Project Officer

Overview

Working closely with Dr Sina Sareh, Academic Leader in Robotics and Principal Investigator, the Project Officer will coordinate a consortium of academic and industry partners to ensure timely delivery of project goals. You'll provide project management expertise, research support, and administrative coordination across consortium activities. You ll play a key role in developing activity plans, tracking progress, managing reporting, coordinating events, and communicating outcomes — ensuring the project delivers impactful results on schedule and within budget.

You will also support dissemination, stakeholder engagement, and funding development.

• Develop activity plans and track progress across consortium activities.
• Manage reporting and coordinate events.
• Communicate outcomes to stakeholders and ensure delivery on schedule and within budget.
• Support dissemination, stakeholder engagement, and funding development.
• Coordinate administrative activities across a diverse set of partners in academia and industry.

• Proven experience supporting or managing collaborative research projects in higher education or industry.
• Familiarity with robotics and artificial intelligence is desirable.
• Passion for research that makes a difference in sustainability and manufacturing.
• Highly organized, proactive, and excellent communicator, comfortable coordinating multiple partners and managing diverse project demands.
• Experience with project tools such as Gantt charts and a working knowledge of research governance and data protection practices is essential.

The RCA is the world s leading university of art and design, and our Robotics Laboratory is a disruptive design-led hub pushing the boundaries of innovation. Joining us means being part of an ambitious and inclusive community making a global impact.

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£44,693 - £48,269 per annum pro rata

7 hours per week, fixed Term contract for 6 months