Project Manager (IT Area)

ForestWISE is a Collaborative Laboratory focused on forest and fire issues through the development of (co)research, innovation and knowledge transfer and technology activities. Our goal is to increase and improve sustainable forest management in Portugal, the competitiveness of the Portuguese forestry sector and to reduce negative consequences of large rural fires.

ForestWISE currently leads or participates in national and international large scale and impact projects in the forest and fire areas.

ForestWISE opens positions for one Project Manager (IT area) in the scope of RN21 Integrated Project - Innovation in the Natural Resin Sector to Strengthen the Portuguese Bio-economy, funded by Fundo Ambiental through Component 12 - Promotion of Sustainable Bio-economy (Investment TC-C12-i01 - Sustainable Bio-economy No. 02/C12-i01/202), through European funds provided to Portugal by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP), in the scope of the European Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), framed in the Next Generation UE, for the period from 2021 -2026.

Position: PROJECT MANAGER (IT AREA) – one position

Summary description of the function:

Under the supervision of the ForestWISE’s CTO and the RN21 integrated project Director, the IT Manager will:

• Support RN21 project activities related to the development of information technologies;
• Develop an integrated data and application management strategy for the project;
• Elect and adapt software to support the project operations, enabling ongoing tasks execution, sharing information, helping communication between team members, among other features to be defined;
• Develop and manage databases;
• Developing the data protection strategy, in compliance with current legislation, supporting the definition of procedures and monitoring internal compliance along with national and international standards;
• Optimize and manage the project’s website;
• Manage the project’s IT infrastructure e.g.: server, networks, etc.;
• Develop the activities assigned according to the function.