Your main responsibility will be to assist the Head of Project Development to identify, collect, analyse and communicate information supporting current and potential projects, funding streams and partnerships to internal and external audiences. This person will act as the ‘eyes and ears’ for Project Development & Management reporting directly to and regularly deputising for the Head of Project Development within project meetings in Edinburgh, across Scotland and in Europe. You will build on existing information networks and enhance existing ICT systems to effectively translate and communicate relevant information to identified internal and external stakeholders. You will support the project managers within multiple Academic Development projects, managing the full life-cycle of specific activities that requires the gathering, analysis and presentation of information. These information networks once established and managed will become self-fulfilling and lead to the creation new projects and partnerships as well as supporting the objectives and mainstreaming of existing Napier Projects.
You will have experience and evidence of completing successful activities in using a wide range of Internet and PC applications to support the gathering, interpretation and presentation of information and data. A working knowledge of external funding, relevant Scottish and EU policy documents, their administrators, projects and partners would be an advantage, especially within EU funding. In addition, you must have highly developed organisational, presentation, communication, inter-personal and influencing skills. Specifically your ability to develop and build strong and lasting relationships with Napier project teams, partner organisations and EU programme funding teams is key to the success of this new position.
We seek a highly pro-active person with a strong work-ethic who is willing and able to work flexibly and creatively to access, interpret and present partially hidden and complex data or overcome information gaps through effective questioning and investigation skills.
Appointments are normally made at the bottom of the salary scale.
Interview date: end of November