Project Manager (Part-Time)
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We are looking for a talented Project Manager to help drive forward impactful change across our organisation.
This is an exciting opportunity to deliver meaningful projects that enhance customer insight, launch new products and services, and support our ambitious publishing strategy.
This is a 12 month fixed term contract – part time. We are looking for someone to work 3 days per week which must include Tuesday and Thursdays.
In this key cross-functional role, you'll own the delivery of high value publishing projects from initial concept through to implementation. You'll work with colleagues across multiple teams, ensuring projects are well structured, delivered on time and within budget, and supported by clear communication and strong stakeholder publishing projects from initial concept through to implementation. You'll work with colleagues across multiple teams, ensuring projects are well structured, delivered on time and within budget, and supported by clear communication and strong stakeholder engagement.
You'll bring structure, focus, and proactive problem solving to complex initiatives, helping us introduce improvements and innovations that support our publishing portfolio and the transition to open publishing models, solving to complex initiatives, helping us introduce improvements and innovations that support our publishing portfolio and the transition to open publishing models.
What you'll be doing
* Managing the end-to-end delivery of selected publishing projects using agreed project management methodologies.
* Coordinating project meetings, actions, documentation, and delivery timelines.
* Developing and maintaining reporting capabilities and best-practice approaches.
* Keeping teams aligned, organised and focused on project goals.
* Providing regular progress updates to senior publishing stakeholders.
* Managing project budgets and ensuring effective cost control.
* Identifying stakeholders and creating clear communication plans in collaboration with project sponsors.
* Ensuring consistent, timely engagement with internal teams, external partners, and customers.
* Acting as an advocate for project management excellence across Publishing.
* Staying informed on developments in STM publishing and customer needs to help shape impactful projects.
About You
You'll be a confident, collaborative project manager who enjoys working with diverse stakeholders and guiding projects through to successful delivery. You'll bring strong communication, organisation, and influencing skills, along with a proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.
What you'll bring
Qualifications
* Prince II or equivalent project management qualification or proven project management experience
* Certified Scrum Product Owner (desirable)
* Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (desirable)
Experience & Knowledge
* A data driven approach to decision-making driven approach to decision-making driven approach to decision-making
* Experience with continuous improvement, ideally using lean methodologies
* Familiarity with analytical and reporting tools
* Understanding of the STM publishing market (desirable)
Skills & Behaviours
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability
* Effective prioritisation and change management skills management skills
* Customer-focused mindset with a drive for results
* Ability to manage and measure work effectively
* Innovative thinking and sound decision-making
* Strong ability to operate autonomously and take initiative
We pride ourselves on being a flexible and inclusive employer, if you have a preference to work flexibly, please do apply.
Who We Are:
IOP Publishing is a society-owned scientific publisher, providing impact, recognition and value for the scientific community. As the publishing arm of the Institute of Physics, 100% of our profit goes towards public and scientific good.
Why work with us at IOP Publishing:
Purpose:
We are a world leader in the development of electronic publishing for the scientific community - working in the interests of science and scientists, we aim to maximise the impact of the research we publish;
Culture:
We offer a truly international culture with offices in Europe, Asia and the US and our reach is global. Our culture is the perfect blend of dedicated and intelligent professionalism, informal, friendly collaboration and authenticity with a social conscience.
Financial Benefits:
a competitive salary up to £45,470, prorated to £27,282 (Band C), an excellent pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution), a discretionary annual bonus scheme and a range of other useful and cost-saving benefits available through our benefits platform.
Health and Wellbeing:
33+ days holiday (including bank holidays), plus an extra day's leave to use for a moment that matters to you, a 35-hour working week, life assurance, cycle to work scheme, dental insurance, health care cash plan, and a great positive working environment in our brand new office in central Bristol - modern airy and designed with all of our colleagues in mind – for work and social time.
Flexibility:
a flexible hybrid working environment to suit everyone's needs- we don't need you in the office every day so we can consider applicants from further afield who can travel to Bristol on a monthly basis depending on when face to face time is needed.
And last but not least, did we mention that we are unique? IOP Publishing is central to the Institute of Physics, a not-for-profit society and we gift-aid all our profits to support science through the activities of the Institute.
To apply, please submit your CV through our careers site.
IOP Publishing is an equal opportunity employer. Our goal is to ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) are built into our identity in a way that is natural and sustainable, visible through the work we produce, our company branding, our professional networks and the communities we serve and support, which includes our employees, talent communities and candidates. We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented backgrounds.
We make recruitment and workplace adjustments wherever we can, so please let us know if there's anything that we can do to support you.
Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for candidates. If, however you already have the right to work in the UK or hold an eligible work permit or visa, we encourage you to apply for this positio
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