Organisation / Company: BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER
Department: Directors
Research Field: All
Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1), Recognised Researcher (R2)
Positions: Bachelor Positions
Country: Spain
Application Deadline: 30 Apr 2025 - 23:59 (Europe / Madrid)
Type of Contract: Permanent
Job Status: Full-time
Offer Starting Date: 1 May 2025
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme
Reference Number: 261_25_DIR_PMID_RGPM
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? Yes
Offer Description
Context And Mission
We are looking for a candidate to manage and coordinate the full lifecycle of research projects within the BSC’s Project Management Office (PMO). This role will focus on coordinating and managing the EVITA project, managing projects and contracts of the area of Computational Social Science and Humanities (CSSH) and supporting pre-award and post-award activities.
Key Duties
* Project Coordination: Carefully plan the use of resources and monitor the progress of work, anticipate possible problems and maintain excellent communication with the Principal Investigator and with the Project Officer or equivalent from funding agencies. Keep track of budgets and effort spent. Organize and participate in consortium meetings, teleconferences, reviews and other events. Prepare and submit high quality periodic reports on time (collect and review consortium information). Ensure compliance with contractual obligations and help to resolve possible disputes between partners.
* Financial Management: Keep the consortium informed about payments and collect necessary financial data. Overview and organize the distribution of payments. Ensure that all bank transfers, including pre-financing, interim, and final payments, are completed accurately.
* Others: Collaborate to improve the operation of the PMO by sharing best practice. Take responsibility for specific BSC research groups and establish a good relationship with the group leaders and other researchers in the group to help them achieve their aims.
* Contract Management: Take the lead in negotiating, supervise the drafting and signing process of contracts (consortium agreements, NDAs, grant agreements, contracts with companies etc.) ensuring that the interests of the BSC and its researchers are protected. Interface with BSC legal services, BSC researchers and external parties.
* Detect, communicate and explore funding opportunities: Participate in the preparation of European and national proposals and ensure timely submission.
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
* At least two years experience in research project management or similar position.
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
* Experience coordinating research proposals and projects funded by the Framework Programme of the European Commission, the Spanish Plan Estatal as well as bilateral contracts with companies, may be an advantage.
* Fluency in Spanish and English essential.
Competences
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Willing to travel.
* Used to working autonomously and taking the initiative.
* Used to working under pressure with strict deadlines.
* Good skills in word processing, spreadsheets and presentation applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint or equivalents).
Additional Information
* The position will be located at BSC within the Directors Department.
* We offer a full-time contract (37.5h / week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures.
* Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration.
* Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement.
* Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona.
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