Project Manager

Travel and international travel may be required for this role.

The post will provide project management of the EPSRC Manufacturing Research Hub in Robotics, Automation & Smart Machine Enabled Sustainable Circular Manufacturing & Materials (RESCu-M2). The vision of this hub is to pursue an integrated, holistic approach toward creating a new manufacturing ecosystem for circular resource use of high value products through advances in AI and intelligent automation, empowering the UK to be a world leader in circular manufacturing. The post holder is an integral member of the School’s research Professional Services staff which is led by the Head of Operations and the Research Administration Manager. The post holder will provide research support to the Principle Investigator and Project Team for the Hub to ensure successful delivery. The post holder will be part of a wider network of Project Manager and Project Officer staff in the School of Engineering, the College of EPS and wider University.

Main duties

• Responsible for the delivery of one or more projects or for contributing to larger University projects, through the provision of significant and high level project management support.  This may include some or all of the following:
  • developing project plans, identifying (as appropriate) key performance indicators and milestones 
  • reviewing and auditing progress on projects to identify and act on improvements to effectiveness, efficiency and delivery 
  • reporting on progress including the development of reporting mechanisms, writing reports (eg on project budgetary management), and presenting to appropriate meetings such as Project Board or to other key stakeholders

Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience

• Qualified to Degree level or equivalent, and practical managerial experience or significant relevant experience demonstrated through more demanding roles evidencing the experience necessary for this role.
• Proven track record of successful project management, preferably using one or more project management tools such as Prince2.
• Excellent budgetary management skills and demonstrated experience of managing large and complex project budgets and portfolio.
• Highly proficient IT skills, including the MS Office and website editing software. Confident and able to quickly learn new IT skills and software packages as required.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, relationship building and influencing skills with the ability to confidently deal with a range of internal and external stakeholders/contacts.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to multi task, approaching work methodically with the ability to prioritise workloads in order to meet deadlines.
• Knowledge of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010, and how to actively ensure in day to day activity in own area that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly.

Informal enquires can be made to Hannah Chambers h.chambers@bham.ac.uk

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