project manager Bangor, Northern Ireland
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Full Time
Bangor, Northern Ireland
36556 - 34562 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Salary - £34,562 to £36,556 Depending on experience
Hybrid working (50/50)
Preferred location: Bangor, alternative location: Lancaster
We reserve the right to close this advert if we find the right candidate, so we encourage you to apply early.
Hybrid working (50/50)
Preferred location: Bangor, alternative location: Lancaster
We reserve the right to close this advert if we find the right candidate, so we encourage you to apply early.
UKCEH is looking for an experienced project or programme manager to join our 600+ strong team, contributing to scientific discovery and generating the data, insights and solutions that researchers, businesses and governments need to solve complex environmental challenges.
Working at UKCEH is rewarding. Our science makes a real difference, enabling people and the environment to prosper, and enriching society. We are the custodians of a wealth of environmental data, collected by UKCEH and its predecessors over the course of more than 60 years.
As a valued member of our team, you’ll get:
- 27 days annual leave, rising to 29 days after five years
- 10% pension contribution
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- 24 hour, 365-day access to support with physical, mental, social, health or financial issues
- Flexible working opportunities
- And much more.
We have a unique opportunity for a Project Specialist to join the Net Zero Team. An essential role to support the delivery of projects and proposals within our transdisciplinary team. Assisting several experienced project leads and managers to help coordinate and deliver complex, multi-organisation science projects, focusing on the global path to net-zero goals. The role will include working on funding proposals and grant applications, developing our funding pipeline and simplifying the administrative load this traditionally brings.
You’ll be joining a leading independent, not-for-profit research institute that’s committed to recruiting talented people like you, progressing your career and giving you the support you need to thrive at UKCEH.
Your main responsibilities will include:
- Assisting the delivery of the portfolio of Net Zero projects, this will include managing your own projects
- Project management - planning, review, and monitoring of schedules, spending, deliverables and dependencies; bringing early warning of variances and providing the information & reporting needs
- Proactively identifying project risks and barriers, working collaboratively to mitigate and resolve them
- Assisting funding proposals and grant applications. Often coordinating and managing the process
- Collaborating on events, conferences, workshops and meetings, including setting outlines and agendas; managing participants; making practical arrangements; capturing notes and proactively tracking actions progress, collation and dissemination of outputs
We’re looking for somebody who:
- Is educated to degree level, preferably in a science or business-related subject; or has substantive and relevant work experience
- Holds (or is working towards) a recognised project management qualification
- Can demonstrate team working skills that include collaboration and a willingness to learn from others
- Has effective management skills of self and team, managing activities and priorities to meet project deadlines and can show the ability to work independently, as well as the confidence to escalate issues where appropriate
- Is resilient under pressure, with a flexible approach to work in a changing environment, with an ability to remain positive and a ‘can do’ attitude to find pragmatic solutions
- Has an understanding of the value and importance of transdisciplinarity and the skills to form effective working partnerships
- Can demonstrate an expertise in Microsoft 365 applications to create high quality internal & external reports and project documents, and a willingness to learn more
- Is able to take a disciplined and methodical approach to routine tasks and achieve a high level of accuracy; has good attention to detail and recognises when high quality outputs are required
If we’ve just described you, we’d love to meet. Apply now.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
www.ceh.ac.uk
Crowmarsh Gifford, United Kingdom
Mark Bailey
Unknown / Non-Applicable
501 to 1000 Employees
Non-profit Organisation
Research & Development
1962
