Job Description
Overall Purpose:
We have an exciting opportunity at the Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell (MLC) to join our Operations/Training Team in the role of Scientific Training and Marketing Manager. We are looking for a motivated, dynamic, hands-on, and positive individual with a can-do attitude.
The Advance training centre has been purpose-built to deliver world-class practical and theoretical training courses. Containing two large meeting spaces, three breakout rooms, reception areas and two training laboratories, this facility not only hosts courses taught by the Mary Lyon Centre but is available for hire to external users and hosts high-impact networking meetings. The typical footfall of the training centre is up to 100 people per week.
The post-holder will support the delivery of training courses, symposiums, and networking events, ensuring that all available spaces are fully utilised.
Main Duties/Key Responsibilities:
1. Oversee and plan training events, engage with tutors and act as training lead
2. Develop, implement and market new training courses and events of interest around training and skills
3. Coordinate and help develop brochures/marketing material to publicise existing courses and increase stakeholder engagement
4. Attend networking events and conferences to promote existing courses and increase stakeholder engagement
5. Use data analytics and customer feedback to inform future marketing strategies and event-planning decisions
6. Survey training gaps and assist in the coordination of new training courses
7. Report on the training financial accounts, raise orders and invoices and, with managers, ensure that budgetary requirements are met
Working Relationships:
Both internal and external users of Advance resources.
Additional Information:
The post-holder will be required to have the appropriate level of security screening/vetting required for the role. UKRI reserves the right to run or re-run security clearance as required during the course of employment.
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Education/Qualifications/Training Required:
Essential:
8. A scientific background (BSc or equivalent)
Desirable:
9. BTEC (HNC/D) or equivalent experience in marketing
Previous Work Experience Required:
Essential:
10. Has worked in a scientific environment
11. Has dealt with scientific academic requests
12. Has worked within a customer-focused environment
Desirable:
13. Hands-on approach in an event-management environment delivering on stakeholder requirements and dealing with requests and changes efficiently
14. Experience of raising orders and invoices, and of working with a financial focus
15. Organisation of the daily requirements of a building; reporting faults, providing information on grounds requirements, and looking for improvements in recycling and sustainability
Knowledge and Experience:
Essential:
16. Experience of a scientific environment
17. A thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Teams and SharePoint
Desirable:
18. Events management and marketing experience
Personal skills/Behaviours/Qualities:
Essential:
19. A willingness to learn and be flexible
20. High level of project management and organisational skills
21. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
22. High attention to detail on both major and minor items
23. Networking skills and focus on maintaining excellent working relationships with all stakeholders
24. Creative and flexible, with the ability to innovate when changes are required
25. Calm in all circumstances with an ability to maintain a service level function
26. Passion for working in an events and marketing environment
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Equality & Diversity:
The MRC values the diverse skills and experience of its employees and is committed to achieving equality of treatment for all. Our objectives are that all individuals shall have equal opportunities for employment and advancement based on their skills, aptitudes and abilities. The MRC is committed to the engagement and retention of the best possible talent and to creating an environment that encourages excellence in scientific research through good equality and diversity leadership and management.
Corporate/Local Responsibilities & Requirements:
The post-holder must at all times carry out their responsibilities with due regard to the MRC’s:
27. Code of Conduct
28. Equality and Diversity policy
29. Health and Safety policy
30. Data Protection and Security policy
31. GDPR compliance
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The MRC is a unique working environment where scientific researchers and professional support staff can actively partake in world class innovation and collaboration opportunities and their skills and knowledge through accessing a wide catalogue of training & development, including professional registration with the Science Council.
In addition, MRC (part of UKRI) provides its community of employees access to a whole host of useful benefits, including a defined benefit pension scheme and excellent holiday entitlement (30 days plus 2.5 privilege days & 8 bank holidays), family friendly policies (6 months full pay maternity & adoption leave), a range of shopping/travel discounts, access to our Employee Assistant Programme Scheme, Health and Wellbeing Support and a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. Please follow this link to find out more - Benefits
Our success is dependent upon our ability to embrace diversity and draw on the skills, understanding and experience of all our people. We warmly invite people from diverse backgrounds and heritage, including people who identify as having a disability, to apply for a role that excites them. As "Disability Confident" employers, we guarantee to interview all applicants who have disclosed they have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
UKRI supports research in areas that include animal health, agriculture and food security, and bioscience for health which includes research on animals, genetic modification and stem cell research. Whilst you may not have direct involvement in this type of research, you should consider whether this conflicts with your personal values or beliefs.
We will conduct a full and comprehensive pre-employment check as an essential part of the recruitment process on all individuals that are offered a position with UKRI. This will include a security check and an extreme organisations affiliation check. The role holder will be required to have the appropriate level of security screening/vetting required for the role. UKRI reserves the right to run or re-run security clearance as required during the course of employment.
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