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Department
The role is housed within the Research and Enterprise Office at the University of Essex. The department supports the academic section with all aspects of research, including securing, managing and reporting on funding. The Enterprise team, within which this role sits, manages the University’s portfolio of knowledge exchange activity, including collaborative research with industry, and supports the commercialisation of Essex research.
Duties of the Role
The successful candidate will generate and develop a portfolio of innovation-focused partnerships between the University and external organisations. This will include proactively seeking out new partners, as well as nurturing an existing portfolio in order to deliver maximum value from within the University’s innovation ecosystem. The role-holder will need to be abreast of current and future funding opportunities and align their activities with University and broader government strategies. The role-holder will work collaboratively with other project and portfolio managers across the Enterprise team to ensure that insights and opportunities are fully exploited. The role holder may take on line management responsibilities in the future as the Business Engagement team grows.
Skills and qualifications required
The successful candidate will be educated to degree level, or have relevant equivalent experience. They will be an excellent project/programme manager with experience of leading the scoping and delivery of complex, multi-stakeholder collaborations. The ideal candidate will have track record of success with winning grant funding in an academic/research context. The role-holder will need to excel at relationship management. They will be able to quickly assimilate and translate complex, technical concepts for non-specialist audiences. The ideal candidate will have previous experience of working in an external-facing role within Higher Education or similar/related environments. They will be able to quickly understand best practice in the field of knowledge exchange and get to grips with the systems and processes the University uses to facilitate this activity.
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.