Project Delivery Manager

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Open Ended.

Location: Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell, Oxfordshire OR Science and Technology Facilities Council, Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington

Background:

STFC Scientific Computing provides large-scale computing facilities and data services at Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire. The expertise Scientific Computing brings in scientific software, and data and computation infrastructure, underpins science innovation across STFC and UKRI.

Scientific Computing has a significant and expanding programme of delivering Data Infrastructure solutions to research communities in within the UK academic sector. This post relates to the Physical Science Data Infrastructure (PSDI) project, serving the Chemical and Materials sciences. PSDI aims to deliver advanced Data Infrastructure services to its research communities to provide the essential computing needed by modern data intensive science.

PSDI has recently received significant additional funding and is expanding its activities with an ambitious delivery programme of software development and service, and also community building activities. Consequently, we are seeking a Project Delivery Manager to work with the project leaders and team to coordinate the delivery of the programme across the range of its activities.

The delivery manager will work closely with the technical and stakeholder management teams, with wider service providers within SC and with external partners and stakeholders. The delivery managers will be supported by SC's Project Management Office, which provides a focus for best practices in project management within the department.

The role will require a focus on delivery, with a need for practical engineering judgement to steer priorities and assess the quality of the results, as well as a sound knowledge of project management principles and practices. As the programme evolves, the Delivery Manager will work with the programme leadership to adapt and extend the project plans.

List of duties / work program / responsibilities

• The duties of the post holder would include:
• Project planning and design, developing project plans and schedules
• Monitoring progress towards deliverables
• Monitoring and reporting on project resources
• Working with projects to set priorities
• Project re-planning to provide a flexible approach as priorities change
• Overseeing product deployment and operation
• Setting up quality assurance processes and assessing the quality of output.
• Contributing to project planning to sustain the programmes into the future.

Skills Required

Essential:

• Knowledge of project management best practices
• Bachelors degree (or equivalent experience) in a STEM subject
• Experience of managing the delivery of software systems projects
• Ability to assess technical quality and value of deliverables
• Knowledge of software development processes
• Monitoring and reporting of project resources
• Working with cross-organisational teams
• Awareness of working within a research environment

Employee Benefits:

• We are offering a permanent position with a whole host of benefits including:
• 30 days holiday (in addition to 10.5 bank holidays and privilege days).
• Flexible working hours.
• An excellent defined average salary pension scheme.
• Employee shopping/travel discounts.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are invested in crafting an environment that is welcoming and encouraging of all, to help us achieve the highest possible standards in our work and organisation together. In this regard, we encourage applications from under-represented groups.

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About The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

As one of Europe's largest research organisations, we ask the biggest questions in the universe to find answers that change the world around us. We seek understanding. We're proud of the impact we make. And we're committed to helping build a globally competitive, knowledge-based UK economy. Being part of all this means contributing to work that pushes boundaries and creates possibilities. You'll work with, and learn from, true experts. Whatever your role, you'll be free to question, and encouraged to share ideas. And, in a positive and supportive culture, you'll discover just what a difference you can make when you're equipped and inspired to excel.

We're a place where curious minds thrive. Not bound by profit, we explore ideas that others don't, ask questions that others won't, and discover answers that others are not equipped to find. And, alongside Mars landings and black holes, we also explore diverse, international projects in everything from science and engineering to computing and technology. Whether it's at the cutting edge or behind the scenes, our work is intellectually challenging. It's very often ground-breaking. And it's endlessly, irresistibly fascinating.

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Supporting some of the world's most exciting and challenging research projects, we develop and operate some of the most remarkable scientific facilities in the world. We are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge through fundamental research and delivering benefits for UK society and the economy through world-class research, skills and business-led innovation.

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£48,802 to £53,682 per annum (dependent on skills and experience)