Project Coordinator (maternity cover)

The Department of Geography is a leading UK and global department, with a heritage of excellence in research, renowned for its innovative and interdisciplinary research to understanding complex global challenges. It brings together expertise in physical and human geography to explore critical issues such as climate change, sustainable development, and social justice. The department fosters an interdisciplinary approach, equipping students and researchers with the skills to critically engage with the complex interactions between people, places, and environments.

The successful candidate will be part of the CLARITY project team which will be addressing the critical need to identify equitable, sustainable and climate-resilient development pathways in tropical drylands. This project will create long term assets (data, tools) and capacities to achieve transformational change. Tropical drylands are home to some of the world’s poorest and most marginalized communities, and are highly vulnerable to climate change. In these regions, groundwater plays a vital role, sustaining water supplies and livelihoods due to its ability to buffer against climate variability. Groundwater development offers opportunities for both sustainable development and climate resilience.

The Project Coordinator (PC) will assist in the organisation and management of the international CLARITY (CLimate Adaptation and Resilience In Tropical drYlands) research consortium. They will support the day-to-day administration of the research consortium that falls under the administration of UCL and project partners. The PC will support programme partnerships and contractors to ensure the consortium remains integrated and all partners achieve their outcomes effectively on budget and on time; financial management; donor accountability; risk management; strategic oversight of programme activities; strategic programme oversight and leadership role, supporting the PI to implement and deliver the contracted programme activities and intended programme outputs, outcomes and results.

The successful candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent and be able to demonstrate that they have experience of project coordination internationally and in a research or development capacity. They will also need to have experience of working with a range of stakeholders and managing international research partnerships as well as experience of budget planning, monitoring and advising on funding timelines and reporting requirements.

This is a full time, fixed term, maternity cover post with funding available from 1st May 2025 - 19th December 2025. Funding is available at Grade 7, spine point 31 (including London Allowance).

Customer advert reference: B03-02409

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