We are looking for a talented and motivated Project Manager of Social Innovation projects to join the Project Management Office, linked to the European/International Post-Award Unit at Fundació Sant Joan de Déu.

The Project Management Office – PMO

The International Post-Award Unit runs a portfolio of more than 50 European projects (mainly from European Commission- Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe), 10 of which are coordinated by our institution. The International Post-Award Unit includes a Project Management Office (PMO) offering support to Principal Investigators from IRSJD and other researchers from Sant Joan de Déu ecosystem in project coordination. Our project manager’s team provides daily scientific, technical and managerial support to Principal Investigators to help them in successfully develop their international or national projects.

The candidate will be integrated in the PMO and shall be responsible for the effective implementation of the assigned projects, specially dedicated to those tasks related to social innovation.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Get involved with the assigned projects and participate in project management and coordination activities:
  
  • Coordination of day to day internal work according to work plan (control of quality process, periodic internal meetings and agendas, distribution of work, follow up of deadlines),
  
  
  • Providing guidance to project partners (technical orientation, mitigation plan, ethical issues, work plan…), resolution of conflict, orientation of partners toward work plan, guidance of consortium toward objectives, traduce coordinator’s decision making toward actions,
  
  
  • Coordination of Work package where SJD is leader, organization of meetings, collecting documents, writing activity reports and deliverables where SJD is responsible,
  
  
  • Project quality and risk management (revision of all final document as deliverables, communication, exploitation plan….),
  
  
  • Support in the elaboration of the scientific-technical reports to the funding agency,
  
  
  • Preparation of agendas and presentations for project meetings and project related committees (advisory board, external experts…) participation in meeting, draft minutes,
  
  
  • Elaboration of a Data Management Plan and DPIA. Data management plan follow up. Monitoring of data protection compliance,
  
  
  • Monitoring of ethical regulatory process and compliance. Preparing and submitting dossier (protocol, informed consent….) to Ethical Committee when relevant
  
  
  • Gantt chart follow up.
  
  
  • Interface with stakeholders (participants, schools, city councils, providers, social services, associations, subcontractors…)
  
  


• Get involved with the assigned projects and participate in social innovation activities:
  
  • Contribute to define the impact strategy (theory of change, impact pathways and impact narratives) to ensure that projects are transformative.
  
  
  • Contribute to define and lead the implementation of project’s monitoring and evaluation activities.
  
  
  • Design and lead the implementation of co-creation and participatory activities (workshops, trainings, hackatons…).
  
  
  • Design and lead knowledge valorization activities with the involvement of relevant stakeholders.
  
  
  • Support in the transferability and standardization of outputs (products, processes, learning experiences,…), development of exploitation plan, foster scalability.
  
  
  • Contribute to the communication and dissemination strategy of the project.
  
  
  • Social awareness raising strategy definition and implementation.
  
  


• Support the Pre-Award unit in the process of defining project ideas or challenges using co-creation and participatory activities with relevant stakeholders.

Requirements:

• University degree or PhD (highly valuable) preferably in Social Sciences and Humanities.


• 1-3 years of experience in a similar position.


• Familiarity with EU funded projects such as “EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI)”, “Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme (CERV)”, “Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF)”, “Horizon Europe”, “Erasmus+”).


• Experience in a position of Project Manager of a Coordinated European Project will be valued.


• Proven knowledge in monitoring and evaluation of social interventions.


• Deep knowledge of participatory methodologies and tools (i.e. co-creation dynamics, design- thinking, living lab approach, storytelling).


• Deep knowledge on methodological approaches in social sciences (qualitative and participatory approaches, social theory…)


• Impact-related skills (highly valuable), such as, change management (creating and managing social change), communication (with a wide range of stakeholders), facilitation and negotiation, maintaining partnerships and relationships with internal and external stakeholders, coaching or mentoring (providing one-to-one support where necessary), and reporting and presenting knowledge.


• Meet the requirements detailed in section “Personal skills”.


• Fluent in speaking, reading and writing Spanish, Catalan and English.


• Availability for occasional travel locally and abroad.

Personal skills:

We are calling for candidates with a background in social sciences, with experience in participatory and co-creation processes, knowledge valorization, impact evaluation and project management.

The person we are looking for must be proactive and service-oriented. He/she needs to have demonstrated ability in managing multiple sub-projects simultaneously. Be autonomous and responsible. Interested in continuous improvement, efficiency and quality in the processes. Show strong organization and time management skills, prioritize tasks effectively and respect deadlines. We look for a teamplayer with excellent communication skills.

We offer:

- Location:

• Primary: Esplugues de Llobregat (Spain)


• Secundary: Sant Boi de Llobregat (Spain), other SJD centers (Barcelona Area)

- Contract: Permanent

- Immediate hiring.

- Trial period of 4 months.

- Working days: Full time (37.5 hours)

- Sector: Social Innovation. Social sciences

- Vacancies: 1

- Work modality: Hybrid

- Economic conditions according to profile and knowledge provided.

Este contrato está financiado con el soporte del Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades - Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Convocatoria GPE2024-001453-P financiada por MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033 para la Preparación y gestión de proyectos europeos y facilitar la atracción de talento internacional 2024