Project Manager
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 14 Tachwedd 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £42,254 i £48,822 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 23 Tachwedd 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Preston, Lancashire |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 2 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | University of Lancashire |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 1349-25 |
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When you work for the University of Lancashire, you’ll be part of a thriving community of talent that’s united in a common commitment to transform lives. We do this by delivering an outstanding educational experience and creating prosperity and opportunity in the communities we serve. Whatever your role, you’ll be playing a vital part in helping us achieve our vision.
About the role:
An exciting internal secondment or 12-month fixed term opportunity has arisen within the Strategic Planning and Delivery team at the University of Lancashire to appoint a new Project Manager. The successful candidate will support transformational programmes that enhance colleague and student experiences and drive operational efficiency. Working within the Strategic Planning and Delivery team, you will coordinate project delivery activities, support stakeholder engagement, and help embed strategic change into everyday operations and be core to ongoing strategic delivery for the University.
You’ll play a key role in supporting colleagues to adopt new ways of working and contribute to the continued success of the university. This role offers the chance to work across diverse teams – both professional and academic, develop your project and change management skills, and make a meaningful impact in a fast-paced, transformational environment. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
As a key member of a high-performing team, you will be responsible for the delivery of significant corporate projects, developing relationships with key stakeholders and presenting management information and leading change with high-level audiences. You’ll be working with colleagues across the University to explore new opportunities for growth and also identifying areas of improvement.
About you:
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, and delivery focussed, with a background in working with others to deliver positive outcomes. Applicants will hold an undergraduate degree (preferably honours) degree or equivalent or have equivalent relevant processional experience.You should also have experience of successfully managing workstreams or leading delivery / change in close collaboration with key stakeholders such as senior management, administrators and professional or technical staff.
Utilising excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the successful applicant will have an ability to convey information to different audiences as well as build productive relationships with colleagues of varying degrees of seniority.
A high level of motivation, independence and commitment to deliver are core requirements for success in this position. You will also need to be adaptable, resourceful and a natural problem solver with a gift for operating effectively in a changing environment and a passion for making the University of Lancashire an even better place to study, work and do business.
For an informal discussion about what the role may involve, or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Tim Almond, Director of Strategic Planning and Delivery via email in the first instance.
What we can offer you:
Our people are our most important asset. We’ll encourage you to make the most of your talents and continually develop your skills and knowledge. As well as realising your career ambitions, you’ll be making a positive difference to other people’s lives. We also offer a fantastic package of rewards and lifestyle benefits – from an attractive annual leave entitlement to access to a comprehensive employee benefits platform.
We are proud to be a diverse, multicultural university. We are committed to building a truly inclusive culture where diversity is championed. Applications are particularly welcomed from individuals who will support the diversification within the University and support its development of a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all.
The University is committed to providing a safe environment to study, work and visit, protecting children, young people and adults at risk from harm and abuse. Our safeguarding policy and safer recruitment procedure outlines our approach, alongside other internal policies, procedures and guidance which can be found on our Safeguarding page.
Applicants applying for roles in regulated activity and that are listed as an exception under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 will be required to disclose any spent and unspent convictions and undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check at the appropriate level, the University will only ask an applicant to make an application for a DBS check if they are legally entitled to.
About the role:
An exciting internal secondment or 12-month fixed term opportunity has arisen within the Strategic Planning and Delivery team at the University of Lancashire to appoint a new Project Manager. The successful candidate will support transformational programmes that enhance colleague and student experiences and drive operational efficiency. Working within the Strategic Planning and Delivery team, you will coordinate project delivery activities, support stakeholder engagement, and help embed strategic change into everyday operations and be core to ongoing strategic delivery for the University.
You’ll play a key role in supporting colleagues to adopt new ways of working and contribute to the continued success of the university. This role offers the chance to work across diverse teams – both professional and academic, develop your project and change management skills, and make a meaningful impact in a fast-paced, transformational environment. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
As a key member of a high-performing team, you will be responsible for the delivery of significant corporate projects, developing relationships with key stakeholders and presenting management information and leading change with high-level audiences. You’ll be working with colleagues across the University to explore new opportunities for growth and also identifying areas of improvement.
About you:
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, and delivery focussed, with a background in working with others to deliver positive outcomes. Applicants will hold an undergraduate degree (preferably honours) degree or equivalent or have equivalent relevant processional experience.You should also have experience of successfully managing workstreams or leading delivery / change in close collaboration with key stakeholders such as senior management, administrators and professional or technical staff.
Utilising excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the successful applicant will have an ability to convey information to different audiences as well as build productive relationships with colleagues of varying degrees of seniority.
A high level of motivation, independence and commitment to deliver are core requirements for success in this position. You will also need to be adaptable, resourceful and a natural problem solver with a gift for operating effectively in a changing environment and a passion for making the University of Lancashire an even better place to study, work and do business.
For an informal discussion about what the role may involve, or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Tim Almond, Director of Strategic Planning and Delivery via email in the first instance.
What we can offer you:
Our people are our most important asset. We’ll encourage you to make the most of your talents and continually develop your skills and knowledge. As well as realising your career ambitions, you’ll be making a positive difference to other people’s lives. We also offer a fantastic package of rewards and lifestyle benefits – from an attractive annual leave entitlement to access to a comprehensive employee benefits platform.
We are proud to be a diverse, multicultural university. We are committed to building a truly inclusive culture where diversity is championed. Applications are particularly welcomed from individuals who will support the diversification within the University and support its development of a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all.
The University is committed to providing a safe environment to study, work and visit, protecting children, young people and adults at risk from harm and abuse. Our safeguarding policy and safer recruitment procedure outlines our approach, alongside other internal policies, procedures and guidance which can be found on our Safeguarding page.
Applicants applying for roles in regulated activity and that are listed as an exception under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 will be required to disclose any spent and unspent convictions and undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check at the appropriate level, the University will only ask an applicant to make an application for a DBS check if they are legally entitled to.
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