Call for Position: DTIC-Laboral-2023-01 - Project Manager for Unit of Excellence "Maria de Maeztu"

This Project Manager will have the mission of coordinating the operational, administrative, and managerial activities of the “Maria de Maeztu” Unit of Excellent within the Department of Information and Communication Technologies at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). This will also require interacting with other departments and units within UPF, as well as with the newly launched Planetary Wellbeing initiative.

Technical skills and Key duties:

• Support the Scientific Director in the management and implementation of the unit’s strategic research programme, and in the timely reporting and delivery of all project commitments to the funding agency within the government of Spain. 
• Carry out administration and management tasks involving communication between the different research areas within the unit, as well as communication with other departments and units within UPF, and with the Planetary Wellbeing initiative.
• Track all of the project-related costs together with UPF: distribution and transfer of funding, keeping records on spending and preparing financial reports for the funding agency and potential auditors.
• Support the organization of events associated with the unit’s strategic research programme, including research seminars.
• Schedule meetings, prepare agendas, circulate materials for the meetings and prepare their minutes. 
• Engage in communication and promotion tasks related to the unit’s activities within the confines of the strategic research programme. This includes the management of online channels.
• Support the unit’s members in their day-to-day communication, management and research activities.

This contract is funded by the project: Unidades de Excelencia María de Maeztu - Departamento de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones,  AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica, Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023 (MDM-CEX2021-001195-M - DTIC)