Assistant Project Manager: Portfolio & PMO Support

The University of Sheffield; Catcliffe; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

38 days annual leave

Hybrid working

Generous pension scheme

Discounts and rewards

Staff networks and development

Family-friendly policies

Job summary

The University of Sheffield is seeking a proactive Project Coordinator to support a significant portfolio of programmes within the AMRC. You will work across projects of varying lengths and specialist groups, delivering high-quality project support and effective communication with stakeholders.

You will join a team focused on delivery, finance processes and risk awareness, with opportunity to develop across groups and build strong client and partner relationships.

Qualifications

• Significant Project Coordinator / project support experience.
• Client facing / customer service experience at team level.
• IT skills across MS Office; MS Project intermediate/advanced.
• Able to communicate findings and prepare reports.
• Extremely organised with structured, detail-oriented approach.
• Capable of tracking finances within a large portfolio.
• Experience with waterfall, hybrid and agile project approaches.

Responsibilities

• Support plans, administer and deliver team projects.
• Research, collate and edit material for reports.
• Interpret and communicate results to project managers and stakeholders.
• Present data to internal/external stakeholders professionally.
• Assist in securing key partnership projects and maintaining partnerships.
• Plan tasks with short-medium term horizons and manage priorities.

Skills

Project coordination

Client facing

Team collaboration

Report writing

Education

PM qualification (PFQ / Prince2 / Agile)

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office

Job description

The University of Sheffield is seeking a proactive Project Coordinator to support a significant portfolio of programmes within the AMRC. You will work across projects of varying lengths and specialist groups, delivering high-quality project support and effective communication with stakeholders.

You will join a team focused on delivery, finance processes and risk awareness, with opportunity to develop across groups and build strong client and partner relationships.