Resource Manager

Hours: Full time / Part time (minimum 30 hours per week)

Benefits: 30 days holiday + 8 bank holidays + 2.5 privilege days + exceptional defined average salary pension + excellent work life balance

Location: STFC - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot OX11 0QX

Together, our scientist, technologists, engineers and business support team explore the unknown and turn what they find into work that changes the world around us. Whether it is sending probes into space or finding new ways to treat cancer, everyone here plays a vital role in making a positive difference to society.

Come and discover how much you can achieve when you’re surrounded by world-leading experts, encouraged to constantly learn and empowered to explore your curiosity.

The Scientific Computing Department (SCD) provides large-scale computing facilities, computing data services and infrastructure at both Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire. Made up of numerical analysis, scientific computing and computation groups, the expertise and intelligence SCD provides UKRI, underpins almost every key calculation across the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and beyond.

We are currently recruiting a Resource Manager to the project operations team to identify, recruit, deploy, flex and develop resources to support successful delivery of projects across the department.

About the Role:
In this forward-thinking role, you’ll work in the project operations team across multiple scientific and technical delivery projects. You’ll provide resourcing strategies and planning leading their development and implementation to enable successful project delivery.
You’ll be gaining deep, hands-on expertise and be part of a team who are creating tangible, positive change for generations to come.

To be successful you will need:
Expertise in Resource Strategy and Planning to support planning at the departmental level.
Experience of producing timely and accurate project resourcing reports to support departmental activities
Experience of identification of resource levels, skills and competencies required including skills gaps for new and existing staff
Experience of working with project managers to ensure that the correct level of resources are specified to enable successful project delivery
Strong communication skills, including written, verbal and presentations
Excellent team working ability and collaboration skills

Employee Benefits:
We are offering a permanent position with a whole host of benefits including:
30 days holiday (in addition to 10.5 bank holidays and privilege days).
Flexible working hours.
An excellent defined average salary pension scheme.
Employee shopping/travel discounts.
Excellent learning and development opportunities.

We are committed to sustaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are invested in creating an environment that is welcoming and supportive of all, to help us achieve the highest possible standards in our work and organisation together. In this regard, we encourage applications from under-represented groups.

We ask some of the biggest questions in the universe, to answer some of the biggest challenges in the world. Together, our scientists, technologists, engineers and business-support team explore the unknown across every field you could think of. And they turn what they find into work that changes the world around us.

What could you achieve with the world-leading facilities and experts of one of Europe's largest research organisations by your side? Join us and discover what's possible.

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