Project Officer (BiCOPS) - CMH - Research and Knowledge Transfer - 108290 - Grade 6

Position Details College of Medicine and Health – Research & Knowledge Transfer Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK Full time starting salary is normally in the range £33,002 to £35,608 with potential progression once in post to £39,906 Grade: 6 Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to 31 st March 2028 Closing date: 18 th November 2026 Our offer to you People are at the heart of what we are and do. The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university. We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success. We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential. With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University. We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate. We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work. Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements. We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working. In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme. We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries. The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site. On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens. Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham Background The University of Birmingham is a global institution working within a diverse and vibrant City, offering an inspiring education to our students, and undertaking critically important research. We are a place of open, critical thinking, and the creation, sharing and dissemination of knowledge. Professional Services put students at the heart of all they do and enable an exceptional educational experience. They provide outstanding support to our researchers and help the University to grow its influence regionally, nationally, and globally. They ensure the University’s resources are used wisely, manage and improve the infrastructure which sits at the heart of the institution, and support decisions to be made quickly and based on sound evidence. Our Birmingham Professional programme operates across the University, supporting colleagues to network and collaborate, offering opportunities to learn and develop, contributing to the delivery of the University’s objectives, and helping everyone to understand the broader context within which we work. Department Overview The Research Programmes and Infrastructure team, part of the College of Medical & Dental Sciences Research Office, is a vibrant hub for Professional Service staff (~80 individuals) supporting high-value, strategically important projects and programmes. We work closely with both Professional Services colleagues and Academics across the University and partner organisations, to maximise the impact of funded research, and lead on the development of renewals for large infrastructure awards. The Project Officer role will be embedded within Birmingham Centre for Observational Studies (BiCOPS) and, more broadly, Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit. The role will be located in Public Health Building - and benefit from established relationships with programme partners and key stakeholders including NHS Trusts, collaborating research institutions locally, nationally, patient and public contributors, charities and funders. Role Summary The post holder will join a team of Professional Services staff providing management and administrative support to the optimising post-discharge care pathways after acute pancreatitis: evaluation of health service utilisation, outcomes (PANORAMA) study. The post holder will support the BiCOPS Management Team to ensure the PANORAMA study is delivered in line with milestones set with the funder, working closely with a wide range of UK academic staff, as well as colleagues in the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit (BCTU) and other staff in BiCOPS. Our ethos is inclusive and collaborative: we work across clinical disciplines with surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses, medical students, other healthcare professionals and non-clinicians including policy makers, epidemiologists and economists, as well as patients and community members. Main Duties Support the Project Managers and Programme Managers with dissemination of key project outcomes. Support the preparing of progress reports for committee meetings, project planning, and delivering on sub-projects/small projects which will be defined on a continuing basis. Draw up project plans, including key performance indicators, identifying milestones as appropriate. Contribute to milestone tracking/key performance indicator tracking. Assisting with stakeholder management and maintaining regular contact with national stakeholders to understand requirements, and review, develop and propose solutions for any issues. Appropriately assess and escalate issues and risks. Assist in the management of project resources and/or budgets. Contribute to developing communications plans, presentations, and promoting the projects and outcomes of projects/workstreams. Maintain an up to date knowledge of project management methodologies. Determine short term priorities for work, and how to maximise quality, efficiency and continuity. Assist in the evaluation and review of projects. Promotes equality and values diversity acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture. Undertake other duties as reasonably requested by Line Manager Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience Qualified to UK level 5 (e.g. Foundation degree, HND) or equivalent. Project management experience. An understanding of applied health research. Experience of providing administration support to the delivery of research. Excellent IT skills, with working knowledge of standard Microsoft Office software and using custom systems and databases. Experience of using reference manager software to support the writing of academic publications. Knowledge of the university’s financial and contract systems. Experience of budget management. Knowledge of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010, and how to actively ensure in day to day activity in own area that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly. Further particulars can be found here Informal enquiries to Mohammed Rayhan, email: m.rayhan@bham.ac.uk View our staff values and behaviours here Use of AI in applications: We want to understand your genuine interest in the role and for the written elements of your application to accurately reflect your own communication style. Applications that rely too heavily on AI tools can appear generic and lack the detail we need to assess your skills and experience. Such applications will unlikely be progressed to interview. We believe there is no such thing as a 'typical' member of University of Birmingham staff and that diversity in its many forms is a strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation and debate at the heart of University life. We are committed to proactively addressing the barriers experienced by some groups in our community and are proud to hold Athena SWAN, Race Equality Charter and Disability Confident accreditations. We have an Equality Diversity and Inclusion Centre that focuses on continuously improving the University as a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. We are also committed to sustainability, which is a key part of our strategy. You can find out more about our work to create a fairer university for everyone on our website .