Projects Coordinator: Research Portfolio & PM Support

Diversity Dashboard; Rotherham; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Flexible working

Generous pension

Discounts and rewards

Staff networks

Development opportunities

Job summary

The University of Sheffield is seeking an experienced Project Coordinator to support a significant AMRC portfolio. You will work across multiple projects, coordinating delivery with project managers and operations staff and aiding in portfolio and finance processes to drive performance.

You will be expected to communicate results clearly, manage time effectively, and help secure key partnerships while maintaining strong collaborations with AMRC partner companies.

Qualifications

• Significant project coordination or project support experience, essential at interview.
• Client-facing / customer service experience at team level, essential at interview.
• IT skills across Microsoft Office suite, including MS Project, essential at interview.
• Strong written and verbal communication; report writing and presenting experience, essential at interview.
• Highly organized with a methodical, structured approach and attention to detail, essential at interview.
• Ability to track and support finances within a large portfolio, essential at interview.
• Ability to analyse and solve problems with longer-term implications, essential at interview.
• Experience supporting waterfall, hybrid and agile project management, essential at interview.
• Awareness of Risk Management, essential at interview.
• Studied or hold a known project management qualification (PFQ, Prince 2, Agile etc) or demonstrable equivalent, essential at interview.

Responsibilities

• Plan, administer and deliver team projects with PM Community.
• Research, collate, edit material for reports and documents.
• Interpret and communicate results to PMs and stakeholders.
• Present work and data results to internal and external stakeholders.
• Support securing key partnership projects and maintain partnerships with AMRC partners.
• Plan short- to mid-term tasks with longer-term awareness; prioritise to meet targets.
• Monitor milestones, finance, resourcing and quality against portfolio.
• Assist planning for project reports, partner deadlines and presentations.
• Carry out other duties commensurate with grade and remit.

Skills

Project coordination

Client facing

Time management

Communication skills

Budget tracking

Multitasking

Education

PM qualification PFQ / Prince2 / Agile

Tools

Microsoft Project

MS Office

Job description

The University of Sheffield is seeking an experienced Project Coordinator to support a significant AMRC portfolio. You will work across multiple projects, coordinating delivery with project managers and operations staff and aiding in portfolio and finance processes to drive performance.

You will be expected to communicate results clearly, manage time effectively, and help secure key partnerships while maintaining strong collaborations with AMRC partner companies.