Job Description

We're here to create and harness knowledge, to deliver opportunity for everyone.
About the Role
This role offers the opportunity for a 12-month secondment (2.5 days per week) to set up and lead our Project Management Office function, which is being established to manage and oversee a range of strategic change projects. You will be expected to deliver successful change through Programme and Project Management. You will be the key advisor to senior management sponsors, enabling informed decision making across projects, process reviews and change management initiatives.
You will confidently lead and manage multiple strategic projects at one time, acting autonomously within budget, scope and schedule tolerances, to deliver agreed business benefits. You will employ end-to-end process review techniques and change management skills collaboratively, acting as a source of knowledge and support for sponsors, project teams and professional colleagues. In addition, to this you will be expected to understand and apply emerging trends and deliver business outcomes that are aligned to the University's strategy.
For informal enquiries about this vacancy, you may wish to contact: Lynn Hill, Chief Operating Officer at
About You
As Head of Project Management Office, you will have:

• Proven ability to use judgement and develop appropriate solutions/responses to complex and sensitive issues where there is no established precedent. Using management information/data effectively to inform decisions
• Understanding strategic objectives and designing a change programme to deliver required business outcomes
• Experience of successfully managing and mentoring a team.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and experience of working closely with Senior leaders and sponsors, including the ability to articulate changes to business processes to stakeholders with differing levels of technical knowledge and the ability to influence the outputs of others you are not directly responsible for

At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Rewards & Benefits

• A minimum of 48 days annual leave per annum, pro rata (inclusive of bank holiday and University closure days)
• Option to join our Corporate Healthcare scheme
• Membership of our Group Life Assurance scheme
• Access to a range of CPD to support your career development
• Employee assistance programme with access to free confidential counselling sessions, legal & financial advice, and health & wellbeing resources.
• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with our employer contribution of 17.8%
• Discounted membership to our onsite state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities
• Beautiful award-winning on-campus working environment.
• Staff benefits scheme, which provides you with discounts across the high street, supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more.

About Us
At Edge Hill University we believe in the life changing opportunities knowledge can create. Since 1885, we've been creating access to knowledge for those who may not have had the opportunity to before.
Today, the effect we have has a far-reaching impact, not just for those who come to study here but for those who work, invest in, and live in our local communities too. So, if you've ever wondered if one person can make a difference, simply speak to our alumni, students, and award-winning staff. Because for us education isn't about how much you take in. It's about what you take out into the world.
Inspiring minds and changing futures since 1885, Edge Hill University is "A great success story... an institution that improves and impresses year after year" - Times Higher Education.

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