Senior Assistant Project Manager- Capital Projects

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world's leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

LSHTM's Project Management Office (PMO) is responsible for delivering all of the organisation's strategic projects across a wide portfolio and the successful candidate will be joining a close-knit team with diverse skill-sets. You will be working alongside Business Analysts, Business Change PMs, IT PMs, Capital & Estates staff and Process & Project Governance professionals.

We are seeking to appoint a Senior Assistant Project Manager Capital Projects to join the PMO, reporting directly to the Senior Project Manager Capital Projects.

The primary focus of the role will be on managing and delivering key strategic Capital projects up to £15M in value, within operational and listed buildings in Central London, ensuring project plans are effectively delivered and risks, budgets, quality, scope and internal communications are actively monitored and managed.

The post holder will hold an undergraduate degree (or higher) or have demonstrable and relevant practical skills and experience. You will have experience of managing building or refurbishment projects, ideally in an HE environment, along with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will have experience in working in an APM (Association for Project Management) or Prince2-based project environment and will be expected to champion best project management practice across the organisation.

The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and permanent. Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part-time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary Wellbeing Days. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at LSHTM.