Person Specification
Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience • A degree in a relevant subject, or appropriate professional experience within sports management • Advanced project management qualification and skills. Methodical planner with highly developed organisational skills. Ideally Prince 2 qualified • A self-starter with the ability to grasp a project and kick-start planning quickly, including the ability to rapidly gain sufficient understanding of a large complex organisation to produce an initial Project Plan • Able to work collaboratively in a dynamic and complex working environment handling multiple tasks within a multi-disciplined team and to tight deadlines • Outstanding interpersonal, negotiation and communications skills, including excellent report-writing skills • Ability to present complex issues simply and clearly to different audiences • Effectively prioritise and manage others’ expectations around those priorities; ensure those priorities are consistent with the overall agreed project priorities
• Ability to adapt to different demands and address conflicts between them • Skilled in the use of information technology, and supporting others in doing so
• Experience in management and logistics of major sports event and/or village planning / delivery would be advantageous • An understanding of how universities operate incl. structures, functions, systems etc. would be advantageous. • Leadership experience in planning and delivering major projects and/or events • Professional, polite and approachable manner • Positive attitude, resilient, calm and optimistic • Flexible, intuitive thinker with highly developed / tested diplomacy skills. Ability to handle difficult issues sensitively
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