Senior Project Manager

Join ZSL during its landmark 200th anniversary and help shape the future of its world-renowned conservation zoos and estate. 

As a Senior Project Manager within the Estates team, you will be at the heart of delivering transformative projects that enhance our spaces for wildlife, visitors, and conservation impact. Acting as a champion of best-practice project management, you will build strong partnerships with stakeholders and drive the successful delivery of ambitious, high-profile initiatives. 

From early concept and feasibility through to design, procurement, construction, and final handover, you will lead the full lifecycle of medium to large-scale projects. With a focus on safety, sustainability, and quality, you will ensure every project is delivered to the highest standards, carefully managing programme, cost, risk, and compliance along the way.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to ZSL’s next chapter, leaving a lasting legacy as the organisation enters its third century. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Management: Act as client‑side Project Manager on a variety of capital projects (ranging in value from £250k to £5m) providing strong leadership to internal teams, external consultants, contractors, and multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Stakeholder and Contractor Management: Lead and support contractor/consultant procurement, contract selection and administration (typically JCT), tender reviews, and performance management.
• Budget Management: Manage project budgets in collaboration with Head of Capital Projects and Finance. Including cash-flow forecasting, monitoring, and reporting.
• Health and Safety: Ensure full compliance with statutory health and safety requirements and best practice, including on‑site inspections and safe working practices.

 

This role is subject to standard pre-employment checks, including confirmation of your right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. 

 

ZSL recognises that conservation is one of the least diverse sectors, and we actively encourage applications from candidates who identify as part of underrepresented communities. We are committed to building a supportive and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and celebrate the value of having a team of employees with diverse skills, experiences, and heritage. 

We’re ZSL, an international conservation charity. Through our unrivalled animal experts in our two zoos (London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo), the work of our pioneering scientists, our dedicated conservationists, our purpose is to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wild animals going extinct. Our vision is a world where wildlife thrives and we’re working every day to achieve this. From investigating the health threats facing animals, to helping people and wildlife live alongside each other, we are committed to bringing wildlife back from the brink of extinction.   

What We Offer?   
At ZSL, we are proud of our approach to employee benefits. Our benefits include: