Project Manager

The work of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose(IIPP) is influencing global policy decisions and creating new policy collaborations to deliver public value-driven innovations. IIPP is founded and directed by Mariana Mazzucato, who holds the Chair in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value. Our team brings together an interdisciplinary group of cutting edge academics and practitioners with global experience.

The mission of IIPP is to change how public value is imagined, practiced and evaluated to tackle societal challenges—and, by doing this, deliver economic growth that is innovation-led, sustainable and inclusive

We help global policy makers discover better solutions to complex problems — in areas like industrial strategy, innovation policy, economic development, and institutional design.

This is a new Project Manager role that will work across several projects at IIPP, including the Global Commission on the Economics of Water.

The Project Manager will play a pivotal role in ensuring that IIPP’s project work is developed, planned, organised and delivered successfully, meeting specifications agreed with project funders. This role will also work collaboratively across IIPP with different project teams and support the development of a Community of Practice of Project Managers at IIPP.

In addition to the specific duties and responsibilities, post-holder should be aware of the following:

• The post-holder is asked to follow and actively promote the UCL Ways of Working.
• This job description reflects the present requirements of the post, and as duties and responsibilities change or develop, the job description will be reviewed and be subject to amendment in consultation with the post-holder. The above list is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post-holder will be required to undertake such duties as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.
• The post-holder will actively follow UCL policies including Equal Opportunities policies and be expected to give consideration within their role as to how they can actively advance equality of opportunity and good relations between people who share a relevant protected characteristic and people who do not share it.
• The post-holder has a responsibility to carry out their duties in a resource efficient way and actively support UCL’s Sustainability Strategy, policies and objectives within the remit of their role.
• The post-holder will maintain an awareness and observation of Fire and Health & Safety Regulations.

The Project Manager’s key responsibilities will include:

• Planning and working with the Director and wider IIPP and Commission teams to lead project implementation (and change management as necessary)

• Managing and delivering a number of different project tasks concurrently, keeping each within specified deadlines and output requirements

• Developing integrated project plans covering the full project lifecycle, with built-in risk and issue management as necessary to ensure project success

• Prepare regular and accurate reports of the progress of projects and provide metrics in appropriate format for all relevant project stakeholders

• Preparation for funder auditing

• Project evaluation to demonstrate the impact of funding and success of project delivery, working with and developing IIPP’s existing project processes

• Monitoring and tracking of project budget in consultation with the Institute Manager, Head of Grants, and wider IIPP team responsible for finances to ensure that projects are operating within agreed financial parameters and protocols, and reporting on any material variances

• Effective coordination of projects communications, contributing to website development, e-marketing, social media and communications strategies as needed and ensuring they are executed to a high standard and in line with project needs

• Research and grant data management

• Responsible for recording effort and FTE of researchers on projects

Contributing to the development of a a Community of Practice of Project Managers at IIPP, sharing