Project Manager

About us

The UCL School of Management is home to UCL’s business and management research and education programmes. The School has forged a reputation for world-leading research and teaching in the areas of innovation management, the creation and growth of technology-intensive organisations, business analytics, and entrepreneurship. The research undertaken at the UCL School of Management has been rated as ‘world-leading’ and ‘internationally excellent’ in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF), placing us 2nd in the UK for Business and Management. The School is home to over 2,000 students, with more than 55% from outside the UK. The School’s faculty members also come from all over the world, with PhDs from Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Columbia, UCLA, North-Western, Cornell, Duke, Cambridge, and London Business School among others. The UCL School of Management takes full advantage of being part of a world-leading university through its interdisciplin ary outlook and builds on close collaborations in both research and education with other UCL departments, including computer science, engineering, economics, psychology, public policy, statistics and medical sciences.

About the role

The Project Manager will report directly to the Principal Investigator (PI), Dr Angela Aristidou, and will address all the needs of a growing research lab across three countries (UK, USA and Canada). The post holder will be responsible for the management for all matters relating to the lab and for the MRC grant funded project ‘Innovating Across Sectors’. This will include monitoring expenditure; providing financial information and reports; arranging reimbursement of expenditure; processing financial transactions and procurement; facilitating grant reporting duties and assisting grant-affiliated staff with further funding applications. Other duties will include website content management, diary management, arranging meetings, event management, and liaising with a wide variety of people associated with the lab and its projects. This post has funding for up to 36 months in the first instance.

About you

The ideal candidate will be educated to A Level (Minimum of 2 at grade C or above), or equivalent, or having acquired relevant skills in Finance or Accountancy and excellent analytical skills including ability to research, analyse and interpret financial information and determine appropriate action. Post holder will be able to demonstrate proven consistent ability to meet tight individual and organisational deadlines, and to manage own workload through effective prioritising, time management and organisational skills.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

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