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Project Manager - Network for EDI Energy Research Community

Employer
DURHAM UNIVERSITY
Location
Durham (County) (GB)
Salary
£34,304 per annum
Closing date
27 Jun 2022

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Have you ever wanted to try a different approach to driving change in EDI practices?

The EDI+ network team are looking to recruit an individual with a passion for EDI who is able to bring together colleagues from diverse backgrounds to create an environment that facilitates and encourages the development and testing of new ways of making meaningful change in EDI within organisations. You will be based in the Anthropology Department at Durham University but will work with colleagues across the university as well as with individuals and teams in energy research related organisations across the country.

As the project manager, you will spend the majority of your time communicating with key stakeholders to keep the project on track across multiple work strands. You will use your skills in project management to guide an inter-disciplinary, multi-organisation team of developers and participants towards the successful design, implementation and refinement of a flourishing network that champions meaningful change in EDI practices. Careful planning and monitoring of progress, along with keeping the team updated and engaged will be a key part of your role. As well as the day to day project management, you will also be involved in working directly with the fellows, delivering a selection of training sessions and facilitating network activities. Coordinating formal reporting to funders and advertising and disseminating network activities will also form an important part of your role.

EDI+ is seeking to address key challenges and equip a cohort of researchers and their organisations to make lasting changes toward a diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible research community. We are aiming for the EDI+ network to have an impact beyond academia and set a precedent, offering the means to tailor EDI action among the diverse organisations participating in energy research. Colleagues from across academia, industry, business and government are welcome to be part of the network.

The network has two strands. The first of which takes the form of a fellowship programme, which will recruit EDI champions from diverse energy research institutions; train them in understanding and identifying EDI challenges, research methods for analysing organisational contexts, how to make organisational changes, and how to implement and evaluate plans of action; and supports them to publish their results. Cross-institutional reciprocal mentoring will also form part of the network, with senior leaders from across the network forming a mutual mentoring partnership with fellows from different organisations. Crucial to the design of the network is the formation of a mutually supportive professional learning network for the fellows. It is hoped that through flourishing collaboration within the network, fellows will continue to support and collaborate with one another in a lasting alumni partnership.

The second strand of the EDI+ network is open to a wider community than just the fellows. Selected training events will be open to the wider energy research community, who will also have access to a toolkit on EDI actions in context and all other network publications. EDI+ will also host workshops and presentations to coincide with existing conference and research events, to maximise the reach of the network. Findings will be shared and promoted through a 'network of networks' approach across the energy research community nationally, and internationally.

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