Project Officer

We are in the early stages of implementing our 10-year organisational strategy, ARUK: Towards a Cure. Sitting within the Chief Executive's Office and reporting to the Project and Programme Manager, the Project Officer supports the scoping, planning, and delivery of strategic, cross-team projects and programmes. The post holder also supports the Project and Programme Manager in embedding project management best practice across the wider organisation., Project Management

• Deliver key, strategic projects, as determined by the yearly Operational Planning process, working with project teams to develop flexible project plans that can adapt to change.


• Manage project risks, decisions, and dependencies, liaise with third parties, and monitor project progress, ensuring stakeholders are updated at key checkpoints.


• Lead project reviews to capture successes and learnings and ensure project outcomes are embedded into BAU.


• Support the Project and Programme Manager and Head of Programme Management on other ongoing projects and programmes as and when required.


Promotion of project management best practice

• Maintain ownership of the Projects team intranet pages and project management resources, for use by colleagues across the organisation.


• Provide tailored project management consultations to empower colleagues to deliver their own in-team projects.


• Support the Project and Programme Manager on delivering the ARUK Project Management Masterclass.
  
  Experience managing projects, including allocating tasks and managing risks, decisions, and changes.


• Sound knowledge of project management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile).


• Demonstrable ability to work with and influence a variety of different internal and external stakeholders at all levels.


• Working knowledge of project management tools, such as Excel, Smartsheet, MS Projects or similar.


• Excellent communication skills, with an ability to build relationships, trust, and inspire confidence and respect at all levels.


• Strong team player who can work both independently and collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders of all levels.


• Excellent planning and organisational skills, and the ability to manage a varied workload and reprioritise work in accordance with the organisation's needs.


• Excellent listening skills, demonstrating flexibility, curiosity, and an ability to learn.


• Demonstrates good negotiation and influencing skills.


• Demonstrates a proactive and pragmatic approach to investigating and solving problems, strives for continuous improvement and identifies ways to deliver creative and innovative solutions.


• A good blend of strategic and analytical thinking; with an ability to see the bigger picture and make appropriate recommendations.


• Ability to absorb and process new information quickly.


• Strong ethical standards and a high level of personal integrity and empathy.


• Excellent IT skills in PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
  
  Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. Our mission is to accelerate progress towards a cure. Today 1 in 2 people will be impacted by dementia, either through caring for a loved one, developing it themselves or tragically both. But there is hope.


There has never been a more important and exciting time in dementia research. With promising new drugs in clinical trials that slow the progression of the diseases that cause it, and revolutionary new ways to diagnose them on the horizon, we are now at a tipping point. Working with the smartest minds globally and across the UK, with industry and academia, Alzheimer's Research UK is uniquely placed to invest in the very best research identifying barriers to a cure and knocking them down so that there are more and better treatments for everyone with dementia. For the first time in history, we can see a future where people with dementia can get a swift and accurate diagnosis, and effective treatments that could slow or even stop their disease. We stand for everyone affected by dementia. We stand for a cure.

It is important to offer a range of benefits which are designed to meet both the organisational and individual needs, are market competitive and designed to attract and retain employees.