Project Manager

About the role

As Project Manager, you will have responsibility for defining, managing, and delivering large and complex technology-enabled business change projects related to student systems. These projects aim to improve the services used by students, administrators and academics, and will be delivered collaboratively with end users and subject matter experts. You will have full financial responsibility for assigned projects, and will be part of the matrix management of staff assigned to work on the project.

As part of a service delivery team, you will also also have responsibility for developing the approach to the ongoing prioritisation and delivery of user-requested enhancements. You will work closely with the support and development teams to build this capability in Student Systems.

About you

While we are ideally looking for someone who meets the selection criteria, we know that sometimes individuals grow into a job, so if you feel you don’t tick all the boxes, but are keen to develop and work within university administration then we would welcome an application from you.  We are looking for someone who:  

•       is committed to providing an excellent and professional service 

•       seeks to understand and improve processes and has an aptitude to acquire new data and IT skills  

•       is efficient, with excellent organisational and prioritisation skills

•       is personable with good communication skills and confident to deal with queries independently  

•       supports their teams to work collaboratively and constructively

About us

We offer you:

•       an opportunity to work with a friendly, talented and collaborative team within Student Systems and across the University

•       potential to develop a career in IT Project Management and university administration 

•       a wide range of staff benefits including generous maternity leave, child care services, and discounted travel tickets.

The closing date for applications is midday on Monday 10 October 2022.  For further information on the role please refer to the job description and/or contact aadadminsupport@admin.ox.ac.uk