Centre Manager CDT

About the role

This part-time fixed-term role will manage the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Accountable, Responsible and Transparent Artificial Intelligence (ART-AI) as part of a job share arrangement with the current post-holder. Working closely with CDT staff, the CDT Management Team and external partners, this will be a wide-ranging role with responsibility for delivering the strategy of the Centre with a view to the long-term as well as day-to-day operations.

You will be responsible for proposing and implementing strategies to ensure the Centre's research has high level impact. You will pursue additional funding for the Centre, and will initiate, develop and deepen long term engagement and relationships with external partners with a view to securing future funding and collaborative agreements.

About you

You will be someone with experience of higher education administration, with a focus on postgraduate research training. You will understand the funding environment in which university postgraduate provision operates and will be able to demonstrate experience in acquiring such funding. You will understand the needs and aspirations of postgraduate students and will be able to contribute to their academic success sensitively and professionally.

You will be someone with the ability to act as a key channel of communication between students, academic staff, professional services staff and external organisations, and will have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work as part of a team being essential. You will demonstrate commitment to high quality service provision and understand the value and importance of doctoral training and research to the University's strategic goals as well as in society at large. You will be able to demonstrate the ability to suggest and deliver operational plans to achieve strategic goals and will be able to work autonomously while keeping colleagues informed and engaged.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

Further information

This role is offered on a part time (21.9 hours per week) fixed term basis with an expected length of approximately 22 months.

For an informal discussion regarding the role please contact Brent Kiernan at bwk20@bath.ac.uk.