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Public Engagement Project Manager (The National Lottery Heritage Fund - Hidden Stories project)
Salary: £48,246-58,318 pro rata - Professional Services Level 3b (Salary scales)
0.4FTE (two days a week) Fixed term until March 2028
Location: South Kensington - Hybrid
About the role:
Are you a strong project manager with a passion for providing access to heritage? Do you have experience working in the public engagement or cultural sector? If so, you could be the Project Manager for our new Hidden Stories Project and be part of Imperial’s dynamic Public Engagement Team. Hidden Stories project is supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and aims to preserve industrial heritage from the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in 1851. The project will research, find, capture, and share hidden stories from global majority groups linked to this landmark event. This pivotal role will coordinate the four project work streams, evaluation and reporting requirements, and all stakeholder communications.
What you would be doing:
You will:
- Enable team members in the public engagament team, as well as freelancers,external agencies and cultural partners to collectively achieve the project goals.
- Apply fit-for-purpose project management tools, communications methods and financial processes with a high attention to detail.
- Coordinate project workstreams that encompass young people’s engagement and community engagement, supporting colleagues in Imperial’s Public Engaagment team to achieve their project deliverables.
- Deliver activities that share our project learnings with our project participants, but also across the many iconic cultural organisations in South Kensington, who we partner with on our Great Exhibition Road Festival.
What we are looking for:
We are looking for someone who has experience managing a project of a similar nature in the heritage or culture sector. You will be confident in applying fit-for-purpose project management tools and processes, reporting to funders and carrying out finance tasks in process-orientated environments. The ideal candidate will be highly collaborative with the ability to form relationships effectively and quickly across a variety of colleagues and stakeholders to achieve shared goals.
What we can offer you:
- Join Imperial’s professional and supportive Public and Community Engagement team and continue your career in a world-leading institution with a mission to use science for humanity.
- Participate in an ambitious and interesting new project that has the potential to influence work at Imperial and amongst our partners to improve access to industrial heritage now and into the future.
- Be part of a diverse, inclusive and collaborative work culture with various staff networks and resources to support your personal and professional wellbeing.
If you require any further details about the role, please contact the Public and Community Engagement team.