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Project Manager

Anglia Ruskin University - Faculty of Science & Engineering

Location: Cambridge
Salary: £37,099 to £42,978
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 10th September 2024
Closes: 11th October 2024
Job Ref: 568455
 

About ARU:

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About the Role:

Based on our Cambridge campus the Global Sustainability Institute (GSI) was established by Anglia Ruskin University in 2011 as part of our University’s commitment to sustainability in research, teaching and operations. We now have a core group of over 40 individuals including researchers, visiting and honorary fellows, project management staff and doctoral students.

We are now seeking to employ an exceptional project manager to help lead on the project delivery. The post holder will work with key conveners in the food system to engage a wide range of stakeholders to help increase the resilience of the UK food system to cascading risks and shocks. We consider changes to UK primary production as well as supply chain, manufacturing, distribution and access, gathering new data with stakeholders on their potential impacts (including WWF, Better Food Traders, Sustain, The Trussell Trust, WRAP, Food Ethics Council, FFCC, WTW). University partners include York, UWE, LHSTM and RAU. The project manager will coordinate monitoring and measuring success of the project, run placements and workshops and have overall responsibility for stakeholder management working closely with the project lead, Professor Aled Jones.

The ideal candidate will have a degree and appropriate level of experience and evidence of continuing professional development or part qualified in a relevant professional qualification and appropriate level of experience and evidence of continuing professional development. With demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the knowledge exchange lifecycle and experience of supporting and developing projects leading to their successful delivery.

This is a fixed term position until 31st August 2027

Interviews are expected to take place on Tuesday, 22nd October

Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Aled Jones, Director, Global Sustainability Institute, at aled.jones@aru.ac.uk.

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.

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