* Locations 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1HT, GB (Hybrid working)
* Organization Strategic Change Service, Strategic Change Service, Edinburgh University Group
* Department Strategic Change Service
* Apply Before 04/29/2025, 10:59 PM
* Health and Safety Requirements No key hazards identified for this post
* Criminal Record Check No criminal record check required
* Contract Type Fixed Term
* Work Duration Months 24
* Job Schedule Full time
* Grade UE08
* Number of Openings 4
* Job Function Project Management
Job Description
CSG/Strategic Change Service
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed Term: 24 months
The Opportunity:
We are looking for exceptional Senior Project Managers to join the Strategic Change Service within the Corporate Services Group, who are dedicated to supporting the delivery of strategic change initiatives.
We are an expert team of professionals advising, coordinating, supporting and co-producing strategic initiatives and improvements in partnership with our colleges and services, and their constituent schools and departments. We are driven by a commitment to deliver positive outcomes that benefit those who work, study and partner with the University.
The service operates under a matrix management model with members of the service aligned to a capability team for their professional standards, development and line management, and deployed onto a strategic change programme/project for their strategic and operational delivery.
The role holder will be line managed by the Head of Project and Programme Management and will contribute both to the development and continuous improvement of the capability and to the operational management of programmes/projects.
You can access information on our currentportfolio on our Strategic Initiatives webpage.
We are recruiting for both 4 fixed term roles and 1 open ended (permanent) role. The job identification number for the open ended (permanent) role is 12282. Shortlisting and interviews will be combined across all roles, and we invite candidates to apply for both.
These posts are full-time (35 hours per week).We are open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.Colleagues are expected to be in the office for at least 2 days per week with on-campus days aligned to service and delivery requirements.
Your skills and attributes for success:
* Significant experience in the management of projects through all lifecycle stages.
* Experience of project planning and delivery including approaches to managing change successfully.
* Excellent organisation and time management skills to plan and organise project management activities.
* Ability to work with minimum supervision accurately and consistently to high standards
* Able to work effectively in a team and in partnership with stakeholders and develop positive working relationships.
Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
* CV
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
* An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
* To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
* Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on ourstaff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion:
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on ourright to work webpages
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note:
The closing date for applications is 29 April 2025
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews will be held during week commencing 19 May 2025
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