Project Management Officer (AD909)

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WCMC are now seeking a Project Management Officer to work closely with a group of Programmes in support of their project management activities. This is a great opportunity to use your exceptional planning, financial management and contractual administration skills whilst working for an organisation with a vision to make a ‘world where biodiversity counts’.

You will be based in the Portfolio Management Unit, reporting to the Head of Portfolio Management Unit and will work alongside other Project Management Officers. You will each be designated around three programmes who you will work closely with to provide support with team resource planning, forecasting and outlining milestones within our project management database. Working closely with your relevant programmes, you will manage the project expenditure process and support Project Leaders to develop and manage budgets from the initial development stages through to delivery.

Developing a comprehensive understanding of the project portfolio, you will highlight areas which require attention and will be responsible for managing our project administration process, including processing contractual documents and ensuring accuracy of our project management system. Fostering strong relationships with colleagues, you will provide dependable support to our Programmes, including a programme of training to ensure that projects are effectively management throughout the entire lifecycle.

You will be qualified to at least A level or equivalent and will ideally hold a project management qualification. You will have excellent financial and project management skills and will be competent in using Excel and databases. Finally, you will be a strong team player, with a ‘can do’ attitude working to high standards and a desire to drive continuous improvement throughout the organisation.

To apply, please complete our application form and send it together with your CV and a short covering letter through the apply link by the closing date of Friday, 16th October 2015.

Candidates should note this is not a UN post and that only those eligible to work in the UK should apply.

WCMC is a UK charity, based in Cambridge, which supports the United Nations Environment Programme. We work in collaboration with UNEP, under the banner of UNEP-WCMC. Our mission is to evaluate and highlight the many values of biodiversity and put authoritative biodiversity knowledge at the centre of decision-making. Since our establishment in the 1970s, the Centre has been at the forefront of the compilation, management, analysis and dissemination of global biodiversity information, and has an outstanding record of achievement.