Project Manager – VERIFY: Out Of Sample Testing For Early Warning Systems Using Past Climate (maternity cover)
Would you like to be part of an exciting new research project that will verify forecasts of future climate tipping and interface with policy makers? Do you have a background in project management with strong organisational and communication skills needed to support researchers and co-ordinate key activities? Would you like to join a broader team supporting research projects facing Energy, Climate Change and Sustainability?
This role is maternity cover to provide project management and other support to the ‘VERIFY: Out Of Sample Testing For Early Warning Systems Using Past Climate’ project. As the Project Manager, you will work within a school-based research project support team. Project VERIFY is co-led by the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, and the School of Geography, University College London. You will work closely with leading scientists and early career researchers from 11 research groups across 7 universities in the UK, Belgium and USA, and across ARIA’s Forecasting Tipping Points programme more broadly.
The project will produce a step-change in the scientific understanding of ice sheet and ocean tipping, our ability to forecast it, and how this information can be used by policy/decision makers.
As a Project Manager, you will lead on the project management and co-ordination of activities associated with VERIFY, including strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation to ensure that project commitments and deliverables are achieved in a timely manner; reporting on spending, monitoring and reporting progress against objectives; organising and engaging in project meetings and an outreach summer school for school children; coordinating logistics for overseas travel for meetings; liaising with the project team and wider programme partners; overseeing the production of content for the project, and media channels; and supporting the day-to-day project management needs.
You will have the ability to balance priorities, work with limited supervision and deal with complex academic and financial information. You will be extremely organised and have clear project management experience for large and complex projects. Ideally you will have experience of providing research support, preferably supporting scientific projects in a Higher Education setting. You will demonstrate excellent team working skills with an ability to work in a cross-disciplinary team, as well as a commitment to excellent collaborative working.
Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information please visit: www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.
What we offer in return
- 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!
- Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance;
- Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls;
- Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team;
- Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available, and much more!
To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:
Dr Ruza Ivanovic, Associate Professor in Climatology
Email: R.Ivanovic@leeds.ac.uk
Please note: Interviews are expected to take place on either Thursday 26 November or Friday 27 November 2026.
Job Details
- Location: Leeds - Main Campus
- Faculty/Service: Faculty of Environment
- School/Institute: School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability
- Section: Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (ICAS)
- Category: Professional & Managerial
- Grade: Grade 7
- Salary: £41,064 to £48,822 pro rata per annum
- Working Time: 22.5 hours per week (0.6 FTE)
- Post Type: Part Time
- Contract Type: Fixed Term (12 months maternity cover)
- Release Date: Monday 02 November 2026
- Closing Date: Sunday 15 November 2026
- Interview Date: See advert
- Reference: ENVEE1888
