Project Officer

Hours: Part Time (22.5 hours per week)

Background

You will be joining the College of Social Sciences to support colleagues across the College of Social Sciences, College of Medicine & Health, University of Warwick and University of Keele to deliver projects within the West Midlands Evidence Synthesis Group (WM-ESG) in the new Birmingham Centre for Evidence and Implementation Science. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team at the forefront of methodological innovation and policy and practice change. In addition to the WM-ESG, the Centre also includes: a Technology Appraisal Review team that delivers diagnostic and medicine technology appraisals for the National Institute of Health & Social Care (NICE), an Evidence Based Surgery unit as well as research into implementation science and methodology. 

Main Duties

As Project Officer for the West Midlands Evidence Synthesis Group (WM-ESG) you will:

• To support Research Project delivery, Project Boards, workstreams and working groups within an overall project or manage elements of larger projects or smaller projects on your own. 
• Support may include some or all of the following:
  • carrying out project planning activities; 
  • identifying milestones which will need to be adhered to;
  • data collection and analysis; 
  • milestone tracking/key performance indicator tracking;
  • developing and proposing solutions for any issues; 
  • recommending improvements to project management; 
  • preparing progress reports for project boards or other meetings; 
  • assisting in budgetary monitoring and management, including reporting; 
  • assisting with stakeholder management, developing and maintaining regular contact with internal and external stakeholders to understand requirements;
  • assessing and escalating issues and risks as appropriate.
• Contribute to developing communications plans, presentations, and promoting the projects and outcomes of projects/workstreams.
• Maintain an up to date knowledge of project management methodologies.
• Determine short term priorities for own work, ensuring you maximise quality, efficiency and continuity.
• Assist in the evaluation and review of projects.

Person Specification

• Educated to Degree level (or equivalent qualifications). Where no equivalent qualification is held, significant practical relevant experience and expertise in a similar role will be required.
• Significant practical experience in a similar role, experience of using project management tools.
• Evidence of literacy and numeracy, with the ability to write clearly, and to analyse information and data.
• Highly proficient IT skills, including the wider MS Office suite of programmes including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to understand policy, processes and procedures, but also to recommend improvements and implement changes.
• Excellent analytical skills used to produce reports, identify issues and resolve them decisively.
• Excellent interpersonal skills. The postholder must inspire confidence and command authority with a range of colleagues and provide excellent customer service at all times.
• A high degree of professionalism, tact, and diplomacy, and the ability to exercise discretion regarding the handling and management of sensitive information/issues.

Informal enquiries to Karen Reynolds (k.reynolds@bham.ac.uk)

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