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Research & Innovation Development Manager

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Global Academy Jobs
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United Kingdom
Closing date
Aug 17, 2017

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Are you an experienced and ambitious Research and Innovation Development Professional looking to further your career in one of the UK’s leading research intensive universities? Would you like to help progress interdisciplinary social science research networks and innovation opportunities? Are you a confident leader capable of building excellent working relationships with academic colleagues?

An opportunity has arisen for a Research and Innovation Development Manager in the Leeds Social Sciences Institute (LSSI), to work closely with the LSSI executive team to establish, expand and support the research and knowledge exchange activities of the LSSI. You will grow the quality and value of funding applications and embed good practice amongst academics and Research and Innovation support colleagues that they work in partnership with.

You will support interdisciplinary research networks within and beyond the social sciences; facilitate new interdisciplinary research collaborations; coordinate large scale, multidisciplinary research grant applications; and exploit external research networks and funding opportunities (through for example the White Rose Consortium the N8 Research Partnership and other strategic partners). The LSSI is a vibrant research Institute that works to support and enhance the social sciences across the University. It fosters interdisciplinary and international research collaborations, promotes relations with external partners in the public, private and third sectors and builds capacity through the provision of training and skills development for the next generation of research leaders

You will need to quickly establish a University-wide profile, forge strong links with key academics, build networks across the University and work in partnership with other Research and Innovation Development professionals to ensure that the highest quality proposals that are most likely to be successful are developed. This will require you to work effectively as part of dynamic teams that can operate effectively in a complex and changing environment.

You will have experience of working across disciplinary borders and of developing and implementing research and innovation strategies in complex organisations. You will have excellent project management skills, experience of working with academic teams in the development of successful external funding applications and the ability to build performance-based partnerships with public, private and third-sector organisation

 

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Professor Adam Crawford, LSSI Director

Tel: +44 (0)113 343 5045, email: a.crawford@leeds.ac.uk

or

Dr Ceri Williams, Leader of the R&I; Development team

Tel: +44 (0)113 343 6050, email: c.j.r.williams@leeds.ac.uk

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