Project Manager – £170pd - £180pd – London

Project Manager - £170pd - £180pd - London

Start immediately for six months

* This will require travel between the campuses located in Central and South West London. There is also an opportunity for some remote working *

To work on two nationally significant art transformation projects that seek to catalyse artists'' careers and develop diversity and change in collections. The Projects Coordinator will primarily be responsible for ensuring the project is successfully set up in time for the anticipated project launch in March 2022. This will involve:

* Providing initial project management for the project

* Providing comprehensive support to the Director in the pre-project phase in accordance with the terms of the funding and promote organisational effectiveness.

* Liaising with the Director to ensure smooth set up of the project

* Establishing the project budget, in liaison with the Director, the Development Team, the central finance team and the funders.

* Drafting the initial project plans and reports, in line with internal and external requirements - in liaison the Development Department.

* Managing the recruitment of the full-time Project Producer and Project Assistant;

* Organising collaboration agreements with the Project Partners;

* Developing the recruitment plans for the artists in line with the universities policies;

* Establishing relationships with project partners and members of the Working Group and Advisory Group

* Scheduling Working Group and Advisory Group meetings

* Working with the Comms and Brand teams on project launch announcement and related communications.

* Working closely with the Development team to support relationships with external funding bodies.

You will significantly contribute to the success of this project, establishing project operations, processes, budget-tracking, project communications, and stakeholder relationships. You will provide project support by identifying and allocating appropriate levels of resource and managing the critical path to achieve the pre-project deliverables as they are defined by the funders, with a particular focus on the artist and project partner relationships. You will work independently and collaboratively to provide a professional, high-quality, partner-facing service, supporting and advising the Director, to ensure contract, legal, strategic and funder requirements are established, as well as compliance with University policy and procedures.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

* Experience of managing large scale projects, including financial/budget management

* Experience of managing an HEI project

* Experience of managing artists residencies and/or commissions

* Experience of working with collections

* Experience of organising events/workshops/ conferences

* Experience of multi-stakeholder engagement and management on collaborative projects which include partners from different sectors

* Experience of writing reports, writing bid funding and disseminating research information

* Experience of working within and between different disciplinary perspectives and diverse world views.

Due to time constraints and the number of applications we will only be able to respond personally to successful candidates. Hopefully you will be one of those. If not please do feel free to send your CV again for any other positions that are of interest.

Gray & Associates is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity