Investment Officer

About the Role

The Distributed System of Scientific Collections UK (DiSSCo UK) is a £155.6 million investment for a national infrastructure programme to digitise 37 million natural science specimens. To deliver this exciting new programme, AHRC, alongside their delivery partner the Natural History Museum (NHM), are developing a DiSSCo UK delivery team to manage the programme on a day-to-day basis.

An AHRC Investment Officer plays a crucial role in the delivery of their team’s priorities, particularly in relation to the management and development of key programmes, investments and partnerships. The main purpose of the Investment Officer role across AHRC is to support the delivery of team and organisational objectives.

As this role will involve interaction with grant holders and partners, as well as attendance at events and conferences, the role may involve travel, including overnight stays.

Your Responsibilities

• Working with the team head to plan and deliver team-level activities (e.g. team meetings, away days, L&D).
• Supporting other operational activities, including delivery of funding calls and team-level reporting.
• Contributing to and/or leading the production of case studies/impact stories and other narratives that highlight research outputs and impacts.
• Supporting stakeholder management (including the relationship with delivery partners NHM), including ownership of team mailboxes, contact lists and responding to grant holder queries.
• Supporting stakeholder engagement, planning and delivery of events and visits.
• Support with governance including the Executive Programme Board (EPB) Secretariat.
• General support and work towards future Gate Reviews and programme approvals.
• Cross team working with delivery partners NHM, and the Research and Innovation Infrastructure Team (“Infra” for short) on related portfolios.

Person Specification

• Communication: Ability to communicate effectively in different media, with a range of audiences (S&I).
• Working Style: Ability to work both collaboratively (seeking and offering support) and independently (think creatively, make effective decisions) to achieve progress in objective delivery, escalating where necessary (S & I).
• Time management: Ability to prioritise effectively, considering the needs of multiple stakeholders (S & I).
• Working flexibly and at pace: You have excellent organisational and administrative skills, and the ability to work flexibly and multi-task with good attention to detail, often at pace (S&I).
• IT skills: Good working knowledge of IT and programmes (Outlook, MS Word, Excel, MS Teams, etc.) with the ability to quickly learn new software and systems (S).
• Interest in AHRC: Understanding of UKRI and AHRC’s business and priorities (S).
• Changing and improving: Ability to take initiative and actively contribute to continuous improvement at individual or team level (S).
• Experience of supporting governance boards, such as creating agendas, minute taking, and sending invitations (S).

Benefits

We recognise and value our employees as individuals and aim to provide a favourable pay and rewards package. We are committed to supporting employees' development and promote a culture of continuous learning!

For further information on our benefits please see: Benefits of working at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

UKRI is an Equal Opportunity & Disability Confident Employer.