Jobs at Goldsmiths

Jobs at Goldsmiths

Senior Project Manager

Department
Strategic Planning & Projects
Vacancy Type
Open-ended/Permanent
Full-Time/Part-Time
Full Time
Salary
£51,563 - £58,984
Actual Hours
35
FTE
1
Contact Details
Sophie Picard - s.picard@gold.ac.uk
Posted Date
13/01/2025
Closing Date
28/01/2025
Ref No
10341
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What Makes Goldsmiths Unique?

Goldsmiths is a world-renowned university that has a reputation for rigorous and innovative academic work; creativity has long been our hallmark. Academic excellence and imaginative course content combine to make a place where creative minds can thrive.

About the Department

Strategic Planning and Projects (SPP) is a small central function that has a central role in facilitating and supporting performance analysis, planning and change at Goldsmiths. As part of SPP, the projects team develop, maintain and oversee strategic change projects across the College, leading the on-going projects portfolio required to deliver Goldsmiths’ Strategy.

About the Role

The Senior Project Manager is located in the projects team in SPP and is responsible for managing and delivering an assigned portfolio of College-wide projects and complex change activities driven by the needs of the Goldsmiths Strategy for 2033.  Project Managers are expected to work flexibly to achieve results taking a “hands-on” role providing the impetus and focus for their projects.  

About the Candidate

As a qualified Project manager, you will be a highly motivated and experienced in supporting complex strategic projects from inception to completion.  Ideally this experience will have been gained in a Higher Education setting and you will be confident in working simultaneously on multiple and varied strategy and change projects and initiatives. A diligent self-starter, you will have excellent communication skills and be effective in organising your workload to achieve objectives on time.

Benefits

We have generous benefits – an agile working environment, 28 days’ annual leave plus 6 paid closure days (4 at Christmas and 2 at Easter) plus all Bank Holidays, great transport links, a defined benefit pension scheme, support for professional development and a broad range of wellbeing initiatives such as staff choir, running club and creative writing classes. Goldsmiths, University of London is passionate about advancing equality and celebrating diversity.