Senior Project Manager

Job Title

Senior Project Manager - Governance, Legal & Strategic Projects Team

Key Details

Salary: £49000 - £62000 per annum (dependent on skills and experience)

Grade: I

Hours: 35 per week

Contract: Permanent

Reference: 26/14

Closing Date: Midnight, Sunday 14 June

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a programme of strategic projects across the university, ensuring planning, delivery and risk management of high risk, institutional wide initiatives.
• Negotiate and coordinate complex inter dependencies within the strategic portfolio, managing stakeholders at board and executive levels.
• Deliver multi million pound projects (often > £1.5million) and maintain budgets of £1million or greater.
• Support the end to end project lifecycle from initiation through to delivery, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Act as a senior communicator and stakeholder manager, presenting to academics and senior leadership with diplomacy and persuasive influence.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in managing enterprise level projects, including budgets exceeding £1million.
• Experience leading complex, cross institutional programmes and delivering projects on time and within budget.
• Strong interpersonal, presentation and communication skills.
• Diplomatic, persuasive and credible approach when interacting with senior academics and executives.

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and discretionary closure days over Christmas.
• Free tea, coffee, flexible working spaces and on campus tennis court and sport pitch available to staff.
• Group personal pension scheme with a 7% minimum contribution by the university, up to 10% match.
• Employee loans up to £10,000, covering travel costs, rental deposits and bicycles.
• Benenden medical cover providing access to medical services where NHS waiting times exceed normal limits.
• Employee discount service; allowance of £6.50 per day for university catering outlets when on site staff.
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, tailored to the role's requirements.