The Role

Our fantastic Technology Projects team is looking for an experienced Project Manager to join them at an incredibly exciting time for the business. The purpose of the role is to provide support to several IT projects, including Networking, Data, and Infrastructure. Working alongside teams from Information, Data and Technology, Estates, Procurement, Contractors, and key suppliers, you will play an active role in the overall technology projects delivery in our properties across the UK.

This role will be responsible for forging strong relationships with stakeholders, who will principally be the operations teams, key business sponsors of different workstreams from around the business and, crucially, creating and maintaining strong working relationships with key contractors.

This role is based in our Bristol office and is a 12 month fixed-term contract.

What You`ll Be Doing

• Manage a portfolio of IT projects including reporting, deliverables, and benefits tracking.
• Develop project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
• Ensure budgets are managed by forecasting requirements, preparing budgets, scheduling expenditures, analysing variances and initiating corrective actions.
• Liaise and communicate effectively with stakeholders across IT and the business to ensure alignment to deliver the project.
• Manage third-party suppliers to deliver to time, cost and quality.
• Ensure Risks, Issues, Assumptions and Dependencies are managed effectively.
• Monitor progress against project plan and budget, correcting and / or escalating abnormal situations.

What We`re Looking for in You

• In-depth experience in IT implementation projects involving infrastructure, networking, and data.
• Proven track record for planning, executing, controlling, and closing IT projects with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with minimal supervision.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise your own and others workloads.
• Ability to translate IT terminology into clear language that non-IT colleagues can understand.
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.
• PRINCE2, PMP, or Agile certification desirable
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Experience in preparing and managing project budgets.
• Resilient in the face of setbacks, with the ability to adapt plans and timescales to changes in circumstances.
• Familiarity with multiple project tools such as MS Projects, Monday.com, and Smartsheets is desirable.
• Familiarisation with the Building Safety Act and Access Agreements (including Wayleaves) is desirable.
• Basic understanding of data protection legislation and experience of developing and maintaining a team environment where personal data is kept protected, confidential and secure.

What You`ll Get in Return

• A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success
• 25 days` paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service
• A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save
• Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends
• Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more!

About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK`s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 25 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion. We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn`t just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students. Employees, students and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone

We`re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we`re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what`s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.

We are US.