Can you recognise the strengths and skillset that an individual can bring to a team? Do you like using your keen organisational skills to support your colleagues and ensure projects maximise their impact? Are you interested in being part of a team that showcases how satellite applications can address UK and global societal challenges?  If so, you may be what we’re looking for.

We are seeking a highly collaborative, proactive team player, experienced in cross department resource and capacity management that can help shape the resource management function at the Catapult. The role will report into the Delivery Governance Manager who has process and governance responsibilities across the project and service portfolio.

This is a highly networked role that requires an ability to work under pressure and to challenging deadlines. Location is flexible, though attendance at our principal offices in Harwell Oxfordshire will be required. The role may also require travel to other offices in the UK.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for working across teams with Project Managers and Department Leads to understand, plan and forecast resource requirements across the diverse portfolio of projects.

• Managing the resource management system, supporting processes and reporting, ensuring that they are fit for purpose. 

• Lead capacity management and resource allocations through the project lifecycle from bids to project

• Be the main point of contact and responsible for communication around resource needs, issues and related impact and mitigation plans, whilst also maintaining a live and up to date view and process surrounding this.

• Supporting Department Leads in the identification of skills and resource gaps in order to allow the Catapult to scale and grow appropriately for new opportunities

• Developing a skills matrix to ensure that the right people are utilised on the projects that match their capabilities and strengths

• Line management of a small team of Project Professionals

Skills & Experience required:

• You will have experience in Resource Management – managing across teams and disciplines in order to achieve success

• Strong team player, comfortable to work in a matrix management environment

• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills

• Strong data analysis, planning and organisational skills

• Can use your excellent relationship management skills to deliver effective stakeholder management at all levels

• System administration and management experience with resource planning tools

• The ability to deal with ambiguity and manage different and changing priorities across multiple teams

• Experience in process building, creation and successful roll out

• An understanding of the fundamentals of project management and how to apply that knowledge to resource management.

• Line management experience

You know you have been successful when you have…

• Managed resource requests ensuring that all projects have been allocated the appropriate resource in line with capacity and needs

• Maintained up-to-date resource availability and capacity plans and forecasted resource needs for future project scenarios

• Modelled resource supply and demand and build utilisation/demand reports for resources across the company

• Suggested solutions as needed to resource request conflicts

• Mapped and assessed current processes and tools to identify needs and opportunities for improvement

• Identified areas for continuous improvement and work with the Delivery Governance manager to implement these

• Provided supportive line management to your team

The purpose of your new team:

This role sits within Delivery Team and our aim is to:

-          Provide effective delivery of Projects and Service,

-          Implement, manage and report on Governance activities, and drive continuous improvement to enact meaningful change.

We aim to deliver this by working closely as a team but also ensuring that we engage widely across the Catapult. We are passionate about Project and Service Management and providing the core infrastructure that allows us and our colleagues to thrive and innovate within the Space Sector.

How we work:

We strive to create a high trust environment that enables team members to bring their whole selves to work – this helps to create the foundations of an innovation culture.
Our shared values are critical to this:

• We care - for our people, our partners, and our planet

• We connect - and engage with people and ideas

• We learn - and grow, as people and as an industry

Underpinning this is our belief in great teams, our combined efforts will always deliver outcomes beyond that of any individual providing we are honest through debate, experiment and reflect, and create shared resolutions in support of our purpose. Live these values, work to our principles, take ownership to deliver, and we are certain you will thrive with us.