This Project Manager position is integral to the social science activity within the:
Centre of Excellence in Water-Based Early-Warning Systems for Health Protection.
About the role
Funded by Wessex Water and working with colleagues in the Departments of Psychology and Chemistry the focus of the role is on overseeing the development and evaluation of intervention strategies to minimise inappropriate medication disposal and to increase the return of unused medication to pharmacies.
The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in establishing relationships with pharmacies and GP practices in the Somer Valley, in identifying and negotiating access to relevant data, informing and coordinating delivery of interventions, overseeing relevant data collection, and monitoring and capturing impact.
The successful candidate will be key to engaging and communicating with key partners, including Bath and North-East Somerset Council and relevant third sector organisations, in addition to GP practices and pharmacies.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact:
Julie Barnett (jcb54@bath.ac.uk), or Helena Lake (hl877@bath.ac.uk).
This is a fixed-term role until November 2029.
About you
The ideal candidate will have evidenced experience of:
- Building strong professional relationships with project partners and stakeholders
- Managing health-related research projects
- Overseeing the collection and analysis of research data
- Coordinating and managing meetings
- Report writing
- Managing and monitoring project progress
The ideal candidate will be educated to degree level, have excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills, will be self-motivated and work effectively in teams.
What we can offer you:
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality & intersectionality receiving aSilver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, & value the positive impact that will have on the university.We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We are very proud to be anautism friendly universityand are an accreditedDisability Confident Leader; committed tobuilding disability confidence & supporting disabled staff.
- Free counselling services through Health Assured
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Staff discount at Team Bath gym
- Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
- Staff discount on language courses
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes
- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning & more
- Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
- Local discounts and more
- Afamily-friendly workplace
- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- Relocation allowance
- Visa reimbursementandInterest-Free Loanto help with the cost of some immigration expenses
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Further details:
£38,249 to £45,413. Grade 7, per annum
