Project Manager

Fixed Term: 12 months

The Strategic Programme Management Office is an expanding team at the heart of the University, responsible for supporting large scale change programmes designed to transform critical elements of the University’s delivery operation and impact positively on our students’ experience. Our aspirations are laid out in UWS Strategy 2025 and our Strategic Programme Management Office team is responsible for the successful delivery of the range of programmes and projects designed to achieve our ambitions.

THE POST – Project Manager

We are seeking to appoint to this new role an experienced and flexible individual who can support a portfolio of project activities within a programme environment. These span a wide range of business processes, across our Student Experience, Digital Transformation, and Organisational Effectiveness and all have a clear connection to larger scale programmes and our strategy. Using Prince2 and Managing Successful Programmes methodologies, you will manage and facilitate strategic initiatives, ensuring the delivery of sponsor-defined outcomes and organisational business improvement goals. You will advise and support Project Sponsors and other internal stakeholders from the point of identification, through project specification and design implementation to the establishment of project outcomes.

The successful candidate should have the following:

• Demonstrable project and/or programme management skills and experience and qualifications (such as PRINCE2, MSP), including the successful application of project and programme management methods, governance, techniques and tools for the effective management of initiatives.
• Proven track record in successfully leading large scale projects working to tight and challenging deadlines.
• Experience of creating and managing plans for complex and varied projects including budgets and resources, prioritisation and scheduling of conflicting tasks.
• Experience of monitoring and managing programme risks and benefits, with the ability to take decisive action to achieve successful delivery of project outcomes.

ABOUT US

UWS was named Higher Educational Institution of the Year in The Herald Higher Education Awards 2022 and is officially ranked by Times Higher Education in the top 600 universities worldwide (2022 World University Rankings) as well as in the top 150 universities worldwide under 50 years old (2022 Young University Rankings). University of the West of Scotland is one of Scotland’s largest and most dynamic modern universities. Our reach across the country, together with our London campus, means that UWS is a significant force in global knowledge creation, innovation, and a leading provider of undergraduate, postgraduate and research degree education. Our degrees provide students with a transformational experience; equipping them with highly sought-after graduate skills that set them up for global success in world-leading sectors, industries and businesses.

With cutting-edge courses, modern pedagogy and practical knowledge, we enable our students and staff to experience the joy of learning, teaching, research and innovation, and apply their knowledge for the benefit of others.

Our professional services teams are the backbone of UWS, providing robust and innovative solutions to support the vast range of work across learning and teaching, and research and innovation. You will join a supportive and dedicated team, playing a key role in a range of work that will help drive forward our ambition to deliver world-leading research, and graduates who will design, shape and build a new future. Find out more about our Professional Services teams.

We offer our staff a caring and supportive environment, across five campuses, and a competitive benefits package which includes:

• 24 days of annual leave, plus a further 12 days for public/university holidays
• 19.3% employer’s pension contribution, including death in service benefits on joining the pension scheme
• A flexible approach to working pattern and work-life balance
• Employee discount scheme across 3,500 retailers
• Fitness facilities across our campuses
• Free gym membership
• Access to a range of health and wellbeing resources, including occupational health, physiotherapy and access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Professional, career and research development opportunities.

Interview Date: 13th and 14th March 2023