Project Manager (1 Vacancy)

PROJECT MANAGER - One vacancy

The Centre for Social Studies (CES) - Associate Laboratory - University of Coimbra (Portugal), calls for

Place-based innovation of cultural and creative industries in non-urban areas” (Grant Agreement

101061747), funded by the European Research Executive Agency (REA) of the European Commission under

the framework programme Horizon Europe 2021-2027, and coordinated by the Principal Investigator (PI)

A. Project Description : The IN SITU project combines research and experimental actions to advance the innovation-related

practices, capacities, and potential of CCIs based in non-urban areas of the EU, a constituency of the CCI

sector that has grown in visibility and significance over the last decade in Europe and internationally but

which is still vulnerable due to the lagging attention of research and policy to its needs, characteristics, and

potentials. The project aims to advance understanding of the forms, processes, and governance of

innovation involving cultural and creative industries (CCIs) located in non-urban areas of Europe and to

advance the ability of non-urban CCIs to act as drivers of innovation, competitiveness, and sustainability

for the locales in which they are located. IN SITU brings together leading approaches to investigating

economic evolution and diversification, a challenge-oriented approach to processes of innovation, non-urban

place-based planning and development, and creative industries entrepreneurship to investigate the situation

of CCIs in non-urban areas. The project couples this with a pragmatic capacity-building programme to

enable CCIs to address some of the key issues of their communities/region and of our time. The core

defining aspect of IN SITU is the interlinking of research and practice through place-based IN SITU Labs,

hubs for case studies in 6 non-urban regions across Europe, located in Portugal, Ireland, Iceland, Finland,

Latvia, and Croatia. Involving both Europe-wide research and place-based experimentation, IN SITU will

provide an in-depth knowledge of the direct and indirect effects, cross-sectoral connections and spillovers,

innovative strategies and systems, and needs of CCI practitioners in non-urban areas. Complementary to

this, the project will assess and advance the multi-level innovation and culture policy and planning

frameworks that contextualize and can enable this work.

B. Scientific Field : Social Sciences or Humanities

ability to work in a team and to perform various tasks of secretarial, coordination and organization. Fluency

in English and Portuguese, spoken and written, is a fundamental condition.

tasks, as well as to contribute to other activities that fall within the general objectives of the project. The

following tasks:

• Day-to-day key contact for the project
• Overall coordination of processes, deadlines, and delivery of EC Deliverables, project meetings, and other

project activities

• Overall coordination of research and data related to ethics monitorization and the cross-cutting gender

dimension of the project

• Working with the PI, coordinate technical content and cooperation within and across work packages
• Facilitate communication among partners, and between the EC and the project Consortium
• Support liaison with EC and corresponding administrative and financial issues, providing the EC with

specific requested documents required to manage the reporting process and timetable

• Lead the preparation of periodic and final reports to the EC
• Monitor CES project budget and overall project budget
• Collect and review consistency of information provided by partners, and monitor compliance by the parties

with their obligations towards the planned project activities

• Working with the PI, coordinate the management and organization of meetings and communications

related to the General Assembly, Steering Committee, Labs Committee, Ethics Coordination Committee,

International Advisory Board, and Outreach Partners. (The latter will also involve coordination with the

Communications and Dissemination Coordinator.)

• Develop and maintain meeting agendas and minutes
• Working with the PI and Junior Researcher, review Deliverables submitted from Consortium partners and

from the International Advisory Board

• Contribute to the design and development of the IN SITU Ethical Guidelines and the IN SITU Data
• Management Plans_ (Interim and Final)
• Coordinate the management of data produced and exchanged in the project
• Develop and manage contacts database of project partners
• Monitor identified risks for project implementation

E. Applicable Legislation and Regulations : Labour Code Law No. 7/2009, of February 12th (and subsequent amendments).

F. Workplace : The tasks will be performed at the Centre for Social Studies facilities or in other locations when necessary

for the good implementation of the work plan, under the scientific supervision of the Principal Inve