Programme Manager

Applications are invited for a Programme Manager to take overall responsibility for the administration of the grants and associated human, physical and digital resources of the Construction Information Technology (CIT) Group led by Professor Ioannis Brilakis. The Programme Manager is supported by, and line manages, a Programme Coordinator as well as a Project Manager for the EPSRC Digital Roads Prosperity Partnership and its resources and a Senior Project Manager for the MSCA FUTUREROADS Fellowships COFUND and its resources.

The CIT Group currently leads or is involved in £65M of major and minor grants, including but not limited to leading the two above that together comprise the Digital Roads of the Future initiative. Others include EU grants CBIM, BIM2TWIN, OMICRON, AEGIR, BUILDSPACE, D-HYDROFLEX, several i-CASE PhD studentships, etc. Together, they employ over 70 staff and students. The Programme Manager will also be expected to liaise and coordinate with the admins staff in the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology, the Future Infrastructure and the Built Environment Centres for Doctoral Training, and the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction.

Based at the Department's Civil Engineering Building in West Cambridge, and reporting to the Director of the CIT Group, you will manage the administration of the above to plan and ensure the delivery of their day-to-day financial, IT, commercial, operational, and logistical elements as well as ensuring that all statutory reporting requirements are met. Additionally, you will be responsible for managing the relationships with partners and funding bodies, including applications, reporting, communications and change control to enable effective oversight by grant governance structures.  This will involve engaging and influencing senior decision-makers across business and academia, to understand needs and priorities, to know what equates to excellence, and to lead the programme team to deliver this. You will therefore need to be comfortable creating solutions to new challenges and be effective at fostering a culture of creativity and innovation. 

By leading the administrative decision-making and working together with industry partners, other Centres and groups, you will provide a range of specialist services to support research and training activities the Division and will also cover for the CIT Director as appropriate.

You will hold a PhD degree in engineering, science or relevant discipline and post graduate experience, education and training in project management would also be desirable. The successful candidate will have previous administrative or project management experience, preferably in a research-related role and in a university environment.  You will possess excellent interpersonal, networking and communications skills, including high-level relationship management skills, combined with the necessary budget and programme management skills. Experience and knowledge of the construction industry and of working at the industry/academic interface would be advantageous.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 31 March 2027 in the first instance.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click on the Apply button above.

Please ensure that you upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a covering letter in the Upload section of the online application.

The closing date for applications is Monday 6 May 2024. If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact the HR Office at the Department of Engineering ([email protected] , +44 (0)1223 332615). 

Please quote reference NM41208 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.