Support and Professional Services
Estates & Campus Services Department
Project Manager
Employment type: Permanent
Employment basis: Full time
Salary: £38,183 - £46,924 per annum
Post number: ZZ003258
Date published: 13 January 2017
Closing date: 29 January 2017
Interview date: To be confirmed
The University of Portsmouth is a leading modern university with a strong reputation for teaching and research. Ranked in the top 2% of the world's universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and one of the world's top 100 universities under 50, the University has a population of 25,000 students and 2,500 full-time equivalent staff.
The University’s strategic ambition commits us to investing significantly in our staff, facilities and estate. We have developed our Estate Masterplan to promote student experience, facilitate collaborative learning and grow our research and innovation activities. The resources we will commit to achieving this plan will strengthen the brand and reputation of our University by providing an estate which both ourselves and our city can be proud of and which meets our current and future needs.
As part of this investment we plan to grow our Estates & Campus Services Team and are seeking individuals with the relevant expertise to contribute to the delivery of the masterplan, which will see investment in excess of £400M in the medium term.
We are seeking to appoint a Project Manager to play a lead role in the delivery of the masterplan. The role holder will lead the development, procurement and delivery of estate development and improvement projects valued up to and in excess of £10 million in value across the University’s diverse estate portfolio.
The successful candidate will have proven experience of leading and managing technically complex construction and property projects in a lead project manager role. You will have gained experience of new build and refurbishment projects and will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills as you will be required to successfully lead a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders through projects. It is anticipated that you will hold a relevant professional qualification.
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who is keen to develop their project management experience across a diverse variety of buildings and projects in a dynamic city centre environment.
For a confidential discussion and the full job particulars please contact our advisors Ben Duffill (ben.duffill@mrgpeople.co.uk) or Ben Lurton (ben.lurton@mrgpeople.co.uk) of The Management Recruitment Group on 0207 959 2368. The Management Recruitment Group has been exclusively retained for this campaign. All direct and third party applications will be forwarded to them.
To apply for this position please go to http://www.mrgpeople.co.uk/jobs/project-manager-hampshire/53720/
For detailed information about the vacancy, please select this link:ZZ003258 - Estates Project Manager.docx