Digitisation Project Manager, DiSSCo UK

We're looking for a proactive and collaborative Project Manager to support delivery of the DiSSCo UK digitisation programme across a network of funded partners.

This is a unique opportunity to work at the heart of a major national research initiative, helping to coordinate digitisation projects across multiple organisations and ensuring they operate as a coherent, high-performing programme. You will manage a portfolio of projects across the Natural History Museum and partner institutions, bringing consistency to delivery, governance and reporting in a complex, multi-partner environment.

Working closely with funded hubs across the UK, you will support them to establish strong project management practices, monitor progress and performance, and help resolve challenges as they arise. You'll play a key role in embedding effective governance, risk management and reporting frameworks, ensuring alignment with programme-level requirements.

You will also help build a connected and collaborative delivery community, through facilitating knowledge sharing, continuous improvement and the adoption of best-practice digitisation workflows. Alongside this, you'll contribute to programme communications, stakeholder engagement and national coordination, helping to showcase the impact of this ambitious programme.

This role sits within the Museum's Digital, Data and Informatics department and offers the opportunity to work across institutions, disciplines and teams to deliver a programme with significant national and scientific impact., We're delighted that many of our vacancies attract a high level of interest. To ensure that every application receives the time and careful consideration it deserves, we closely monitor the number of applications we receive. In some cases, where interest is particularly high, we may close a vacancy to new applications ahead of the advertised closing date. Taking this approach helps us manage the process efficiently while maintaining a fair and thorough shortlisting process for all candidates. We therefore encourage early applications where possible.

Are you an experienced Project Manager who enjoys working across organisations to deliver complex, high-impact programmes? If you thrive in collaborative, multi-stakeholder environments and enjoy bringing structure, clarity and momentum to projects, this could be the role for you.

You bring experience managing portfolios of projects, with strong skills in governance, reporting and risk management. You are confident working in matrix environments, influencing and aligning teams without direct authority, and supporting delivery across organisational boundaries.

You are a clear and confident communicator, able to engage senior stakeholders and specialist teams, and to translate complex information into practical insight and action. You're comfortable using digital tools to plan, track and report on activity, and you take a proactive, solutions-focused approach to problem-solving.

If you are motivated by enabling collaboration, driving continuous improvement and contributing to a programme that supports science and society, you will thrive in this role.

• 27.5 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays (full time equivalent)
• Generous defined contribution Natural History Museum Pension Scheme (employer contribution 4 - 10%)
• Season ticket, bicycle and rental loan
• Life insurance
• Free admission to our exhibitions and many other paid exhibitions at museums, galleries and institutions across London and the UK.
• Staff discount at our Museum shops and cafes
• We offer a wide variety of training initiatives and opportunities to build skills. Investing in staff development is important to us, and we are ambitious about helping staff to grow and fulfil their potential.

We are a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use the Museum's unique collections and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website. Today the Museum is more relevant and influential than ever. By attracting people from a range of backgrounds to work for us, we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things. We employ 1100 staff in a variety of roles, all united by our vision of a future where people and planet thrive. We need everyone to have the passion and drive to help us with our mission to create advocates for our planet and inspire millions to care about the natural world. Diversity and inclusion matter to us. Our vision is of a future where both people and the planet thrive. Diversity is one of our core values and we strive to build a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging. All new staff who join us learn about the importance of diversity and inclusion to the Museum and how to contribute to creating an inclusive environment. We know we have more to do, but we are committed to ensuring that everyone who works at the Museum feels they can thrive and feel valued and respected. About DiSSCo The Distributed System of Scientific Collections UK (DiSSCo UK, https://www.dissco-uk.org/) is a consortium of UK natural science collections, led by the Natural History Museum in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), who are developing a national infrastructure to support the digitisation and use of the UK's natural science collections to support critical research.