Senior Project Manager

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The University’s IT Service, iSolutions, are looking for the right people to deliver projects that change how the University uses IT to work. We need experienced and dynamic Senior Project Managers to deliver our IT projects. If that’s you, then we would love to hear from you.

We deliver a full range of IT services to all staff and students and this role will join our IT Portfolio community. We run a wide range of projects and programmes to improve our current services and transform the staff and student experience to a diverse community of 23,000+ students and over 5,500 University staff.

About the Roles

These key roles are required to project manage a major upgrade being carried out on the university’s wired and wireless network. The project is a result of a £41 million investment which is expected to take 3 years to complete.  Working with a third-party technical supplier, you’ll be part of a team that will deliver a replacement for all existing network switch and access points as well as deliver security enhancements across all areas. 

What you’ll do: 

• Be the workstream lead to deliver the new network and Wi-Fi solution into all University buildings. 
• Proactively work with a wide range of the University’s community to ensure a smooth and effective programme of deployment.
• Be responsible for working with the Estates team, internal technical teams, and the third-party solution provider to ensure that all access requests and delivery processes are followed.

What you’ll bring:

• The ability to plan, maintain and document a tight schedule of delivery across at least 250 buildings.  
• The ability to work and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A good high-level understanding of current networking technology and its delivery. 
• The integrity required to work with both commercially sensitive and personally identifiable information.
• A proactive attitude to navigate change and challenges.

Working at UoS

Our Strategic Plan – Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) builds on the ambition articulated in the University Strategy : “It matters that we act continually to ensure the University is supportive and inclusive of everyone”.

Our EDI mission is to create an inclusive university community, and our vision is that this is a community where, as an individual student or member of staff:

• You feel welcomed for who you are, and this is a place where you feel that you can influence the way we do things now and in the future
• You feel included and supported to reach your true potential
• You are intellectually stretched and challenged
• You value the diversity of the wider community and play your part in supporting the mission of inclusivity.

As part of our commitment to your well-being we offer an pension scheme and generous holidays.  Staff also have access to our state-of-the-art on-campus sports, arts facilities and access to a number of university employee-discount schemes.

Work-life balance is important to us and this is reflected in our generous maternity policy and childcare facilities; employees are also able to participate in the Childcare Voucher Scheme. Our staff may wish to have working patterns that fit in with their caring responsibilities, so we invite requests to undertake this role on a part-time or a flexible working basis.  We also welcome applicants who have had career breaks for reasons including maternity, paternity or adoption leave, disability, or illness.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applicants who support our mission of inclusivity.

Apply by midnight on the closing date. For assistance contact Recruitment on +44(0)2380 592750 or [email protected] quoting the job number.