PRIME Project Manager presso Edinburgh University Group
Edinburgh University Group · Edinburgh, Regno Unito · Onsite
- Professional
- Ufficio in Edinburgh
Grade UE07: £41,064 to £48,822 per annum
CMVM / MRC Human Genetics Unit
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed term: 4 years
The Opportunity:
The PRIME project is looking for an experienced and dedicated project manager. This role will be crucial to the successful delivery of PRIME, with the post holder responsible for the strategic execution of the project ensuring that the project meets its ambitious goals. This strategic role will ensure that the PRIME project meets its ambitious goals: establishing a world-leading infrastructure for ME/CFS research; enabling ≥15 novel collaborations; launching international consortia; and creating a large-scale PPI expert pool. Managing operational activity across the project’s three core components, the PRIME Project Manager will lead on operational delivery and day-to-day management. This position is ideal for someone with a strong background in project management, and notably, someone familiar with the research environment who is passionate about building strong networks and fostering impactful collaborations.
This post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.
The salary for this post is £41,064 to £48,822 per annum.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Project Management expertise with a proficiency in managing complex, multi-institutional research projects/initiatives to agreed budgets, standards, and milestones.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a track record for establishing productive working relationships, managing stakeholders and networks, and fostering collaboration and engagement in both academia and industry.
- Exceptional organisational and planning skills, with an ability to efficiently monitor progress, provide direction, foresee potential challenges and critical issues, and solve problems in a timely manner.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinated and deliver large-scale events/workshops that build connections and drive engagement, with an understand of how to effectively evaluate events.
- Successful track record of establishing project governance and monitoring compliance.
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Application Information
Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
- CV
- Cover letter
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging, and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).
The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 15 September 2025.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews will be held 29th September 2025.
About Company
A deep understanding of human genome function - particularly for the non-coding genome - is an outstanding grand challenge. Our mission is to discover how our genome controls the function of molecules, cells and tissues, in health and disease, connecting human genetic variation to phenotype.
Multidisciplinary HGU research programs embrace genetic, computational, biochemical, cellular, model organism and clinical approaches, to gain meaningful insights across scales and dynamic processes, with cross-cutting themes in 4D Cellular Medicine and Genome Interpretation.
To find out more visit https://www.ed.ac.uk/mrc-human-genetics-unit
The MRC Human Genetics Unit is part of the Institute of Genetics and Cancer (IGC). This partnership with CRUK Edinburgh Centre and Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine Centre aims to understand development and disease by using the latest developments in genetic, genomic, cellular and clinical science. The partnership provides access to state of the art scientific facilities, scientific infrastructure and business support, including on site Advanced Imaging Resource, Animal Model support, Bioinformatics Analysis Core, DNA sequencing, Flow Cytometry, Mass Spectrometry, HTPU microarray. The IGC also offers a highly collegial environment with excellent local career development support, active social, wellbeing and sustainability related groups making it a very desirable and supportive working environment.
To find out more visit https://www.igc.ac.uk
