This is a new role in a new department which will provide expert professional support for research and knowledge exchange, partnerships, impact, regional engagement and innovation. Joining the team at this exciting time is a great opportunity to shape delivery, team development, collaboration within and beyond the organisation and to develop your own generous and inclusive leadership. You will be a senior leader in the University community, with great access to support and development for your own career and the expectation that you will become involved in the wider organisation.
You will work closely with, and be a key source of advice and support to, senior academic leaders at Vice-President and deputy Vice-President level and will work closely with Faculty and Professional Services leadership.
You will lead within your teams and beyond to deliver the strategic objectives set out in the University’s Vision, with responsibility for developing your people and teams, for planning and organising significant resources, for monitoring and evaluating individual, team and organisational performance and for continuous improvement. You will build networks within the organisation and externally.
Your teams deliver in three main areas:
● Research Growth – providing expert advice and support to our research community to develop its pipeline for strategic research grant funding. Total research awards are currently c.£160M p.a with a 5 year target to reach £220M. The team includes capital research funding, early project set up and interdisciplinary support
● Knowledge exchange and partnerships – our KE service supports our five faculties, with the ambition to grow the scale and ambition of our partnerships and income from KE activity. You will have oversight of significant internal KE funding (c. £11M)
● Research grant operations – providing professional support for costing and pricing research funding applications and for the agreements underpinning our research (c. 2000 agreements p.a and £350M value of applications)
You will have 3 direct reports and a wider service of around 60-70 staff.
We value diversity in our colleagues and in their backgrounds and approaches. If you think this sounds like a good opportunity but are unsure if your experience to date is relevant, give us a call to discuss it.
Application URL:
https://bit.ly/AsstDirectorResearchKE