Portfolio & Project Coordinator (Hybrid)

The University of Sheffield; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave (flexible)

Flexible working opportunities

Generous pension scheme

Staff discounts

Development and wellbeing support

Job summary

The University of Sheffield is seeking a Project Coordinator / project support to join the AMRC portfolio. You will support and work with project teams across groups, helping to plan, administer and deliver a range of programmes and projects.

You will aid in portfolio and finance processes to improve performance, with a strong emphasis on client-facing work, governance, and timely reporting. This is a full-time, on-site role with generous benefits.

Qualifications

• Significant project coordinator / project support experience.
• Client facing / customer service experience at team level.
• Proficient IT skills across Microsoft Office and MS Project.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; capable of supporting presentations.
• Highly organised with a methodical approach and strong attention to detail.
• Ability to track and support finances within a large portfolio of work.
• Experience with waterfall, hybrid and agile project management approaches.
• Awareness of risk management and related practices.
• Has or is willing to achieve a recognised project management qualification (PFQ, Prince2, Agile).

Responsibilities

• Support planning, administration and delivery of team projects.
• Research, collate, organise and edit material for reports and documents.
• Interpret and communicate results to project managers and stakeholders.
• Present work and data to internal and external stakeholders in a professional manner.
• Involve in securing key partnership projects and maintaining partnerships.
• Plan and prioritise tasks to meet deadlines and milestones.
• Monitor milestones, finances, resourcing and quality across a large portfolio.
• Assist in long-term planning for reports and presentations related to AMRC finances.
• Carry out other duties commensurate with the role.

Skills

Project coordination

Client facing

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Project

Communication skills

Organised / attention to detail

Finance tracking

Problem solving

PM methods (Waterfall/Hybrid/Agile)

Risk management awareness

Education

Project management qualification (PFQ/Prince2/Agile)

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

The University of Sheffield is seeking a Project Coordinator / project support to join the AMRC portfolio. You will support and work with project teams across groups, helping to plan, administer and deliver a range of programmes and projects.

You will aid in portfolio and finance processes to improve performance, with a strong emphasis on client-facing work, governance, and timely reporting. This is a full-time, on-site role with generous benefits.