"Senior Research Manager"

Overview

About the Role

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Queen Mary University of London is seeking to recruit a Senior Research Manager who will support the development and delivery of the faculty’s research and innovation strategy by facilitating new research opportunities for the School(s) they work with. They will support the development of a successful research culture by embedding good practice in research development throughout the University both personally and through the team of Research Managers they manage.

The Senior Research Manager will work closely with the Faculty Strategic Research Manager, as well as the Dean for Research, School Directors of Research, and related Professional Services colleagues to support our academic staff in all aspects of research activity and growing research income across the faculty. The post-holder will be the lead contact for their school(s) for all knowledge exchange, impact and innovation activities and will facilitate research opportunities through developing relationships with internal and external partners for collaboration and funding and embed good practice to build knowledge exchange.

About You

The successful candidate will have extensive experience of working within HEI or another organisation in research grant administration and/or impact. The ability to develop efficient and effective processes and practice to facilitate bid development and proposal preparation is essential. They will have line management experience and be able to lead a team.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

This post is available as an internal secondment for 9 months.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Lorna Ireland (l.ireland@qmul.ac.uk)