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Job Opportunities
Editorial Project Manager
Ref: 1142
Hours of Work: Part time (4 days per week)
Job Status: 12 month Fixed term appointment
Salary per annum: From £40,187 to £50,105 pro rata - subject to skills and experience
Department: Content and Learning
Job Details:
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin RBG Kew are conducting an ambitious project, funded and supported by The Wellcome Trust to engage every primary school in the UK. Every child will have an opportunity to experience delightful and memorable activities that will reveal to them the beauty, variety and adaptability of the plants in their environment. As a result they will understand that not all individuals are the same, and that this helps species to thrive in a variety of habitats - a key idea that underpins Darwin's Theory of Evolution.
We are seeking to recruit this post to be responsible for the delivery of this exciting and ground breaking project. As editorial project manager you will be working within the newly formed Content and Learning Department at RBG Kew, and will report to the Director of Content and Learning on a day to day basis, and be answerable to the project steering group. The steering group will be formed from key stakeholders from RBG Kew and Wellcome, as well as senior suppliers within the project. This project offers a great opportunity to lead a flagship project that can influence every child in the UK and help them to understand better how to care for our planet.
An experienced project manager is needed to oversee all aspects and specification of the entire project using planning, monitoring and controlling processes. You will also be responsible for co-ordination and successful delivery of the project within set timescales and budget. You will perform a variety of tasks including setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities, managing the project finances and summarising progress of the project to the steering group.
ESSENTIALS
- You will be an experienced project manager, with a proven track record of delivering complex, large-scale multiple platform projects preferably for the primary schools market, with superb communication skills and extensive experience of editorial management of a large multiple media project. Strong leadership and influencing skills are vital for this role as is the ability to think both strategically and operationally. Understanding of web technologies, online accessibility and print and production processes are also necessary for this role.
Salary is in the range £40,187 to £50,105 per annum pro rata (subject to skills and experience) and benefits include 25 days holiday per year and a choice of defined benefit or stakeholder pension as well as a great work environment.
CLOSING DATE: 9:00am, Monday 19 May 2008
INTERVIEW DATE: 2 June 2008
How To Apply
1. Download and read the information below.
2. Please send your CV with covering application letter:
3. Return your application ideally by post to: Recruitment, 47 Kew Green, Kew, Surrey. TW9 3AB or by email to jobs@kew.org
If you have any queries or would prefer to be sent an application pack please do not hesitate to call the recruitment team on 020 8332 5184 (Office hours) or 020 8332 5150 (24hr).