Job Description

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom (Hybrid)



JOB INFO


Job Identification
828
Job Category
Administration and Operations
Posting Date
07/22/2025, 07:12 AM
Apply Before
08/03/2025, 05:59 PM
Job Schedule
Full time
Locations
Governance Legal Compliance
(Hybrid)

The full-time starting salary is normally 38,050.00 per annum, with progression available in post to 44,131.00 per annum.

Grade: F

Full-Time, Permanent role

Birmingham City University is a large and diverse learning community with over 30,000 students from around 100 countries. We are passionate about providing our learners with a transformational journey, enabled by an exceptional supportive academic community, state-of-the-art facilities and focus on practical skills and professional relevance to support their future employability. We are also committed to world-class research, to advance knowledge and practice, to address real-world problems and fuel innovations outside of the university.



We are looking for an individual with demonstrable knowledge and skills in project management and administration of funded projects. Working within the Birmingham City University's Compliance Team we are seeking an individual who has the skills to work across several disciplines and can support adherence to funding obligations; produce Management Information Systems (MIS); articulate and understand compliance requirements and funding. The individual will be providing support to project teams and working across all faculties engaged in funded projects. The role will require good working relationship with project teams.



You will be educated to a degree level in a related area, and have relevant experience in stakeholder relationships. You will be skilled in report writing with the ability to present complex information clearly and effectively to a range of audiences. You will have proven experience in providing project support for complex, externally funded projects, including those funded by the EU, UKRI, and other government agencies. You will also have strong budget management skills, with experience in monitoring and managing finances within the context of funded projects. A Project Management Qualification such as PRINCE 2, and experience in the Higher Education sector is desirable.



We offer a generous pension and annual leave provision (40 days including statutory holidays), family-friendly policies and state-of-the-art campus facilities. We also operate a hybrid working model that allows staff to combine on-site and remote working where appropriate, dependent on work duties



Informal queries in relation to this opportunity are very welcome, and should be directed to Aamir Kayani, External Project Assurance Manager at aamir.kayani@bcu.ac.uk.

Employment history and qualifications

Information relating to applicants' career history and their qualifications will be drawn from their ERP record, and specifically information entered under the 'Skills and Qualifications' tab of the 'Career and Performance' section.



You are strongly encouraged and advised to update these sections of your ERP record with any and all information that you would like to appear on your application. It is vitally important that you update your record to include your qualifications if those qualifications are essential criteria for the responsibility you wish to apply for.



Please be aware that apart from the Previous Employment and Degrees & Qualifications sections, all other details on your talent profile will be visible to your line manager.



When completing your profile, should you be unable to locate a specific professional body or certification that you would like to include on your profile please email: Learning.OD@bcu.ac.uk and they will add this as soon as possible.



For further guidance on updating your Talent Profile, please refer to the user guide: Building Your Talent Profile in ERP

The appointed candidate will normally be employed through our subsidiary company BCU Support Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Birmingham City University. Appointees with prior LGPS membership who wish to enter the LGPS scheme will be able to do so, and will be employed by Birmingham City University directly.

ABOUT US


At the heart of our Strategy for 2030 and Beyond, it is our mission to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.

Located in the centre of the UK's second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.



Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.