Skills Project Manager

TN United Kingdom; Rotherham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Skills Project Manager in the realm of fusion energy. Join a forward-thinking organization where you will play a pivotal role in managing partnerships and delivering impactful skills interventions. This role involves collaborating with local stakeholders to design training programs that meet community needs while ensuring compliance with strategic goals. You'll be instrumental in promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion within the skills pipeline, making a significant difference in the future of the fusion industry. If you're passionate about project management and community engagement, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing partnerships and operational projects.
• Strong understanding of strategic and business contexts.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage operational delivery of skills partnerships.
• Monitor progress against KPIs and report to governance boards.
• Support strategic development of skills partnerships.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Operational Management

Strategic Development

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Project Management Certification

Job description

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The salary for this role is £54,376 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance). Onsite working is expected for 3 days each week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working.

Please note, there are two vacancies available as part of this advert. One role is based at our Culham, Oxfordshire site, and one role is based at our Rotherham, South Yorkshire site.

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data.

As part of your application, please submit your CV as well as any supporting documents such as a Covering Letter or Professional Portfolio detailing your relevant experience to the role applied for.

The Role

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As Skills Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in managing the operational delivery of one or more of the partnerships that the UKAEA has undertaken to deliver on these skills interventions, including the OAS contract, working with the Project sponsor to support a profitable delivery that meets the needs of the contract holder, the UKAEA, and other strategic partners. It may also include the West Burton Training Facility, working with local stakeholders in the East Midlands to design and coordinate a training programme that meets the needs of STEP, other local employers, and wider local communities and stakeholders. You will also support the successful delivery of other technical skills development projects related to ongoing skills partnerships, such as QuEST-FuSED - a new training delivery collaboration with STFC based at the OAS - to ensure a compliant and coordinated approach aligned with the UKAEA’s Skills Strategy. Additionally, you will be a key point of contact for the UKAEA with external partners and will have a strong understanding of the strategic and business context of skills partnerships, including their impact on local communities.

Key Accountabilities:

Operational Management

• Act as a key operational point of contact representing the UKAEA with partnership stakeholders.
• Coordinate, attend, take minutes, and action operational meetings.
• Monitor progress against agreed partnership KPIs and manage the review process.
• Report on progress to appropriate Governance Boards.
• Ensure that appropriate corporate legal status, governance/financial procedures, and health and safety measures are all compliant and maintaining the appropriate audit trail.
• Support the contract holder with relevant strategic development of the partnership.
• Maintain oversight of projects, particularly estimate collation, planning, cost forecast, and monitoring, overall execution strategy delivery.
• Evaluate and present decisions that secure the benefits the project is tasked to deliver.
• Resolve obstacles to strategy delivery and lead the identification and employment of creative solutions to overcome them.
• Oversee effective communication within the project and assist the sponsor through interactions with stakeholders, defining the project milestones and deliverables.
• Manage project document development for a project lifecycle in compliance with the UKAEA's Quality Assurance requirements.
• Report progress against milestones, changes, exceptions, budgets, and other key performance indicators.
• Ensure that the project SHE culture and working practices are in alignment with UKAEA requirements.
• Liaise with other Groups and Departments to ensure effective coordination and collaboration across interfaces and demands.

Strategic Development

• Work alongside the Apprenticeships Project Manager to define strategic development and growth of existing or new skills partnerships in line with their mission and the UKAEA’s needs.
• Administer the UKAEA Skills Forum and assist the Apprenticeships Project Manager with the development and implementation of the UKAEA’s Skills Strategy.
• Seek opportunities to enhance Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in the skills pipeline to ensure that the future UK fusion industry draws upon, utilises, and rewards a diverse workforce.

Additional

• Promote the UKAEA’s values, championing a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Ensure that your behaviour promotes the safety, health, and welfare of yourself and colleagues.
• Contribute to improving best practices and quality standards within the team, division, and across the organization.
• Work in accordance with UKAEA policy and undertake any other reasonable tasks or duties requested by management, consistent with the grade.