About the role
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The role will sit within Professional Servicesin the Centre for Enterprise, under the Business Engagement and Partnerships Directorate which sets the institutional priorities for Business Engagement and Partnerships activity.
The team are looking for a Project Manager to coordinate project, financial and compliance management for some of their government funded programmes. This will include project management, managing partners and stakeholders, managing reporting, and the design and implementation of procedures and processes for monitoring. We will also be looking for someone with excellent organisation skills, who can organise meetings and events, as appropriate and build strong relationships with the Centre's stakeholders – both funders and small business owners and managers. This role will be perfect for someone who is looking to develop and build on their project management skills.
About the candidate:
We are looking for someone who has extensive experience of:
1. working to and complying with complex funding guidelines, including experience of providing regular reports, both verbal and written to funders and stakeholders
2. managing a range of stakeholders and partners, keeping them up to date with activities, outcomes and risks
3. advising professional services and academic colleagues on regulations and financial matters relating to projects
4. managing a varied and demanding workload, including planning effectively, prioritising work and meeting deadlines.
5. working independently and as part of a team.
This role is covering a secondment to another part of the University and is fixed term until March 2026. This post is open to internal candidates as a secondment opportunity and also external candidates.