Project Manager (Postgraduate Taught Education)

Project Manager (Postgraduate Taught Education)

Department: Planning, Performance & Strategic Change

Salary: Starting from £46,485, rising to £55,295

Closing date: Monday 25 November 2024

About the role

As a Project Manager within Planning, Performance and Strategic Change, youll be at the forefront of delivering the Universitys 2021-2026 Strategy, working on complex change projects that span academic departments and professional services. Youll have the opportunity to manage projects that enhance the university's future direction.

Postgraduate taught (PGT) education and student experience is a pre-eminent strategic priority for the University of Bath. Having defined a clear vision for future high-quality provision, and identified areas of focus, the next phase of the PGT Review project, led by the Pro-Vice-Chancellors Education, and Student Experience will pilot recommendations to realise this vision. This role is required to provide co-ordination and oversight across these activities, driving progress and ensuring an institutional approach to enhance our PGT offer to UK and international students.

You will

- Manage high-priority, complex projects that impact strategic delivery across the University.
- Collaborate with diverse teams of professional and academic colleagues across different functions and areas of the university to tackle complex challenges.
- Develop and strengthen project management capabilities throughout the institution, making a lasting impact on how we deliver success.
- Engage with stakeholders at all levels, from senior leadership to project teams, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
- Present your progress and insights to the Project Board and other Executive Boards, ensuring alignment with the Universitys strategic goals.

This position is offered on a full-time basis, fixed term for 2 years.

About you

Our ideal candidate will have:

- A passion for managing projects and an ability to inspire and engage others.
- Proven experience managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively across diverse teams.
- A commitment to continuous improvement and helping the University achieve its ambitious goals.

Further information

The Planning, Performance and Strategic Change Department brings together strategy, planning, insights and delivery in an integrated way, optimising investments and resources, enabling the University to implement our strategy, driving impact and performance.

How we do this is just as important as what we do and we work to three key principles; collaboration, clarity and capability.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Katherine Binks, Portfolio Manager. Please ensure your application is submitted via our website.

What we can offer you:

- a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
- generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
- an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
- a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.

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