This Senior Project Manager sits in Professional Services, reporting to the Director of Strategic Planning & Performance, and leads the relocation of the School of Creative Industries. The work covers refurbishment and redevelopment, academic portfolio redesign, specialist facilities moves, stakeholder engagement and continuity planning, coordinated with the Estates development team. It is a full-time fixed-term post for 18 months, with a secondment route open to internal staff. The post starts from 30 November 2026.
What the job involves
- Oversee the full lifecycle of a multi-workstream relocation project
- Provide leadership across the project lifecycle
- Coordinate cross-University activity with the Estates development team
- Oversee refurbishment and redevelopment activity
- Lead academic portfolio redesign
- Oversee specialist facilities relocation
- Manage stakeholder engagement
- Manage complex interdependencies between workstreams
- Plan operational continuity during the move
- Drive delivery of project outcomes and long-term benefits
What’s required
Experience
- Proven track record of leading complex projects and organisational change from inception to delivery
- Significant experience of building strong stakeholder relationships
- Experience of managing complex interdependencies
Skills & knowledge
- Effective analytical skills
- Effective influencing skills
- Ability to work well in complex environments
- Ability to bring people together to achieve ambitious goals
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
