Reference No: P68223 
Assistant Director (Research Environment and Doctoral College)

Exeter

Advert live: 6 Aug 2019
Advert close: 3 Sept 2019

Starting salary will be from £56,677 up to £71,407 on Grade H, depending on qualifications and experience.

Research Services 
We are recruiting to the post of Assistant Director (Research Environment and Doctoral College) within our Research Services and Doctoral College directorate.  This is an exciting opportunity for you to take a senior leadership role in the delivery of our ambitious Research and Impact Strategy at University of Exeter.  

The post is available from 1 October 2019, on a full-time permanent basis.   We welcome applications from candidates interested in working part-time hours or job-sharing arrangements.
Summary of the role

In this role you have the opportunity work with academic and professional services colleagues across a breadth of different backgrounds and levels of seniority.

In this role you will:

• Manage the relationships with our six academic Colleges. 
• Be the operational lead of our Doctoral College, and will work to the Dean of Postgraduate Research & Doctoral College to pro-actively develop and implement PGR and ECR strategy.
• Oversee a team of six College business partners, our Researcher Development and Research Culture team, and our PGR Support team.
• Be passionate about a high quality, inclusive research environment across all academic career stages, and in particular have the ambition to deliver an excellent experience for our post graduate researchers and early career researchers. 
• Be an outstanding relationship builder. 

You can view the full Job Description and Person Specification document by clicking here. We kindly request that you include a short covering letter at the beginning of your CV prior to uploading this document as part of your application.   

Interviews are provisionally scheduled for 19 September 2019.   

The University of Exeter 
We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 150 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2017. 

Our research income in recent years means we are fastest growing UK Research University and we seek to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today through this. 98% of our research is international quality (2014 Research Excellence Framework) and we encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. 

Benefits 
We offer some fantastic benefits including 41 days leave per year, options for flexible working and sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a new Fertility Treatment Policy.

The Research Services Directorate is a key enabler to the delivery of the University’s Research and Impact Strategy, meeting our ambitious research and knowledge exchange income and postgraduate research targets, and successful REF performance.  We also provide overall Professional Services leadership for the Exeter Doctoral College, which supports our Postgraduate Research (PGR) and Early Career Researcher (ECR) communities.  We work closely with the Innovation, Impact and Business directorate to deliver a seamless service to our Colleges to deliver College priorities, and coordinate relationships with external funders and partners.  We operate a joint divisional management group, of which the post holder will be a member.

Further information
Please contact Astrid Wissenburg, Director of Research
E: A.Wissenburg@exeter.ac.uk  
T: 01392 722727

With over 22,000 students and 5,500 staff from 180 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment in which to work. We are an equal opportunity employer, a Disability Confident employer and an Athena Swan accredited institution. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented in the workforce.