This role provides senior-level project support across a varied portfolio of strategic and operational education projects within the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine. Working closely with both the Project Manager and Senior Project Manager, you will act as a central coordination point across multiple concurrent projects, helping to ensure activity is aligned, organised, and delivered effectively.

A key focus of the role is supporting stakeholder engagement and the day-to-day running of the project function, including managing complex diaries, coordinating meetings, and ensuring effective communication across internal and external stakeholders. You will also play a central role in supporting governance processes, including organising and servicing working groups and committees, preparing agendas and papers, taking high-quality minutes, and tracking actions through to completion.

This role offers a valuable opportunity for an early-career project professional or aspiring Project Manager to gain exposure to working within a busy project environment, with a strong emphasis on coordination, stakeholder engagement, and governance support.

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week) and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. A positive, proactive and committed approach, with experience of taking ownership of tasks and contributing to the successful delivery of projects and organisational objectives
2. Experience supporting stakeholder engagement, with confidence working with a range of internal and external stakeholders, including senior colleagues
3. Ability to work across multiple priorities and deliver to deadlines. Strong organisational and coordination skills, including experience managing complex diaries, meetings, and schedules across multiple stakeholders
4. Ability to use data to track project progress, analyse trends and performance, and provide insights that support project reporting and informed decision-making
5. Experience supporting formal governance processes, including preparing agendas, coordinating papers, taking accurate minutes, and tracking actions
6. Collaborative and solution-focused mindset, with the ability to proactively identify and escalate risks, support problem-solving activity, and challenge appropriately
7. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to produce clear, professional documentation and correspondence for a range of audiences
8. Proficient in using Microsoft Office suite with an interest and willingness to familiarise with new platforms

Desirable criteria

1. Experience working in a higher education or similarly complex organisation, with an understanding of academic and governance structures
2. Qualification in project management (e.g. APM, PRINCE2, Agile) or demonstrable interest in developing a career in project management