Research Development ManagerUniversity

About the role

This role is one of two posts supporting the Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, and also supports the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences. You will work closely with academic staff to understand their research funding goals, encouraging and supporting applications to appropriate opportunities, from concept to award offer and managing internal selection processes. Using your professional services and academic networks you will work with colleagues across the University to maximise opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration. Working with the research development team, you will deliver training activities for academic staff that increase awareness of research funding streams and capability to apply.

This is a role where we value you scientific curiosity and ability to put the goals of our scientists in context, making connections across our wider research community and helping align opportunities to the priorities of funders. To thrive in this role you’ll bring a strong grounding in a relevant field of research with a good understanding or how health research funding works and experience of working in a research funding environment. You will be solution focussed, with an organised and adaptable approach and be able to quickly understand complex concepts. And you will bring the motivation and personal qualities to engage with senior academic staff and professional service colleagues to understand their goals and challenges and help address them. In return we offer an unbeatable learning environment, with opportunities to develop your career in a collaborative and highly valued team.

This is a full time post (35 hours per week) offering an indefinite contract, but there may be some scope for reduced hours on enquiry.

The role requires a blend of working closely with scientific staff in person and across our campuses, alongside opportunities for remote working.

For an informal conversation, please contact Alasdair Rankin, Director of Research Development (Health)  [email protected]

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£65,091 to £74,613 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance