Assistant Director and Head of Strategic Communications
City, Belfast
This senior role will lead all the communications (external and internal), media engagement, public relations, brand narrative, social media/web and…
FortranFuture is a three-year, EPSRC-funded NetworkPlus collaboration between investigators at Queen’s University Belfast (the lead institution) and University of Southampton, together with a wide range of national and international partner institutions (currently 25) and a growing community of practitioners and researchers (currently 140). We expect to at least double and ideally quadruple the number of partners and community members. FortranFuture is located within the Centre for Intelligent Sustainable Computing (CISC) in the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Professor Austen Rainer (EEECS) and Dr Andrew Brown (Maths and Physics) lead the project.
The Project Manager will deliver high-quality project management, ensuring the operational, administrative, financial and compliance functions that meet EPSRC and University requirements and that, where feasible and appropriate, accommodate partner requirements.
FortranFuture includes a flexible fund of approximately £450K, allocated to external mini-projects through a transparent, competitive process; the Project Manager is responsible for the practical and financial management of both the NetworkPlus overall and of the funded mini-projects. The role requires building effective relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners (including industry and consortia) and resolving issues to keep the overall project and the mini-projects on track.
The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following essential criteria:
To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.
This post is available for 34 months or until 31 August 2029, whichever is soonest. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.
Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more at .
Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit .
If you are an international applicant and don't already hold a visa that permits you to take up the role you are applying for, please use the information provided on our website to self-assess whether the University is likely to be able to support a visa application -
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Full job description from WhatJobs. Apply for this role →
City, Belfast
This senior role will lead all the communications (external and internal), media engagement, public relations, brand narrative, social media/web and…
Explore: Project Manager jobs in Belfast Project Manager jobs in the UK Specialist jobs in Belfast
Worked with Verifera as a candidate or employer? Your honest review helps the next person trust verified hiring.