Project Manager

Project Manager 

Location: Maidstone 
Contract Type: Freelance
Start Date: November 2025
Project Duration: 1 year
Rate: £300 - £350 based on experience 

About the Project

We are seeking an experienced Freelance Project Manager to lead and coordinate the development or refurbishment of a care home facility. This is a high-impact role managing all aspects of the project from planning to handover, ensuring that timelines, budgets, compliance, and quality standards are met.

This role will suit a hands-on, detail-oriented professional with experience in healthcare, residential care, or senior living construction or refurbishment projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the full project lifecycle: planning, execution, and delivery

• Coordinate with architects, contractors, engineers, and care providers

• Ensure compliance with CQC regulations, building codes, and health & safety standards

• Monitor project timelines, budgets, and deliverables

• Prepare and present progress reports to stakeholders

• Identify and mitigate project risks

• Ensure smooth handover and operational readiness

• Writing look ahead short term programs 

• Chairing pre start meetings

• Sequencing works to tight deadlines 

Requirements

• Proven experience managing construction or refurbishment projects, ideally in the healthcare or care home sector

• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements in care home environments (e.g. CQC, H&S regulations)

• Excellent communication, budgeting, and negotiation skills

• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and lead cross-functional teams

• Availability to travel on-site as needed

• Project Management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP) preferred