Head of Project Management (European Research Funding)

About us

UCL is a radically different university. Founded in 1826 in the heart of London, we were the first university in England to welcome students of any religion and the first to welcome women to university education. Today UCL has over 50,000 students and 16,000 and is a world-leading research-intensive university, often ranked in the top ten in the world, with an annual turnover of well over £1 billion. Our research and innovation continues to grow in scale and complexity, with record levels of research income and impact achieved last year.

Research and Innovation Services provides support and services for our academics working across the research and innovation life cycle with a focus on applying for and managing funding and providing professional advice on collaborations and contracts. The directorate is comprised of five teams, including Award Services who all work together to deliver a service to support, advise and provide expertise to our academic community for our extensive and varied portfolio of externally funded projects.

Award Services provides a range specialist advice to UCL's externally funded research and innovation portfolio through the departments of: Research Support & Development (Pre-award); European Research and Innovation Office; (Post-award). The service is delivered in partnership with academic and professional services colleagues across UCL, collaborating organisations, and funders.

About the role

We are recruiting for a Head of Project Management to join us on a 12 month FTC basis, or secondment for internal staff.

As Head of Project Management you will lead a team of three project management professionals, and be responsible for team’s portfolio currently including UCL led collaborative projects funded by the national and international funders (e.g. Horizon Europe programme, Gates Foundations, EDCTP3, etc), as well as develop this portfolio and the service offerings, in close collaboration with the Director of Award Services.

The team’s remit covers project management services for UCL academics who are leading externally funded research projects.

We are intending to hold interviews during late w/c 6th May, and we envision a 1-stage interview process for this role.

About you

To be successful in this role, you should be a highly organised and self-motivated professional, ideally with experience of working in a higher education or research environment and knowledge of the Horizon 2020/Horizon Europe research and innovation funding programme. You will have a strong track record of independently managing concurrent projects, setting budgets and timelines, and delivering to a high standard.

With excellent communication and interpersonal skills, you will be confident in reporting to stakeholders and explaining complex contractual and financial matters to non-specialist audiences. You are a motivated self-starter who is comfortable managing shifting priorities while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.

You will be a confident user of standard software (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and project management tools (e.g. Office 365, Microsoft Project), and you will bring a strong understanding of project management principles. A collaborative person, you are able understand other cultures and working styles and find a way of working with others to deliver projects and pieces of work.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits including 41 Days holiday.

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