R&I Project Officer

The University of Portsmouth is committed to delivering globally-recognised research and innovation solutions that improve society. The Department for Research and Innovation (DRI) is central to enabling this through the provision of specialist professional services.

The post-holder will provide flexible, high-quality project and analytical support across DRI's portfolio of critical activities, with an initial focus on REF 2029 preparation and the University's research performance evaluation framework.

Working across faculties, research institutes and professional services, the post holder will run discrete projects and workstreams end to end of planning, coordinating, tracking and reporting. The post holder will gather, analyse and present the data and evidence that underpin institutional decision-making.

The role is deliberately broad: priorities will shift as the Department's strategic agenda evolves, and the post-holder is expected to redeploy rapidly between activities, bringing consistent project discipline and analytical rigour to each.

Whilst there is a need to be in Portsmouth a few days a week, hybrid working is available for this role, with a minimum of three days onsite required.

This appointment is a fixed-term contract until 31 July 2027.

For internal candidates it may be possible to apply for this role under the Secondment Policy. If you wish to apply as a secondee, you must have approval of your line manager in advance of submitting your application form. Please confirm in your application that your line manager has approved this.

Benefits include:
- Competitive salary, including incremental progression within your scale
- Generous pension scheme
- Generous leave entitlement of 32–35 days a year, plus bank holidays, and an additional Christmas closure
- Family-friendly policies supporting flexible working
- Staff discounts and loyalty schemes
- Staff car parking and discounted public travel
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Staff wellbeing programmes
- Recreation facilities, including discounted gym membership, food on campus schemes, use of the Library and staff social activities
- Discounted learning
- Start-up business mentoring from expert entrepreneurs via our Entrepreneurs in Residence programme

New appointments will routinely be made to the entry spine point (minimum) for the advertised grade. A higher starting salary or market supplement may be available for a truly exceptional candidate when circumstances fully justify a departure from normal policy.