Assistant Project Manager

Supporting the delivery of capital projects from pre-project activities through to completion and post-project review.

Organising and supporting project and programme meetings, including preparing minutes and maintaining action logs.

Supporting the development and approval of business cases and project documentation.

Supporting the appointment and management of consultants and contractors.

Preparing and maintaining project risk registers and supporting change control processes.

Raising and managing purchase orders, contractor work permits and other project requirements.

Supporting contract administration and ensuring project processes and governance requirements are followed.

Supporting project delivery by attending site visits to monitor project progress.

Attending site to support project handover.

Support project delivery by attending construction sites to undertake health and safety inspections.

Working collaboratively with colleagues across UCL to coordinate project activities and help achieve successful outcomes.

A degree or equivalent qualification, or significant relevant experience in project management or a project support role. An understanding of the project lifecycle, from pre-project activities through to completion and review. Experience of delivering or supporting projects or elements of projects through to successful completion. Experience supporting project or programme meetings, including maintaining action and decision logs. The ability to coordinate and plan multiple tasks and project activities. An understanding of project planning, including estimating effort, scheduling resources and identifying dependencies. Excellent organisational, planning and communication skills. Strong attention to detail, literacy and numeracy skills. Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office. The ability to build effective working relationships and work collaboratively as part of a project team. The ability to work independently, exercise sound judgement and handle confidential or sensitive information with discretion.

A degree or equivalent qualification, or significant relevant experience in project management or a project support role.

An understanding of the project lifecycle, from pre-project activities through to completion and review.

Experience of delivering or supporting projects or elements of projects through to successful completion.

Experience supporting project or programme meetings, including maintaining action and decision logs.

The ability to coordinate and plan multiple tasks and project activities.

An understanding of project planning, including estimating effort, scheduling resources and identifying dependencies.

Excellent organisational, planning and communication skills.

Strong attention to detail, literacy and numeracy skills.

Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

The ability to build effective working relationships and work collaboratively as part of a project team.

The ability to work independently, exercise sound judgement and handle confidential or sensitive information with discretion.

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/