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Centre Manager - Metabolism and Systems Research

Employer
Global Academy Jobs
Location
United Kingdom
Salary
£30,395 - £42,036
Closing date
Jul 12, 2019

Job Details

The Centre Manager is the heart and soul of our team. A critical role which is multifaceted with no two days the same. You will work closely with our students, research fellows, core staff and Director to support delivery of their research. You will be a powerful force for promoting the activities of the Centre within the University and throughout the wider Midlands healthcare ecosystem. Working closely with the Director and core-team you will help develop the Centre's vision, strategy and delivery plan. You will manage Centre resources, keeping the Centre leadership informed of progress against objectives. As Centre Manager you will have a strong background in project management, with extensive evidence of your ability to support staff members in delivering complex projects on time and on budget.

About the Centre for Systems Modelling and Quantitative Biomedicine

Housed within the Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, the Centre is a newly established group of innovators with backgrounds in mathematics, computer science and physics who are excited by tackling research challenges from biology, biomedicine and the clinic. Under the leadership of Professor John Terry (Interdisciplinary Professorial Fellow), our integration within a medical school is intentional. We believe that colocation of laboratories with complementary expertise is critical to address research challenges in modern biomedical research. We value basic and translational research equally, encouraging members of our team to follow their curiosity and see where it takes them. We recognise that for our work to be truly impactful we must pioneer new ways of working that bring communities together. Students, Researchers, Patients and the Public, Philanthropists, Hospitals and Clinics, Industry and Venture Capital, Policy Makers and Regulators forming a single ecosystem within which transformative research challenges are co-created and then solved for societal benefit.

Main duties/Responsibilities

Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Supporting the Centre Director in the day to day running of Centre activities;

• Supporting the Centre Director and Centre staff with the development and implementation of the Centre's education and research strategies;

• Managing the core Centre budget and research project portfolio of Centre staff, including budgetary management of projects and strategic planning of funding and utilisation e.g. staff planning, project planning and consumables;

• Develop an engagement strategy for the Centre, ensuring its reach with key stakeholders including members of the public, people with lived experience of disease, clinicians and other hospital staff, med tech and other healthcare industries;

• Maintaining the Centre website and other social media presence (ensure key outputs are disseminated in the most appropriate way (website, videos, funder press releases etc);

• Monitoring research outputs to ensure project milestones are on track for annual reports, which are key for the release of future funding.

• Managing and resolving all matters that may affect the achievement of research objectives. Ensuring internal and external collaborators are meeting desired goals and targets.

• Drafting annual reports to funders and the University in accordance with deadlines and criteria.

• Direct liaison with external bodies such as funders, on behalf of project investigators.

• Preparing summary reports for other stakeholders such as internal and external collaborators.

• To provide effective administrative support, including organising and administering meetings and committees, core events and conferences;

• Supporting and guiding academics, clinical academics and the PG students whom they supervise to ensure that research is conducted in accordance with applicable (inter)national regulations and quality standards, and external contracts/agreements.

• To interact and coordinate work with University departments (research governance, research contracts, finance and R&KT teams) that are key to the delivery of clinical research.

• Reviewing, analysing and interpreting project outputs for REF, funder reporting, College reporting, and referencing in future funding applications.

• Supporting projects with their recruitment needs (CPAG cases, job descriptions etc).

• In the Centre Director's absence acting as the focal point for all complex and non-complex project related issues. Using initiative to resolve matters without reference to others, or escalate issues.

• As required, attending and representing the Centre Director at regional and national project meetings.

• Coordinating the archiving and storage of data in line with data protection and patient privacy legislation.

• Contributing to any business activities or public engagement activities in line with the needs of the Centre, including drafting presentations or parts thereof.

• Promotes equality and values diversity including: actively acting as a role model in own behaviour and fostering a non-discriminatory culture; actively applying internal processes in a fair and equal way.

Person Specification

Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience

• First degree or equivalent qualifications

• Proven track record of managing projects and programmes of projects, as well as contributing to the planning and organising of projects and programmes

• Proven track record of communicating complex information clearly

• Proven track record of assessing resource requirements and using resources effectively

• High level analytical capability

• Ability to assess resource requirements and use resources effectively

• Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes

• Communication skills of the highest order and proven experience in creative dissemination of knowledge and expertise through a range of mechanisms.

• Ability to co-ordinate own work with others to avoid conflict or duplication of effort

• Evidence of deciding the most appropriate way of prioritising and undertaking specific activities

• Experience of budget and project oversight

• Ability to liaise with a variety of key stakeholders including students, research and support staff, clinicians and other healthcare professionals, as well as industry partners and members of the public

• Ability to build and maintain networks between different stakeholders both internal and external to the organisation

• Ideally a membership of a relevant professional body but not essential

• Ideally qualified to PRINCE 2 or equivalent but not essential

• Ideally experienced supporting academic colleagues in a research setting but not essential

• Ideally possess knowledge of the protected characteristics defined by the Equality Act 2010 and how to actively ensure in day to day activity in own area of business that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly.

Informal enquiries can be sent to Professor John Terry at J.R.Terry@bham.ac.uk

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