Project Manager

The Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials is seeking a Project Manager to provide effective management to a range of internal and external projects, including grant funding programmes and other projects supporting Royce national activities.

Reporting to the Royce Senior Project Manager, you will be directly responsible for planning and ensuring delivery of all project activities, managing project budgets, ensuring adherence to funder requirements, monitoring and reporting on KPIs, contributing to risk management, organising a variety of events and meetings and ensuring appropriate contracting arrangements are in place.

You will also be the first point of call for enquiries about your projects and will be responsible for ensuring excellent internal and external communication. You will be expected to manage your time and prioritise tasks with minimal supervision, demonstrating a high level of self-motivation. This is an exciting opportunity to join an evolving, dynamic organisation.

**Please ensure you detail how you meet the essential criteria for the role in your supporting statement. Your application will be reviewed against these criteria. These criteria can be found in the further particulars attachment.**

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk. Any CVs submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Helen Allwood

Email: helen.allwood@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support: jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

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