Junior Project Manager

Role Junior Project Manager

Role status Fixed Term Contract –

6 months

About Re-turn

Ireland has one of the most beautiful natural environments in the world, and we want to keep it that way.

Appointed by the Irish government, but operating as a standalone company, Re-turn is a not-for-profit organisation established to run Ireland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), a simple solution to achieving higher collection rates for drinks containers. DRS schemes operate successfully in more than 40 countries, with the average collection rate of established EU schemes now over 90%. As well as higher recycling rates DRS schemes reduce litter, prevent waste, lower emissions and relieve pressure on natural resources.

The Irish scheme went live on 1 February 2024 and has already collected almost 2 billion drinks containers across the country. This means high quality material can be reprocessed and used to make new products – supporting a truly circular economy.

We’re a small but growing team and we’ve got off to a great start, but there’s still plenty to do to ensure Ireland’s scheme runs as efficiently as possible and achieves its high recycling ambitions.

Role Summary

The Jnr Project Manager will play a key supporting role the organisations transformation portfolio, working closely with and reporting directly to the Programme Lead. This role ensures the smooth running of programme operations through high-quality coordination, documentation, scheduling, and stakeholder support.

The Jnr Project Manager will help maintain pace and organisation across multiple workstreams by preparing executive-ready materials, managing meeting logistics, tracking actions, and supporting governance processes.

What You’ll Achieve:

• Create high-quality decks, reports and supporting documents for senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage scheduling, meeting coordination, agenda preparation and follow‑up actions across multiple workstreams.
• Support governance processes, including maintaining RAID logs, status updates and tracking deliverables.
• Assist in the preparation of programme reporting packs and materials for leadership forums.
• Coordinate activities with cross-functional teams including operations, HR, legal, technology and finance.
• Maintain strong organisation and documentation standards across programme files, trackers and templates.
• Provide administrative and logistical support to the Programme Lead to ensure smooth programme delivery.
• Contribute to embedding structure, discipline and consistency as the transformation environment matures.

Qualities:

• Strong organisational and coordination skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to prepare polished PowerPoint decks and written materials.
• Confident scheduling, planning and managing logistics across multiple stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills and ability to engage professionally across teams.
• Comfortable working with delivery frameworks, governance templates and programme trackers.
• A proactive, dependable team member who can operate with discretion and maturity.
• Availability for 3 days onsite per week.

Who Are you?

A highly organised and proactive individual who thrives in a fast-paced, structured environment. They will be detail oriented, capable of managing multiple activities simultaneously, and comfortable supporting senior stakeholders.

Essential

• 2–4 years’ experience in a coordination, project support, PMO or administrative support role.
• Experience supporting projects or programmes in a structured environment.
• Strong proficiency in MS Office, particularly PowerPoint, Excel and Teams.
• Experience in regulated, operational or high‑visibility environments is an advantage.

Desirable

• PM related certification

About our benefits

We offer a competitive salary and benefits packaging which includes:

• 23 days’ holidayplus 2 company days (Good Friday \& Christmas Eve) plus 10 bank holidays
• Hybrid working: we operate a hybrid working arrangement with 2 days home working permitted per week (1 to be a Friday)
• Flexible working: 37 hour week with core times Monday to Thursday 08:45 to 15:45 \& Friday 08:45 to 12:45
• MyFutureFund pension scheme 1.5% employee matched by 1.5% employer contribution
• Laya Well-being portal \& Employee Assistance Programme
• Parking on site
• Subsidised Canteen

We are an equal opportunities employer and happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be needed for successful candidates.

Closing date for applications: 12th June