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Head of Grants Assurance

Academy of Medical Sciences

The Head of Grants Assurance will join a dynamic team overseeing a portfolio of innovative research grants and career development support programmes, informed by our policy work on research training and careers. This is an exciting period of potential growth in our activities both within the UK and internationally, enabling us to support a greater diversity of talented researchers.

The Head of Grants Assurance will be responsible for ensuring that all of the Academy’s processes and digital platforms that underpin our grant schemes are robust and ensure that our grant-making activities can be delivered to the standards expected, maintaining good practice and standardisation. They will also lead on the monitoring, internal and external reporting and evaluation of the Academy’s grants and career development support programmes, as well as being responsible for our grant assurance processes.

The role will oversee a range of systems, including the management of our grant management system (FlexiGrant) and our grant reporting system (ResearchFish). It will also present an opportunity to commission external providers, e.g. independent evaluators and lead on due diligence and contracting for these activities. Working with our Data Controller and legal advisors to ensure GDPR compliance will be key, as will working with our Finance Team on financial aspects of delivering the operational and assurance aspects of our grant making activities.

We’re looking for someone with the skills and knowledge to develop our grant processes and evaluation approach to enable the Academy to work more efficiently and effectively to ultimately make a real impact in improving the health of people everywhere.

In this role, you will need to establish a good working relationship with colleagues across the Academy and external delivery and funding partners and stakeholders, including charities, the other National Academies, government departments, research councils and others.

This is a great opportunity to be at the heart of the Academy as it goes through a period of ambitious strategic transformation to implement our new 10-year strategic plan.

For more information and to apply online, please visit our careers portal.

Closing date: 5:00pm on Tuesday, 11 April 2023.

Interview date: 17-19 April 2023.

Location: London
Salary: £57,349 +
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 24th March 2023
Closes: 11th April 2023
   
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