Project Manager – Excellence in Education

UCL AI Centre; London; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

The UCL AI Centre seeks a Project Manager for a fixed-term role in London, focusing on the Programme Excellence Project designed to innovate UCL's educational portfolio. Join to support faculties, engage stakeholders, and drive impactful curriculum changes while delivering on ambitious project timelines.

Benefits

41 days holiday

Defined benefit pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

On-site gym

Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of the HE Sector.
• Experience in higher education programme management.
• Ability to engage stakeholders at various levels.

Responsibilities

• Support faculties in PEP project engagement.
• Work closely with multiple UCL departments.
• Help develop and implement effective project plans.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Data Analysis

Education

Recognised training in project management (e.g. PRINCE2, APM)

Job description

Project Manager – Excellence in Education

Project Manager – Excellence in Education

Ref Number B06-00148 Professional Expertise Strategy, Project and Change Management Department Vice-Provost (Education and Student Experience) (B06) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary £54,172-£63,752 Contract Type Fixed-term Working Type Hybrid Available for Secondment Yes Closing Date 09-Jun-2025

About Us

UCL is at an interesting point in its history. We have expanded rapidly, and the new strategic planning process is focussed on building on achievements and opportunities from growth while also addressing some of the challenges.

The UCL Strategic Plan 2022-2027 outlines a vision for a ‘futures focussed’ UCL education that is ambitious and distinctive. It prompts us to view UCL education and student experience through the lens of current and future students to ensure we are able to meet their needs and expectations. It also recognises that ‘the future’ is not a given. Instead, different futures are there to be influenced and shaped by UCL students, staff and graduates through our teaching and research.

One of the aims of the Strategic Plan is to bring together teaching, assessment and employability in order to support student futures and to that end, the new ‘UCL Higher Education Development & Support Institute’ (HEDS) has been established. HEDS brings together UCL Arena (UCL’s Centre for Research-based Education) and UCL Careers Service.

About The Role

This is a fixed term role for a period of twelve months, to cover maternity leave.

One of the most ambitious and impactful projects in the Strategic Plan is the Programme Excellence Project (PEP) which aims to transform our approach to the UCL portfolio of programmes and create space for exciting new opportunities in the curriculum. Launched in 2023, the project is due to run until 2027.

As Project Manager – Excellence in Education, you'll join as PEP enters its third phase, and have a great opportunity to play a key role in supporting the delivery of this major strategic project. The key focus of the job initially will be to support Faculties to engage with PEP, helping them to develop and implement effective project plans and encouraging them to get the most out of new opportunities.

Working in a small team, you'll work closely with the Programme Excellence Project Lead in delivering each phase of our ambitious PEP plans to agreed timelines. You'll have opportunity to work closely with core teams across UCL, including Student & Registry Services, Education Services, Faculty Education Teams, and more besides. There may also be opportunities to work on related projects, where they intersect with the PEP work, such as the design of new curriculum feature.

About You

A full job description is attached to this advert.

To Do This Job You'll Need

• A broad knowledge of the HE Sector and in-depth knowledge of education and student experience.
• Previous experience within a higher education institution involving project or programme management.
• Experience of working with stakeholders across all levels of seniority, with diplomacy and an awareness of context.
• Experience of understanding complex datasets and some basic data analysis skills.
  
  

Recognised training in project management (e.g. PRINCE2, APM) is desirable but not essential.

Please read our job description closely, paying particular attention to the essential and desirable criteria, and ensure these are covered in your job application.

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; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women

Available documents

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

• download: PM Excellence In Education.docx

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management and Information Technology

• Industries

  Higher Education

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