Skip to main content

This job has expired

Faculty Research Manager

Employer
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
Location
London (Greater) (GB)
Salary
£49,737 - £58,421 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Closing date
20 Apr 2023

View more

Job Type
Professional Services
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Job description

The Faculty of Arts & Humanities is seeking an experienced and proactive Faculty Research Manager. A key member of the research support team in the faculty, the role holder will take the lead on planning, organising and administering research activities especially in the area of grant management (pre-and post award), as well as shaping and supporting faculty research strategies.  

 

The successful applicant will have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build good working relationships with academic and professional services colleagues internal and external to the College. They will have a thorough understanding of the UK research funding landscape and experience supporting or managing funded projects. They will be highly organised, numerate, with strong analytical skills, and will be a confident communicator and experienced team manager.

 

The Faculty actively supports the development of a respectful, positive and supportive culture, which sustains excellence and fosters growth, both for individuals and for the Faculty’s professional services as a whole. We are committed to supporting our staff in a range of ways from considering flexible working and job share arrangements, to facilitating and encouraging continuing professional development activities.  

 

We are also committed to increasing representation from historically under-represented groups. We welcome and encourage applications from members of groups with protected characteristics that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Equality Act. 

 

 This post will be offered on a full-time, indefinite contract.

 

Key responsibilities

  • To work closely with the Faculty Research & Engagement Manager and Vice Dean Research to develop and deliver their faculty’s Research Strategy. 
  • To be part of the Faculty leadership group alongside the teams for Impact & knowledge exchange as well as Research Culture 
  • Contribute to the faculty’s preparations for future REF submissions. 
  • Line manage specialist pre- and post-award staff and other junior temporary staff hired by the Research team. They will also have a dotted line to the departmental Research Managers. 
  • Provide a ‘cradle-to-grave advisory & support service’ for faculty staff wishing to apply for research funding and consultancy work including assistance with application processes, developing effective budgets to maximise cost recovery and online submission portals. 
  • Provide support and guidance to the local research support teams in managing grants, including guidance on cost recovery, research integrity and grant legacy planning, 
  • Provide support for academics requiring research contracts, for example consultancy or fee for service contracts. 
  • Develop & maintain good working relationships with the faculty Research Development Manager, staff in the Arts and Science Research Office and the Research Management & Information Directorate to maximise opportunities for winning grants and ensure highly efficient faculty processes related to research. 
  • Monitor key faculty research data (eg. applications, awards, income, overheads) and KPIs and report on this data to faculty leadership.  
  • Support the Faculty Research & Engagement Manager in developing a robust research grant income projection model. 
  • Oversee the content and maintenance of Faculty research project webpages and news stories 

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.  

Skills, knowledge, and experience 

Essential criteria  

1.       Experience working in HEI research administration and strong understanding of the UK HEI research environment 

2.       Experience in managing research grants and contracts at pre- and post award stage 

3.       Experience in contributing to the Research Excellence Framework 

4.       Excellent numeracy skills and an ability to understand and analyse complex data 

5.       Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to present and communicate ideas to a range of stakeholders, including senior members of academic staff 

6.       Strong organisational skills with a high degree of attention to detail 

7.       Proficient IT skills (including databases, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) 

8.       Ability to work proactively and independently and manage/prioritise a diverse workload 

9.       Team and line management experience 

10.   Strong commitment to ED&I 

 

Desirable criteria

1.       Evidence of the ability to build good working relationships with stakeholders at all levels internally and externally 

2.       Experience of website management 

3.       Good knowledge of HEI policies and procedures including financial regulations

Further information

The interviews for this role are expected to take place during w/c 01 May 2023. The assessment process will involve a presentation and panel interview.

Company

King's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.

King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.

King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.

King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: www.kingshealthpartners.org.

King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at www.kcl.ac.uk/kingsanswers.

Company info
Mini-site
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
Telephone
+(44)02078365454
Location
STRAND
LONDON
WC2R 2LS
United Kingdom

Get job alerts

Create a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.

Create alert