Project Manager, Yorkshire Policy Innovation Partnership (YPIP) project

Post Type: Full Time

Contract Type:  Fixed Term (31 December 2026)

This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Are you an ambitious and experienced project manager looking for your next challenge – in a regional policy project that will have a major impact on economic vibrancy, community resilience and sustainability, and well-being?   Do you want to further your career in one of the UK’s leading research-intensive Universities?

The role will manage and provide program leadership for the Yorkshire and Humber ‘Local Policy Innovation Partnerships’ (YPIP) Phase-2 programme. YPIP has two innovative features that provide an exciting managerial challenge. First, it brings diverse policy stake-holders – the business, public, voluntary, and community sectors – together with university researchers who are dedicated to helping meet these stakeholders’ goals for a fairer, more sustainable economy and society. Second, YPIP will unfold at an expansive scale: it will encompass an entire region of the UK, Yorkshire and the Humber, that is larger than some independent nations; and it will include, as participants, representatives of all 12 universities in this region.

The YPIP project will unfold via one cross-cutting theme – communities in their places – and three distinct, multi-part work packages that will co-produce responses to urgent challenges of inclusive growth and sustainable living. The project will have a special focus on bringing members of socially and economically marginalized and spatially isolated communities into the policy equation. The project, which officially began on 1 January 2024, will terminate on 31 December 2026. You will work directly with PI Gary Dymski in overseeing and coordinating YPIP activities. You will, in turn, coordinate with the Y-PERN project of these same 12 universities, helping to create a new model for university-region-community cooperation in linking these universities’ research impact ambitions with the region’s need for locally supported policy plans and actions aimed at achieving inclusive growth and sustainable living for all residents, present and future.

You will play a key role in managing and co-ordinating this project and will be expected to have proven developed organisational skills. Excellent organisational skills and the ability to work to deadlines are essential – as is the ability to work as part of a team as well as independently. Intellectual initiative, creativity and curiosity are also essential.

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme plus life assurance– the University contributes 14.5% of salary
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact: 

Professor Gary Dymski, Economics Department

Email: G.Dymski@leeds.ac.uk 

Or

Rachel Mays, Departmental Administration Manager, Economics Department

Email: R.Mays@leeds.ac.uk 

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