Project Manager

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £34,980 to £44,263, with potential progression once in post to £46,794. Grade 7

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract until August 2027

Closes: 20th October 2024 

This is an exciting opportunity to manage and provide leadership to the UK’s research and innovation network in Financial Services, called UKFin. This £2.5m network is funded by the UK Research Councils to initiate research collaboration between universities and the Financial Services Sector. 

Role summary

In this post, you will be able to forge partnerships between universities and companies, charities and government related to Financial Services. You will manage the commissioning of research, education and engagement activities and lead a lean administrative team. You will also be a leading member of the Decentralised Systems Lab, led by UKFin’s Principal Investigator Prof Aad van Moorsel, to provide management and leadership capability to its research and engagement efforts, including the £3.5m EPSRC-funded AGENCY project. The Decentralised Systems Lab is an interdisciplinary research lab at the intersection of digital and other sciences and disciplines, which recently joined the University of Birmingham. You will be able to benefit from leadership and other training and development opportunities provided by the University and you will be integrated within the career structure of the University.

Main duties

Responsible for the delivery of one or more projects or for contributing to larger University projects, through the provision of significant and high level project management support. This may include some or all of the following:

• Developing project plans, identifying (as appropriate) key performance indicators and milestones
• Reviewing and auditing progress on projects to identify and act on improvements to effectiveness, efficiency and delivery
• Reporting on progress including the development of reporting mechanisms, writing reports (eg on project budgetary management), and presenting to appropriate meetings such as Project Board or to other key stakeholders
• Providing executive support to Project Boards, work streams and working groups as required; setting agendas, collating and distributing papers and minutes and ensuring follow up action is taken

Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience

• Qualified to Degree level or equivalent plus practical managerial experience or significant relevant experience demonstrated through increasingly more demanding roles evidencing the experience necessary for this role
• Proven track record of successful project management, preferably using one or more project management tools such as Prince2
• Evidence of literacy and numeracy, with the ability to write clearly, and to produce and analyse information and data.
• Excellent people-management skills 
• Excellent budgetary management skills and experience 
• Highly proficient IT skills, including the MS Office and website editing software. You should be confident and able to quickly learn new IT skills and software packages as required. 
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, relationship building and influencing skills with the ability to deal confidently with a range of internal and external stakeholders/contacts

Informal enquiries to Emily Loftus, email: e.l.loftus@bham.ac.uk 

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