Project Manager

Regent's University London is a private university with a stunning Central London campus, right in the heart of Royal Regent's Park.

Salary range: from £42,400 + (Depending on skills and experience)

Hours: 35 per week

Closing date: 14th November 2024

Hybrid Working available

Overview of the role

The Regent's Tech & Transformation team lead, develop and embed technology, infrastructure and transformation across the University to deliver our strategic objectives along with a range of business improvement projects. The primary purpose of this role is to be responsible for the project management, planning and delivery functions across a range of strategic and institutional-wide projects to ensure that they are delivered on time, within budget and within scope.

Main Responsibilities

• Coordinate the delivery of business-critical projects working with colleagues across the institution to ensure timely and accurate delivery of outputs.
• Provide high quality project, secretariat and administrative support. This includes leading the meeting agenda and formal note taking of meetings as required, as well as, capturing ownership or delegation of actions.
• Develop and maintain appropriate project documentation including business cases, project charters, workstream plans, risk & issues logs, stakeholder & communications plans, lessons learnt, closure reports and so forth.
• Take responsibility for identifying project risks and issues, ensuring risks are mitigated and issues are resolved. Document these in the lessons learned section of the project closure report.
• Oversee the programme or project action logs, managing the progress of actions ensuring owners are kept on track, updating against progress and ensuring deadlines are met whilst maintaining the quality.
• Coordinate the development and continuous delivery of project communication.
• Coordinate complex schedules and diaries to organise project meetings or executive meetings in a timely manner.
• Undertake desk-based research to support project development as and when required.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders across Regent's and external partners or suppliers.
• Support the day-to-day activities to ensure they progress against the agreed.
• Timescale, cost, scope, dependencies, risks mitigation, output and outcome.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of project delivery and implementation, feeding back as required.
• Analyse datasets and complex information to produce reports or presentations as required.
• Build and maintain effective and productive working relationships with colleagues, clients and third parties and support the University's values.
• Actively seek to implement the University's Health and Safety policy, give due regard to the health and safety of themselves and others when carrying out duties.
• Actively seek to implement the University's Equal Opportunities Policy and promote equality of opportunity in relation to the duties of the post.
• To undertake any other duties that may reasonably be requested appropriate to the grade and responsibilities of the post.

How to apply

Please provide a current CV along with a cover letter/statement outlining why you are suitable for the role. To find out more, click apply!

About us

Regent's University London is a private university right in the heart of Royal Regent's Park. We offer bespoke undergraduate and postgraduate education that begins with the individual, focussing on each student's talents, potential, and aspirations.

Our study areas include business and management; liberal studies and humanities; fashion and design; film, media and performance; psychotherapy and psychology; as well as pathway qualifications in English language and other modern foreign languages.

We are a small, friendly and supportive University offering great benefits for our staff including:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and additional discretionary closure days over the Christmas period.
• Beautiful campus in the heart of Regent's Park, a short walk from Baker Street and Great Portland Street stations
• A range of great facilities on our stunning campus including free tea and coffee, flexible working spaces and free use of the campus tennis court and sport pitch
• Membership of a group personal pension scheme with a 7% minimum contribution by the University, with up to 10% contribution by the University
• Loans of up to £10,000, to include covering daily travel costs, rental deposits and bicycles.
• Benenden medical cover - allowing access to medical services where there is delay in receiving NHS treatment
• Employee discount service
• £6 a day allowance to spend in University catering outlets
• Free language classes
• Blended (hybrid) and flexible working supported across the University, depending on the requirements of the role.

About us

Regent's University London is a private university right in the heart of Royal Regent's Park. We offer bespoke undergraduate and postgraduate education that begins with the individual, focussing on each student's talents, potential, and aspirations.

Our study areas include business and management; liberal studies and humanities; fashion and design; film, media and performance; psychotherapy and psychology; as well as pathway qualifications in English language and other modern foreign languages.

We are a small, friendly and supportive University offering great benefits for our staff including:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and additional discretionary closure days over the Christmas period.
• Beautiful campus in the heart of Regent's Park, a short walk from Baker Street and Great Portland Street stations
• A range of great facilities on our stunning campus including free tea and coffee, flexible working spaces and free use of the campus tennis court and sport pitch
• Membership of a group personal pension scheme with a 7% minimum contribution by the University, with up to 10% contribution by the University
• Loans of up to £10,000, to include covering daily travel costs, rental deposits and bicycles.
• Benenden medical cover - allowing access to medical services where there is delay in receiving NHS treatment
• Employee discount service
• £6 a day allowance to spend in University catering outlets
• Free language classes (free places are subject to availability) REMOVE FOR VLs
• Blended (hybrid) and flexible working supported across the University, depending on the requirements of the role

Our goal is to foster and celebrate an inclusive workplace with a sense of belonging; we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds.