We are seeking to appoint a Project Officer to support the Nuclear Graphite Research Group (NGRG). The post will be based in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Chaired by Prof Abbie Jones, the NGRG has established itself as a world-leading group in nuclear graphite and located within the Henry Royce Institute for advanced materials research. The NGRG have expertise in current Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR) core behaviour, next generation graphite development and nuclear graphite waste management. This research has contributed to two 4* Research Excellence Framework impact cases (REF 2015, 2021). In addition, Prof Jones leads a £13.2M EPSRC funded Programme consortium “ENLIGHT - Enabling a Lifecycle Approach to Graphite for Advanced Modular Reactors”, a five-year programme accelerating innovation in next-generation nuclear technologies. It aims to deliver critical RD&I to advance the UK’s world-leading graphite expertise transitioning from Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGRs) to Advanced Modular Reactors (AMRs).
The NGRG is now the largest Nuclear Graphite research group in the UK with more than 20 academic, postdoctoral research, and postgraduate research members.
Reporting to Project Manager and working with the Chair of the NGRG, the Project Officer role will ensure that the NGRG leadership and wider research group receive support in the delivery of project tasks, primarily associated to our ONR contract and support to further NGRG contracts.
The Project Officer will be the primary point of contact on a wide range of administrative aspects, including coordinating activity across project technical areas, project meetings, review meetings, resource monitoring, recruitment, organising engagement events and workshops, internal and external communications and dissemination activities.
We are committed to creating a fully inclusive and flexible culture, one where everyone can realise their potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation. We believe that if we can positively diversify our staff, we will be able to collaborate more effectively and create a more productive environment. If you think you will be a good fit for this role we look forward to hearing from you!
What you will get in return:
* Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
* Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
* Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
* Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
* Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers
The School of Engineering is strongly committed to promoting equality and diversity, including the Athena SWAN Charter for gender equality in higher education. The School recognises its good practice in relation to gender, including flexible working arrangements, family-friendly policies, and support to allow staff to achieve a good work-life balance. Appointment will always be awarded on merit.
Our University is positive about flexible working you can find out more here
Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.
Please be aware that due to the number of applications we unfortunately may not able to provide individual feedback on your application.
Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.
Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to recruitmentservices.people@manchester.ac.uk
Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.
Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:
Contact: Michelle Mallon, NGRG and ENLIGHT Project Manager
Email: michelle.mallon@manchester.ac.uk
For an informal discussion relating to the project, please contact:
Email: michelle.mallon@manchester.ac.uk
General enquiries:
Email: recruitmentservices.people@manchester.ac.uk
Technical support:
0161 850 2004
This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.
Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.