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IT Project Manager
The Digital, Data & Technology Department (DDaT) is responsible for the efficient delivery of IT infrastructure, digital products, and services; playing a vital part in enabling the University’s staff, students and researchers achieve its strategic goals. DDaT is a passionate community of technical experts who provide digital, data and technology services that are accessible, relevant, and secure. We are motivated by helping people solve problems, be more effective in what they do today and innovating to raise the bar of what can be achieved in future.
About The Role
The IT Project Manager is a key part of the University’s DDaT Team, reporting to the Lead Project Manager and the Head of IT Portfolio Management. This role is being brought in to support the University Research Management System (URMS) Project, which aims to implement a new research management system to ensure the University has the right tools to manage our research and innovation portfolio.
As an IT Project Manager, you will be responsible for managing the technical delivery of the University Research Management System (URMS) project throughout implementation, which is due to start in October 2025. You will lead the technical staff involved in this project to ensure successful achievement of the project’s outcomes. You will work closely with the Project Manager for URMS based in Planning Performance and Strategic Change (PPSC).
As an IT Project Manager, you will be required to engage effectively with colleagues in Research and Impact Services (RIS), Planning Performance and Strategic Change (PPSC) and other key departments. You will be required to report on progress, as well as identify and manage technical risks and issues, which will be shared with the Project Board and other groups on a regular basis.
You will work closely with the Portfolio Management Office to embed and promote project lifecycle management and assurance and provide effective project reporting as required and requested both within DDaT and with external stakeholders.
We are looking for a passionate IT Project Manager with proven experience of manging complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
Our Ideal Candidate Would
* have demonstrable experience of successful IT infrastructure project management within a large organisation
* been educated to degree level in an appropriate subject or equivalent qualification or experience in a related field
* have excellent team leadership and management skills and the ability to develop excellent customer relationships.
This part-time role (14.6 hours per week) is being offered on a 10-month fixed-term basis from October 2025 – July 2026.
We would welcome applications from candidates looking for a secondment opportunity.
For further information about this role, please contact Sarah Ibbitson, Project Manager, Planning Performance and Strategic Change on mnssmv@bath.ac.uk
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
What We Can Offer You
We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:
* Free counselling services through Health Assured
* Cycle to work scheme
* Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
* Staff discount at Team Bath gym
* Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
* Staff discount on language courses
* Generous employer contributory pension schemes
* Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
* A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
* Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
* Local discounts and more
* A family-friendly workplace
* An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
* Relocation allowance
* Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
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We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.
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