Salary range:
£40,792 - £50,132
FTE:
1
Term:
Fixed (to 31/07/2020)
Closing Date: 15 March 2019
The Scottish Research Partnership
in Engineering (SRPe) (http://www.srpe.ac.uk/)
is the pan-Scotland partnership comprised of ten Scottish universities engaged
in world-class engineering research.
SRPe works strategically with
industry and government to further build upon and grow Scotland’s engineering research
excellence to drive global competitiveness and socio-economic impact. Our
activities are focused around five strategic themes where the research and
innovation strengths of the Scottish universities are aligned with the key strategic
opportunities for impact and growth:
Advanced
Manufacturing, Robotics & Autonomous Systems, Infrastructure &
Environment, Engineering at the Life Sciences Interface and Energy.
Based at the state-of-the-art
Technology & Innovation Centre in Glasgow, the SRPe Partnership Manager will
be a high calibre versatile professional with a wide range of skills who can
work across all aspects of SRPe strategy development and operational delivery.
You will work closely with the
SRPe Executive Director and will collaborate with a wide range of internal and
external stakeholders from across a number of organisations spanning academia,
industry and public sector, including at senior / executive level.
Your main activities and
responsibilities will be across the full range of SRPe activities, including management
of pool-wide SRPe funded initiatives and programmes; coordination and development of collaborative proposals and strategic initiatives;
identification and monitoring of funding opportunities; organisation
and delivery of conferences, events, workshops; marketing and communications; management and coordination of the SRPe
Engineering Graduate School; budget management and financial reporting;
progress tracking; development of databases and day-to-day operational
management of the SRPe Executive Office.
To be considered for the role
you must be educated to a minimum of degree level in a relevant discipline, or
with equivalent relevant experience within the higher education, public or
industry sectors. You will have
extensive experience across stakeholder management, proposal / investment case
development, marketing and communications, conference / events management, strategic
initiative / project development and delivery, project performance management,
staff management, financial management and general operational management,
ideally within a higher education / research environment.
In addition to having excellent interpersonal,
organisational & planning, management, communication and IT skills, you
must have the versatility and drive to embrace new challenges. Many aspects of
delivery will be non-prescriptive hence you must be able to operate pro-actively
with a high degree of flexibility, and with a high level of motivation and
initiative.
This represents an exciting opportunity
for a versatile and experienced professional who is looking to make a
significant contribution within a high impact organisation whilst continuing
to grow and develop professionally.
For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Caroline Cantley, Executive Director, SRPe caroline.cantley@srpe.ac.uk
0141 444 7191
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