Job Description
Job Title: Assistant Project Manager
Posting Start Date: 03/07/2025
Job Id: 1173
School/Department: Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Work Arrangement: Full Time (Hybrid)
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary per annum (£): £31,637 - £36,130 with potential to progress £39,355 through outstanding contribution
Closing Date: 30/7/2025
The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.
We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

• Working with the Project Management Team to support them to plan, administer and deliver team projects.
• Research, collate, organise, and edit material for inclusion in reports and other documents.
• Interpret and communicate results to Project Manager, Senior Project Manager and some essential Operational areas. At times communication to the customer programme manager is required to support the work of the AMRC.
• Develop personal skills through external or on the job training, suitable to role.
• Present own work and teams data results to internal and external stakeholders at all levels in a professional and concise manner.
• Expected involvement with securing key partnership projects and maintaining close partnerships with AMRC Partner companies.
• Plan and carry out tasks / responsibilities over the short-medium term, with an awareness of longer-term issues. Use discretion to determine priorities and resolve conflicts to allow the team to meet targets and deadlines.
• Continuously monitor and check teams against Milestones, Priorities, Finance, on time delivery, resourcing and forward levels of work and Quality process adherence within a large portfolio of work.
• Assist teams in planning several months in advance to meet deadlines for AMRC project reports, industrial partner deadlines and to support preparation for presentations to internal and external stakeholders, especially in communication of finance status.
• As a member of our Professional staff, you will be expected to demonstrate a commitment to the professional behaviours set out in the Sheffield Professional Framework. Please follow this link for further information: Sheffield Professional Framework.
• As a member of staff, you will be encouraged to make ethical decisions in your role, embedding the University sustainability strategy into your working activities wherever possible.
• Carry out other duties, commensurate with the grade and remit of the pos