About the role As a Project Manager within Planning, Performance and Strategic Change (PPSC), you’ll be at the forefront of delivering the University’s Strategy, working on complex change projects that span academic departments and professional services. You’ll have the opportunity to manage projects that enhance the university's future direction, contributing to one or more of the strategic themes: Education, Research, Community, Partnerships or Enablement. This role is likely to be focused on strategic digital projects such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and the University Website, though project assignments are subject to change as our portfolio responds to the University's latest priorities. You will: Manage high-priority projects that impact strategic delivery across the University. Collaborate with diverse teams of professional and academic colleagues to tackle complex challenges. Develop and strengthen project management capabilities throughout the institution, making a lasting impact on how we deliver success. Engage with stakeholders at all levels, from senior leadership to project teams, ensuring effective communication and collaboration. Present your progress and insights to the Project Board and other Executive Boards, ensuring alignment with the University’s strategic goals. This position is offered on a full time basis, fixed term for 2 years. About you Our ideal candidate will have: A passion for managing projects and an ability to inspire and engage others. Proven experience managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders. Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively across diverse teams. A commitment to continuous improvement and helping the University achieve its ambitious goals. Further information The Planning, Performance and Strategic Change Department brings together strategy, planning, insights and delivery in an integrated way, optimising investments and resources, enabling the University to implement our strategy, driving impact and performance. How we do this is just as important as what we do and we work to three key principles; collaboration, clarity and capability. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Katherine Binks, Portfolio Manager, at adskjfbath.ac.uk. Please ensure your application is submitted via our website. What we can offer you: a very generous employer contributory pension scheme generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan. Find out more about our benefits. We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment. We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader ; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. Find out from our staff what makes the University of Bath a great place to work. Follow us UniofBath and UniofBathJobs on Twitter for more information. Closing Date: 25 Nov 2024 Department: Management, Specialist and Administration Salary: £46,485 to £55,295