Project Manager NE Coast & Rural (NICRE) at Newcastle University

Key Accountabilities

• Develop and maintain a project plan for the Taskforce’s work, ensuring key milestones are delivered on time and within budget
• Coordinate delivery of activity across multiple organisations and sectors, ensuring effective communication with all stakeholders
• Monitor project delivery, identifying and resolving or escalating risks and issues through project governance structures
• Work with the Project Board and Taskforce to identify success measures and develop tools and processes to ensure feedback and learning are captured across all strands of the taskforce’s work
• Provide regular reporting to the Project Board for the North East Coastal and Rural Taskforce
• Organise four meetings per year for the Taskforce, managing end-to-end logistics from scheduling; booking venue, catering and AV; gathering input to agenda and collating meeting papers and presentations; ensuring chair and participants are fully briefed; taking minutes and managing an action log.
• Plan and deliver community innovation events: coordinating content, promotion and logistics, and engaging and supporting communities and other relevant stakeholders to take part
• Ensure that actions and outcomes from meetings and events are communicated to relevant stakeholders, progressed in good time, and reported back to Taskforce

Dissemination

• Support the preparation of Taskforce meeting papers, briefings and reports – developing drafts and coordinating input and review from internal and external team members
• Contribute to the development and delivery of the communications plan for the taskforce’s work, ensuring it aligns to the overall project plan
• Work with communications colleagues to develop and maintain a section of NICRE’s Innovation Portal dedicated to the Taskforce’s work

The Person (Essential)

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Project Management: Experience developing and managing project plans, coordinating multi-stakeholder delivery, and reporting against milestones.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Proven ability to communicate effectively with diverse internal and external stakeholders, including community groups, public bodies, and partners.
• Event Management: Skilled in planning and delivering meetings and public events, including logistics, agendas, minute-taking, and follow-up.
• Monitoring & Evaluation: Ability to identify success measures and implement feedback and learning processes.
• Written Communication: Strong drafting skills for reports, briefings, and meeting papers, with attention to detail and clarity.
• Digital Literacy: Competent in using project management tools, Microsoft Office, and online platforms for communication and collaboration.

Attributes and Behaviour

• Highly organised and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Proactive and solution-focused, with good judgement on when to escalate issues.
• Collaborative and confident working across organisations.
• Committed to inclusive and community-led approaches.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience working in rural or coastal community development.
• Familiarity with governance structures and reporting to boards or steering groups.
• Understanding of communications planning and digital content management (e.g. web portals, newsletters).

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent) or able to demonstrate significant relevant professional experience