£39,748

Full time

Open Ended

Swindon

We are recruiting Senior Science Project Managers to join the Medical Research Council’s Cross-council partnership and Infrastructure team. These roles are a core component of MRC’s mission to improve human health by managing a portfolio of research projects across many areas of MRC remit. Reporting to the Associate Director this role will suit experienced project managers interested in science, or scientifically trained staff interested in expanding their project management skills.

The roles support projects in different science areas which can range from multi-million national infrastructures such as UK Biobank and the new Adolescent Health study to smaller focused internal projects. You will get a chance to work extensively across MRC and UKRI, with central government and other research funders, and across the UK research and innovation community.

You will be one of the key MRC knowledge-holders of the project management process in UKRI and within UK Government (i.e. "Green Book" processes). You will get an opportunity to manage a number of high profile projects, inputting into new proposals and working with a range of supporting professional teams such as commercial procurement, economists, finance, and strategy. You will also be involved in relevant peer review of science applications, gathering strategic advice from a range of stakeholders and providing advice to internal and external audiences.

Key responsibilities

• Management of the business case process for a number of MRC led infrastructure bids
• Working with the wider research and industry communities to develop the strategic case for future bids
• Provide support and advice to internal and external audiences
• Management of the different workstreams to simultaneously support a number of high profile projects
• Assist senior colleagues in the review of research fields and the development and implementation of scientific initiatives and policy
• Preparing the programme brief, project initiation documents or equivalent, and business case among other documents
• Develop and manage funding schemes and initiatives.
• Developing an effective communications and evaluation strategy and managing internal and external communications, announcements, updates and reporting
• Identifying and mitigating risks to the programmes
• Supporting budget management and forecasting

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Criteria

Essential:

• Relevant degree or demonstrable equivalent experience.
• Experience of planning, managing and delivering activities/ programmes/ projects
• Excellent organisational skills, with an ability to plan, prioritise, and progress multiple work streams at the same time.
• Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to show initiative, cope with ambiguity, and operate independently in an evolving environment.
• Ability to communicate clearly, negotiating and influencing with internal and external stakeholders at a variety of levels.
• Ability to take accountability and proactively deliver objectives and outcomes of own work (supporting the wider team) through planning, prioritising and delivering with minimum supervision.
• Experience of working in research and/ or innovation environment or scientific training and demonstration of an understanding of the sector
• Effective collaborator and team member, actively establishing excellence working relationships and networks to enhance work output.
• Ability to effectively delegate and coordinate resources.
• The ability to manage conflicting priorities and time effectively

Job contact :

Name :
UKRI Recruitment Team
Email :
Recruitment@ukri.org

Recruitment team :

Email :
Recruitment@ukri.org