scheme.
You’ll also have the opportunity to join the Alpha Civil Service pension scheme, where we’ll offer you an employer contribution of 28.97% of your basic salary.
All new starts will be appointed to the first scale point of the grade for their role. For information on progression through the scale points, see our Pay and Reward Policy Statement.
For full information about this role and to apply for this job please visit our careers page. Please visit the recruitment process to further understand our application process and gain some hints and tips on your application.
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