Project Management Officer

About us

The Mullard Space Science Laboratory is located on its own campus in the beautiful Surrey Hills, surrounded by woodland. MSSL is the UK's largest university space research group. Space science is a discipline that demands highly innovative technologies and MSSL has an international reputation for excellence in this area. UCL was one of the first universities in the world to become involved in making scientific observations in space. Since MSSL was established in 1966, we have participated in over 40 satellite missions with the European Space Agency, NASA (US), Japan, Russia, China and India, and flown over 230 rocket experiments.

About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Management Officer to join the project management group at the Department of Space and Climate Physics (Mullard Space Science Laboratory) to support the Laboratory’s space science instrumentation programme.

Vigil is an ESA Space Safety Programme space weather mission to observe the Sun from the Sun–Earth Lagrange point L5. Mullard Space Science Laboratory will be providing the PLasma Analyser (PLA), which will measure the solar wind at the location of the spacecraft over a wide dynamic range of plasma parameters

Solar-C is a proposed solar mission led by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) as a successor to the very successful Solar-B mission (also known as Hinode). Solar-C will study how plasma and energy evolve through the solar atmosphere with matching high spatial and temporal resolution. MSSL is designing and building the short wavelength (SW) camera for the EUVST (EUV High-Throughput Spectroscopic Telescope).

This post is funded for 2 years in the first instance with a view to extend dependent on external funding. Our salary range quoted included London Allowance.

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About you

We are looking for a candidate who has a degree or had equivalent experience in an engineering/scientific discipline or equivalent experience. The postholder is expected to have experience of project management and/or experience of producing financial reports along with proven capability to work collaboratively. The role would suit someone who also has a proven record of ability to manage time & work to strict deadlines.

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