Do you want to manage a major academic action research project?
About us
The Science Museum Group is six months into its major academic research project, “The Congruence Engine: Digital Tools for New Collections-Based Industrial Histories”. Its aim is to show how computational tools can be used to link collections for the purpose of doing new historical work and to enhance access.
This exciting £2.9M three-year project is one of five funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council under the ‘Towards a National Collection’ scheme. It brings together specialist digital programmers with amateur and professional historians, curators and community groups to conduct individual and group research projects on industrial history and its contemporary resonances.
We are now looking for a Research Project Manager to join us on a fixed term contract until November 2024. You can work up to 28 hours per week (fewer hours per week can be agreed) with hybrid/remote working options available.
About the role
As Research Project Manager you will manage the delivery of this complex multidisciplinary action research project, which includes work phases in several different cities and has 13 investigators, involves 3 partner universities, 3 other Independent Research Organisations, and 14 project partners.
You will work responsively using agile project management methodology, adjusting the project to follow the changing demands of the action research led project methodology. You will, in dialogue with the action research team, oversee the scope, schedule, finance, risk, quality and resources relating to the project. You will have day-to-day management of the project budget, under the oversight of the Project Principal Investigator, the Head of Research and Public History. You will line manage the Research Project Coordinator in addition to maintaining a strong reputation for delivery across the project’s partners.
About you
Joining us you will have significant experience of working in a project management role in either universities, the museums and heritage sector, wider cultural sector, or creative industries sector. You will have experience seeing large and complex projects of this scale through the full life cycle, on budget and within a set timeline. You will have the ability to adjust to changing project specifications arising from an action research, collaborative, methodology.
You will be able to utilise your excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively engaging with senior stakeholders, acting as a successful, trusted and authoritative ambassador for the team. Crucially you will have the ability to analyse, plan, coordinate and manage people to achieve excellence and best value.
Applying
View the Vacancy Information Pack listed under ‘Attachments’ on the vacancy listing on our website for more details about the role and the application process, or click ‘Apply Online’ to submit an application.
What we offer
The Science Museum Group (SMG) is here to inspire futures. As the world’s leading group of science museums, we share our unparalleled collection spanning science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine with over five million visitors each year. Joining us as an employee, you will have the opportunity to develop your career in a world-class museum group. We know work/life balance and wellbeing is crucial to our colleagues, so we currently offer up to 25 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays; BUPA medical and dental care; employee assistance programme; enhanced contributory pension; enhanced occupational sick, maternity, paternity and adoption leave and career breaks.
‘Open for All’ is one of the Science Museum Group’s five core values and sets out our important aspiration to be a place for everyone. As a national museum group, we have an ability to reach a wide and diverse population of audiences, colleagues and partners through our geography and scale.
We are working hard to understand our organisation better and to foster a culture that recognises and values different backgrounds, mindsets, skills, experience, knowledge and expertise. By having greater diversity, we believe that we will be a stronger and better organisation and ultimately will be able to inspire more futures. We therefore welcome applications from those who bring difference.