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About the Role

The Centre Manager will coordinate the Centre’s non-academic operations, supporting the delivery of activities, milestones, and strategic priorities. This role involves managing project systems, budgets, reporting, contracts, and compliance with University processes, while acting as a key liaison with Departments, Schools, funders, and collaborators. The role also supports communications, grant applications, future funding opportunities, partner relationships, and routine administrative duties.

Responsibilities

Coordinate the Centre’s non-academic operations
Support delivery of activities, milestones and strategic priorities
Manage project systems, budgets, reporting, contracts, procedures and compliance with University processes
Act as a key liaison with Departments, Schools, funders and collaborators
Support communications, grant applications, future funding opportunities, partner relationships and routine administrative duties

Requirements

Degree or equivalent experience
Strong track record of managing complex programmes, centres or projects
Highly organised
Able to balance competing priorities
Experienced in developing procedures, policies and contracts
Understand university structures and systems
Confident supporting grant applications and external relationships
Strong communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills
Strong digital engagement skills
Financial monitoring experience
Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
Project management qualification (ideal)

Skills

Communication
Interpersonal
Digital engagement
Financial monitoring
Project management

Location

City St George's

Work Type

FTC / Secondment
Internal applicants only

Experience Level

Managing complex programmes, centres or projects

Education Level

Degree or equivalent experience

Salary/Compensations

Sector-leading salary

Benefits

Pension scheme
Comprehensive package of staff training and development

About the Company

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions.
Brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution.
One of the largest higher education destinations for London students.
Combines a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology.
Students are at the heart of everything that they do.
Committed to supporting students to pursue their career and personal ambitions.
Research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world.
The Centre for Poverty and Innovation advances interdisciplinary research and practice to better understand, prevent, and reduce deep and complex poverty.
Generates rigorous evidence, develops practical tools, and supports effective leadership across the voluntary sector and public services.
The University of business, practice and the professions

Equal Opportunity

Committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.
Welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.
Operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.