College Project Manager - College of Engineering and Physical Sciences - 106615 - Grade 7 in Birmingham

College Project Manager – College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Position ID: 106615 – Grade 7 – Full‑time fixed‑term contract until March 2028 – Closing date: 3rd December 2025

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Salary: £36,636 to £46,049, with potential progression to £48,822

Role Summary

To manage and support specific projects and initiatives across the College, as directed by the College Senior Leadership Team. The role will involve high‑profile project support, development of project plans, monitoring progress, reporting, and stakeholder liaison.

Main Duties

Project Delivery

• Lead high‑level project support for short‑term and long‑running projects, negotiating deadlines and priorities.
• Develop project plans, identify KPIs and milestones.
• Audit progress, identify improvements and act to boost effectiveness.
• Report progress, write reports and present to Project Boards and key stakeholders.
• Draft briefing notes and committee papers for College Governance.
• Provide executive support to Project Boards, set agendas and manage minutes.
• Assess and escalate risk, monitor risk registers.
• Manage stakeholder relations, including partners, funders and project groups.
• Control budgets and maintain project documentation.
• Work with Marketing and Communications to develop and deliver communication strategy.
• Balance priorities to deliver agreed deliverables on schedule.
• Analyse data to inform project evaluation and reviews.
• Drive delivery of key project areas across complex agendas.

People Management

• Manage staff, ensuring targets and goals are achieved within resource constraints.
• Conduct annual review processes, including performance and development reviews.
• Identify development opportunities and encourage team growth.

General

• Demonstrate University values in daily delivery and communications.
• Actively manage equality, diversity and inclusion and challenge unacceptable behaviour.
• Support sustainability agenda through resource‑efficient practices.
• Perform other duties commensurate with the grade.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience

• Substantial evidence from Higher Education or a comparable sector.
• Experience of project and/or change management in Higher Education or a comparable sector.
• Good understanding of external factors affecting the HE sector.
• Experience planning across a complex organisation and collaborating with academic and professional services colleagues.
• High personal accountability and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, data analysis and presentation skills.
• Proactive and flexible, effective time‑management and self‑motivation.
• High standard of presentation, accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent IT skills, including MS Office, Teams and SharePoint.
• Knowledge of the Equality Act 2010 and ability to apply it in day‑to‑day activity.

Internal and External Relationships

• Team members, Head of College and Senior Leadership Team.
• Members of relevant committees.
• External stakeholders such as comparable universities and professional services colleagues.

Informal enquiries to Mark Jeffery, email: m.c.jeffery@bham.ac.uk

We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. The University is an equal‑opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion and sustainability.