Job Purpose
The University of Glasgow is co-leading a consortium of seven universities, supporting the formation of a new national research centred funded by a significant UKRI and stakeholder co-investment for a 5-year and £45M programme of challenge-led research into digital twinning for transport decarbonisation. Such an ambitious research programme demands a significant project management team, led by the Hub Manager, with support from two project and industrial engagement managers (PIEMs). The Research Hub is led by Heriot-Watt University, and the support team of seven roles is based principally in Heriot-Watt, with one PIEM based at the University of Glasgow. All support roles report directly to the Hub Manager, who sits on the Executive Team of the Research Hub. The PIEMs will manage research teams comprised of researchers from all of the institutional partners, working in close collaboration.
The research builds on highly successful consultation which explored transport decarbonisation and mode integration. This new national research hub will be responsible for delivering new knowledge, technical capabilities and policy advisement relating to UK transport decarbonisation priorities. This highly ambitious programme of research is supported by over 65 industrial, research and stakeholder organisations.
The PIEM will direct the delivery of work packages and demonstration models across the consortium (all academic and industry partners) and maximise the contribution of the significant industrial resource committed to this work. It requires strong experience in project management and industrial engagement. This is an exciting opportunity to deliver a complex and transformative research programme to rapidly advance the decarbonisation of transport, building strong industrial and policy networks.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
1. Responsible for the management and reporting of research work packages and demonstrators across all academic and industrial partners. This includes managing timelines, action logs, identifying key milestones and project work plans, maintenance of risk registers and ensuring that deadlines and deliverables are achieved.
2. Challenge Led Demonstrator projects (CLDs) will be jointly led by two academic leaders with the PIEM, using agile approaches to deliver transport mode focussed digital twins and inter-modal transport models.
3. Work Packages (WP) will have academic leadership, with PIEM support to manage the resourcing and delivery of research outputs over the programme.
4. PIEMs will be responsible for co-ordinating activity across WPs and CLDs to ensure that programme interdependencies are respected.
5. Responsible for maintaining risk registers for WPs and CLDs and managing the mitigation of risks, particularly those that impact the programme / other WPs or CLDs.
6. Responsible for maintenance of performance dashboards and KPI reporting.
7. Responsible for updating of project plans.
8. Resource and financial reporting.
9. Key industrial partners have committed in-kind resources to the development of CLDs, and the PIEM is responsible for ensuring timely and effective industrial engagement in the research activities and effective communications with all stakeholders including consultation and management of expectations. PIEM is also responsible for the maintenance of an engagement register for weekly reporting to PM team.
10. The programme outputs are expected to inform policy internationally, nationally and locally in diverse domains (transport modes, energy, digital security, etc.) The PIEMs will support engagement with policy communities through reporting to the TransiT Policy Advisory Board and through a range of bilateral engagements informing the research activity.
11. Proactively manage engagement with related research hubs to ensure cross- learning and complementarity of research messages.
12. Preparation of monthly operations reports (progress reports, risk registers, engagement logs) for all WPS and CLDs.
13. Preparation of reports for Transit Executive Team (quarterly) and Advisory Board (bi-annually).
14. Identify and resolve of a wide variety of complex issues using specialist knowledge and a high degree of initiative.
15. Assess critical situations accurately and use judgement to quickly make decisions.
16. Undertake other relevant duties commensurate with the role.
Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential:
A1 Ability to demonstrate the competencies required to undertake the duties associated with this level of post having acquired the necessary professional knowledge and management skills in a similar or number of different specialist roles.
Or: Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework level 9,10 or 11 (Ordinary/Honours Degree, Post Graduate Qualification), or equivalent, including being professionally qualified in relevant discipline, with a broad range of professional experience in a management role(s).
A2 Comprehensive working knowledge of financial management, with an ability to manage and control budgets, analyse financial data.
A3 In depth knowledge and understanding of project/programme management methodologies.
A4 Well-developed understanding of policies surrounding Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and data protection and the implications of non-compliance.
Desirable:
B1 Professional Qualification such as PRINCE 2, or membership of a relevant Professional body such as APM.
B2 Knowledge of transport sector and/or decarbonisation policies.
B3 Knowledge of UKRI reporting requirements.
B4 Understanding of the challenges and opportunities within the Higher Education sector.
B5 Understanding of policies surrounding research management: Trusted Research, Export control and Responsible Research and Innovation.
Skills
Essential:
C1 Ability to persuade, motivate and lead a team, including setting objectives and managing workload.
C2 Competent in the use of relevant IT packages, such as MS Project Professional or similar.
C3 Substantial professional expertise in project management.
C4 Well-developed understanding of relevant legal, statutory and governance applications and turning them into good practice (e.g. H&S, employment law).
C5 Excellent interpersonal, influencing and presentation skills.
C6 Able to understand and communicate complex issues effectively.
C7 Excellent customer service.
C8 Ability to work quickly, flexibly and accurately in a dynamic, changing and pressured environment.
C9 Ability to research, analyse and present complex information effectively with good attention to detail.
C10 High level planning and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise major developments.
C11 Professional and proactive approach to work.
C12 Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
Experience
Essential:
E1 Experience of working in a project management role within a research or software development environment.
E2 Experience of working closely with stakeholders across all levels of the organisation.
E3 Experience of using Agile Project Management approaches.
Desirable:
F1 Experience of working in Higher Education Research.
Terms and Conditions
Salary will be Grade 8, £48,350 - £56,021 per annum.
This post is full time (35 hours per week) , and has funding available until 30 June 2029 in the first instance.
As part of Team UofG you will be a member of a world changing, inclusive community, which values ambition, excellence, integrity and curiosity.
As a valued member of our team, you can expect:
1 A warm welcoming and engaging organisational culture, where your talents are developed and nurtured, and success is celebrated and shared.
2 An excellent employment package with generous terms and conditions including 41 days of leave for full time staff, pension - pensions handbook https: // www. gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/payandpensions/pensions/, benefits and discount packages.
3 A flexible approach to working.
4 A commitment to support your health and wellbeing, including a free 6-month UofG Sport membership for all new staff joining the University https: // www. gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/staff/healthwellbeing/.
We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community https: // www. gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/.
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