Research Project Manager (PIE)

Job description:

The Faculty of Social Sciences is looking to recruit a highly organised and efficient Research Project Manager to provide day-to-day project management support for Public Involvement and Engagement (PIE) for the WISHES (Workplace Intervention for Sustainable Health and Employment Support) project. WISHES is an exciting new 3 year project funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). WISHES is an internationally leading randomised controlled trial of the potential of workplace job crafting to improve the health and work outcomes of workers with disabilities, health conditions and other allied workplace support needs. 

You will hold responsibility for accessibility and inclusion for all PIE stakeholders, including producing accessible documents and creating inclusive processes for participation of disabled stakeholders. You will have delegated responsibility for the financial management and reporting of all WISHES public involvement (PIE) income and expenditure, and will work closely with the Principal Investigator, and co-applicants who lead on PIE to monitor budget and resource planning. You will provide specialist advice on strategy, policy and operational procedures, monitor progress of the public involvement elements of the project, maintain databases and liaise with external parties. 

The successful candidate will have a good honours degree (or equivalent experience in a senior administration or manager post), experience of developing and delivering operational and strategic plans & an understanding of the specialist areas of the WISHES projects. 

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university. 

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities,a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more. 

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

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