Assistant Project Manager

UCL AI Centre; London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

UCL seeks an ambitious Assistant Project Manager to join the Campus Experience and Infrastructure team. This role involves supporting engineering-led projects, crafting business cases, and coordinating bids for funding. With a focus on collaboration, you will influence UCL’s significant infrastructure projects and enhance facilities that drive teaching and research.

Benefits

41 Days holiday

Defined benefit pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

On-site gym

Enhanced parental leave

Qualifications

• Proven experience in writing business cases, funding proposals, or grant applications.
• Strong research and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Support full lifecycle of engineering-led projects from conception to delivery.
• Develop high-quality business cases and funding bids.
• Coordinate bid submissions, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.

Skills

Communication

Research

Project Management

Education

Background or qualification in engineering

Job description

Ref Number B28-00073 Professional Expertise Estates, Facilities, Accommodation and Safety Department Finance, Commercial and Estates (B28) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary £43,374 £51,860 Contract Type Permanent Working Type Hybrid Available for Secondment No Closing Date 27-Jun-2025

About Us

UCL – London’s Global University – is seeking an ambitious and detail-oriented Assistant Project Manager to join our dynamic Campus Experience and Infrastructure team. This is a unique opportunity to work at the heart of one of the UK’s most significant and complex estates, valued at over £3 billion and comprising more than 270 buildings and four million sq. ft. of academic and residential space.

About The Role

This pivotal role supports the full lifecycle of engineering-led projects, from conception to delivery. You'll work closely with project teams, engineers, and stakeholders to develop compelling business cases, coordinate bids, and manage tender submissions. Your expertise will directly influence how UCL secures funding and delivers world-class infrastructure to support teaching, learning and research.

• Craft and develop high-quality business cases and funding bids aligned with strategic goals.
• Translate complex engineering concepts into clear, persuasive narratives.
• Coordinate bid submissions and ensure timely, high-quality delivery.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to secure public and private sector funding.
• Research, track and report on funding opportunities and outcomes.
  
  

About You

Proven experience in writing business cases, funding proposals, or grant applications

Background or qualification in engineering (or similar technical discipline)

Excellent communication and writing skills – able to bring technical ideas to life

Strong research and project management skills

Comfortable working across a broad portfolio of engineering-focused projects

Desirable: Experience writing successful bids for large-scale, complex projects or within the higher education sector.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance
  
  

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/

Available documents

Attached documents are available under links. Clicking a document link will initialize its download.

• download: Assistant Project Manager (Estates) 05.06.2025.docx