Head of Research, Knowledge Exchange and Innovation

4 weeks ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE08 £45,585 - £54,395 Per Annum**

**College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences / Edinburgh College of Art**

**Fixed term - 2 years contract**

**Full time (35 hours per week)
**The Opportunity**

The post holder will be a key member of ECA’s team of professional service leaders/ managers working in partnership contributing to delivering our strategic objectives in distinctive research, teaching and social/civic/public engagement.

Working in collaboration with the Directors of Research Excellence and Innovation, this is a fundamental leadership role for the School, using in-depth specialist experience in research management to drive the operational delivery and strategic development and managing significant change in the School’s broader RKEI activities so that ECA continues to develop and deliver an innovative and high-quality research and knowledge exchange portfolio.

**Your skills and attributes for success**
- Extensive knowledge of research, knowledge exchange and impact administration and funding policies in the HE context, and the ability to interpret and advise on complex regulations and funder requirements. Sound understanding of the financial dimensions of research and KEI support and administration work.
- Professionally qualified/relevant degree or equivalent, plus extensive experience in relevant roles including typically a minimum of 3 years’ operating at a managerial/expert level.
- Experience of policy development
- Leadership experience working with and influencing senior management and direct and indirect reports.
- Demonstrable experience of staff management and of using prioritisation, work allocation and delegation to empower and motivate staff, and to facilitate the implementation of lasting service improvements and coordination.
- Practical experience of managing projects, along with solid understanding of the key processes and methodologies for delivering successful projects of some complexity.
- Demonstrable ability to gather, analyse and present complex information in a straightforward way, and to use this to analyse and solve problems with an appreciation of longer-term implications

Click **here **to view a copy of the full job description

**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme **, **staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Click to access our **staff benefits page **(opens new browser tab) for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work webpages **(opens new browser tab)

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

**Key dates to note**

Interviews will be held **early January

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