Project and Delivery Manager

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Project and Delivery Manager (FTC, 18 months)

Do you have a background in co-ordinating and delivering a range of projects within the education industry? If so, grow your career with NFER as a Project and Delivery Manager and make a positive, lasting impact in a leading independent charity with a worldwide reputation.

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 (DOE)
Location: Slough, Hybrid (3 days per week in office)
Job Type: Full-time, FTC 18 months

As a Project and Delivery Manager you’ll join our operations team working to plan projects and implement the operational delivery processes of various projects, including; Surveys, Randomised Controlled Trials, International Surveys, and Assessment Trials with a key focus on project delivery, school relationship management, data collection, and supporting internal and external clients.

Typically, you’ll be working to prepare, agree and monitor schedules, creating communication materials, liaising with schools, and ensuring we make it as easy as possible for schools to participate in our research.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES:
- Ensure delivery of projects/products in compliance with contractual requirements while understanding and monitoring project schedules, budgets, and quality expectations.
- Plan and execute school recruitment and retention activities tailored to each project, monitoring responses and devising solutions to achieve project targets.
- Draft correspondence, prepare materials for dispatch, and proactively manage risks and issues, seeking solutions to challenges.
- Develop comprehensive staffing and resource plans to ensure efficient project delivery, including providing plans to relevant support teams.
- Maintain precise records throughout data collection exercises using the RPO survey administration system and other relevant platforms as needed.

REQUIREMENTS

- Demonstrable experience supporting projects in a professional workplace.
- Confident with using and managing large data sets and databases to monitor activities.
- Ability to forward plan and coordinate all project tasks and resources (including people).
- Ability to assimilate information and turn complex tasks into practical realities.
- A logical approach and attention to detail.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to tailor communications for different audiences.
- High level of numeracy and the ability to work with complex logistical processes.
- Ability to work unsupervised and under direction as part of a team or individual.
- A genuine interest in the logistical and operational side of research and education-based projects and products.

If you meet 70% or more of what we’re looking for, please still apply. We understand not everyone will meet all the requirements, but you might have skills we didn’t know we need.

WHY NFER?

We put impact before profit to improve outcomes for future generations everywhere, supporting positive change across education systems worldwide.

We are an independent charity and a trusted destination for education research evidence and insights.

We embrace agility and flexibility to enable you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments.

We place equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all.

We offer our next Project and Delivery Manager

- Competitive salary of £35,000 - £40,000 depending on experience and reviewed annually
- Generous pension scheme
- 42 days’ holiday per year including bank holidays + additional discretionary days
- Excellent support for continued professional development
- Flexible working with hybrid working ( a minimum of 3 days per week in the office).
- Lots of well-being and social activities
- And the opportunity to help children around the world have a better life

Other roles you may have experience of include: Assistant Project Manager, Project Manager or Service Delivery Manager.

We are reviewing applications regularly as part of an ongoing recruitment process and will begin shortlisting on 6 November 2024.

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us and we will talk to you about how we can assist.

If you’re looking for a place where you can put your heart, soul and skills into making a difference, then you could be our next Project and Delivery Manager and we want to hear from you. Apply via the button shown.