We are seeking a strategic and experienced Project Manager to lead the planning, coordination, and successful delivery of complex projects, managing risks, budgets, stakeholders, and resources with autonomy while driving high-impact outcomes to time, cost, and quality standards.
The position is set to commence asap and will be full-time (37.5hours per week) for a duration of 12 weeks with a pay rate of £20.77 per hour + holiday pay.
Key Responsibilities:
Duties:
The Project Manager leads the planning, coordination, and delivery of projects, applying expert knowledge to manage risks, resources, and stakeholders. Working with a high degree of autonomy, they ensure project objectives are achieved to time, budget, and quality standards, navigating challenges and driving high-impact outcomes.
• Independently scope, plan, and manage the execution of detailed project plans to ensure delivery of key outcomes within agreed timelines and University standards.
• Lead the project team, providing overall direction, assigning responsibilities, and ensuring sufficient resourcing to meet project objectives.
• Line manage up to one staff member, including setting objectives, coaching, mentoring, and conducting performance reviews aligned with development needs.
• Act as the primary operational contact for project-related matters across internal and external collaborators, including senior stakeholders.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with internal stakeholders, third-party vendors, and external partners to support successful project delivery.
• Monitor project milestones and overall progress, identifying risks, scope changes, or issues, and implementing corrective actions as required.
• Analyse and interpret project-related data or management information, generating insights and recommendations to support decision-making.
• Manage project budgets, ensuring cost control, accurate tracking of expenditure, and compliance with the University financial policies and procedures.
• Coordinate and attend project meetings, working groups, and committees; provide regular updates, written reports, or presentations.
• Service and report to relevant committees, monitoring and following up on action points. Participate in forum/working group to share information and exchange ideas on best practice.
• Facilitate clear and consistent communication across project stakeholders and team members to support collaboration and alignment.
• Conduct post-project reviews to evaluate impact, document lessons learned, and make recommendations for future improvements.
Selection Criteria:
• Educated to degree level (or equivalent experience).
• Proven project management experience through the full lifecycle.
• Demonstrable experience of budget monitoring and financial management.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to assess complex data and provide actionable insights.
• Proven ability to identify and resolve problems proactively, both independently and in collaboration with others.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence a wide range of stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report writing and presentation abilities.
• High level of organisational, decision-making skills and attention to detail.
• Solid problem-solving ability to proactively highlight potential issues and generate solutions to manage or mitigate.
• Ability to take initiative and think creatively to overcome challenges, working both independently and part of a team.
Vacancy ID: 22234
Please be aware that all candidates need to be able to start work immediately and must be able to work on site if required to do so.
Further information can about the Temporary Staffing Service can be found on our website https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/temporary-staffing-service