Project Management Officer - Dorking, United Kingdom - University College London

University College London
University College London
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Dorking, United Kingdom

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Description

Ref Number
B


Professional Expertise
Research and Research Support


Department
UCL BEAMS (B04)


Location
Dorking


Working Pattern
Full time


Salary
£42,099-£50,585


Contract Type
Fixed-term


Working Type
Hybrid


Available For Secondment
No


Closing Date
10-Jun-2024


About us:

The Mullard Space Science Laboratory is located on its own campus in the beautiful Surrey Hills, surrounded by woodland. MSSL is the UK's largest university space research group.

Space science is a discipline that demands highly innovative technologies and MSSL has an international reputation for excellence in this area.

UCL was one of the first universities in the world to become involved in making scientific observations in space.

Since MSSL was established in 1966, we have participated in over 40 satellite missions with the European Space Agency, NASA (US), Japan, Russia, China and India, and flown over 230 rocket experiments.


About the role:


An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Management Officer to join the project management group at the Department of Space and Climate Physics (Mullard Space Science Laboratory) to support the Laboratory's space science instrumentation programme.


Vigil is an ESA Space Safety Programme space weather mission to observe the Sun from the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L5.

Mullard Space Science Laboratory will be providing the PLasma Analyser (PLA), which will measure the solar wind at the location of the spacecraft over a wide dynamic range of plasma parameters


Solar-C is a proposed solar mission led by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) as a successor to the very successful Solar-B mission (also known as Hinode).

Solar-C will study how plasma and energy evolve through the solar atmosphere with matching high spatial and temporal resolution. MSSL is designing and building the short wavelength (SW) camera for the EUVST (EUV High-Throughput Spectroscopic Telescope).


This post is funded for 2 years in the first instance with a view to extend dependent on external funding.

Our salary range quoted included London Allowance.


About you:


What we offer:

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

  • 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
  • Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme
  • Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
  • Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
  • Immigration loan
  • Relocation scheme for certain posts
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay
  • Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
  • Discounted medical insurance

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.


These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; people with disabilities; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

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