Senior Project Manager

About us 

The School of Global Affairs is a vibrant hub of multi-disciplinary scholarship that seeks to address and resolve the most pressing issues facing our world today. 

By drawing together a unique cohort of scholars, our School covers expertise in global environmental governance, climate change, global health, cross-border migration, emerging economies and politics. We're comprised of the Departments of Geography, International Development and Global Health & Social Medicine, the African Leadership Centre and the Global Institutes (Lau China, India, Brazil and Menzies Australia).

Why work for the School of Global Affairs? See https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/sgaps 

About the role 

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to manage the development and administration of two projects:

• An interdisciplinary 5-year research project funded through a Wellcome Trust Discover Award, which will examine life-course inequities for LGBTQ+ people. The project focuses on housing-related institutions, including central government departments and local authorities, to understand the processes by which institutions, communities, and individuals, reproduce or mitigate health inequities experienced by LGBTQ+ people.
• An interdisciplinary 5-year research project funded through a European Research Council Consolidator Grant examining the encounters between individuals, groups and worldviews that attended and often reshaped international development at points of implementation across the Global South, from the 1950s to the 1990s. There is an expected 80:20 split of time between these two projects. 

The project manager will be responsible for the management and inter-institutional coordination of all non-academic activities and operations to support and maximise delivery of the projects’ aims. There is an expected 80:20 split of time between these two projects.

The project manager will provide high-level management of all non-academic project activities and day to day operations, including coordinating project partners, engaging and communicating with external stakeholders, timesheets, external and internal reports, assisting with visa applications, overseeing the budget, organising meetings, and recording meeting minutes. The project manager will work closely across institutions in the project, to support the delivery of project activities, ethics and EDI frameworks, and career development. 

The post holder will be line managed by the Head of School Operations in the School of Global Affairs. 

This is a full-time, and you will be offered a fixed-term contract for 3 years from start date.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria 

• Relevant extensive research support experience in an HEI setting
• Experience setting up and managing large-scale projects involving multiple stakeholders
• Experience in managing budgets (£1m+), recruitment, and delivering a varied programme of work to plan and agreed deadlines
• Knowledge of financial and research administration systems and processes, such as Worktribe and Unit 4 Business World
• Highly developed verbal and written communication, presenting and facilitation skills
• Strong administrative, organisational, and time management skills
• Ability to act on personal initiative and take responsibility for own work, with a creative approach to problem solving 

Desirable criteria

• A good understanding of the requirements of the research environment and research project management and governance.
• Previous experience of ERC grant management/processes
• Previous experience of Wellcome Trust grant management/processes
• Experience in working in a multidisciplinary context and working collaboratively across teams and Universities

Downloading a copy of our Job Description 

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document.

Advert information