**This vacancy is only available to existing University of Essex staff**
Department
The REO is an Administrative Section within the University’s Professional Services. The Director of the REO reports to the Registrar and Secretary of the University. The REO supports the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) and the Faculty Executive Deans in the development and implementation of the University’s Research Strategy.
The REO delivers services to the University’s academic community to support a range of research, impact and knowledge exchange activities and also contributes to a wide range of business engagement activities and facilitates the delivery of services to business as well as to the wider economic community. Its range of activities includes:
· Research strategy and policy;
· Identification of funding opportunities;
· Research governance and ethics;
· Supporting the development and submission of research grant applications;
· Grant and contract negotiation, costing and pricing;
· Financial management of research awards;
· Co-ordination of the University’s REF submissions;
· Research impact and knowledge exchange, including the management of intellectual property, the commercialisation of research, licenses, spin-outs and consultancy;
· Business Incubation facilities;
· Engagement with local and regional communities in the public private and third sectors;
· Managing key accounts with industry;
· Promoting the University’s research expertise and related services and managing the resulting customer relationships.
Duties of the Role
The purpose of the role is to take a lead role in the management of the University’s growing KTP portfolio, including full-service project support as well as contributing to project scoping and bid development.
Duties will include:
1. Delivery of the KTP portfolio
2. Managing relationships with key stakeholders and collaborative partners
3. Providing support across the business engagement and knowledge exchange portfolios
4. Line Management
Qualifications and Skills required
The successful candidate will bring a mix of experience of project and relationship management responsibilities, people management experience, and experience of income generation processes (experience of income generation in a higher education context is advantageous), as well as a proactive and dynamic approach to co-ordinating activities across a portfolio of projects.
As a senior figure within the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) Office, the Senior Knowledge Exchange Officer will be responsible for demonstrating best practice in providing facilitation and administrative support to over 50 active projects, so experience of portfolio management is essential. Experience of the recruitment environment would be highly beneficial.
At the University of Essex, internationalism and diversity is central to who we are and what we do. We are committed to being a cosmopolitan, internationally oriented university that is welcoming to staff and students from all countries, faiths and backgrounds, where you can find the world in one place.
To support this commitment we have our, a staff-led network that promotes and celebrates the rich cultural diversity among Essex staff, and our Colchester campus based Faith Centre, which hosts regular services, meetings and events organised by our chaplains and faith representatives. For more information see: