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Research Hub Manager (EPSRC CHEDDAR Communications Hub)

Imperial College London - Department of Computing

Location: London
Salary: £51,115 to £61,549 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 29th March 2023
Closes: 17th April 2023
Job Ref: ENG02551
 

Salary range: £51,115 to £61,549 per annum

Full-time, Fixed term to start June 2023 for up to 36 months 

The Research Hub Manager will be responsible for the on-going publicity, management, planning and co-ordination of the EPSRC CHEDDAR Communications Hub under the direction of Professor McCann. The post holder will be expected to maintain the communication and administrative structure for the project, in line with College guidelines and regulations, on time and within budget.

The CHEDDAR Communications Hub will drive research and networking across the UK academic community through Project and Platform funding, and will facilitate the connection of UK excellence, to harness brave new ideas in pertaining to digital communications for Cloud and Distributed systems. This will, examine new emerging computation (such as Quantum, neuromorphic), as well as new ways to network these systems with more traditional computing, and all with an end-user focus.

The position of the CHEDDAR Research PHub Manager presents a novel opportunity to work alongside Professor McCann and her UK wide Hub team in realizing their full potential and planning for the future. CHEDDAR is a close collaboration of academics and researchers from Imperial, Cranfield, York, Leeds, Glasgow and Durham Universities as well as partners from industry. The partner list is expected to grow as the Hub activities commence. 

Duties and responsibilities

  • To be responsible for the management of the Hub grant, its budgets and accounts, and to coordinate and distribute financial progress reports as necessary.
  • To monitor budget expenditure to ensure compliance with sponsors’ terms and conditions. To provide advice to investigators and advanced warning of any issues resulting from delays in expenditure.
  • To manage the engagement with the sponsors (EPSRC), the grant’s academic partners and other stakeholders.
  • Manage the regular cycles of events thus:
    • Run the Scoping projects and Synergy Platforms finances, calls for proposals, reviewing etc. and liaise with each of the colleges’ key financial personnel.
    • Arrange the monthly meetings, agenda, speakers etc.
    • Manage the Secondment and Internship sub-committees and arrange these visits, and their finances.
    • Supervise the Industry and Innovation Forum logistics and agenda.
    • Arrange the Annual Mid-Winter Festival logistics and finances.
    • Co-arrange and manage logistics and finances for public engagement.
    • Manage the logistics and finances for the Inter-Hub consortium meetings.
    • Manage the International workshop logistics and finances.
  • To coordinate the quarterly and annual project reports and to keep up-to-date finance and administrative records.
  • Support Synergy fellows in terms of arranging travel and other financial aspects.
  • Support the Hub’s Public Engagement and Online Presence
  • To assist with the day-to-day running of the AESE research group

Essential requirements

  • A good undergraduate or Masters degree
  • A Level, or equivalent qualifications or experience, in mathematics and/or accounting
  • Experience with publicity, such as scientific writing, the creation of web pages, including hosting a social media presence
  • Experience in managing scientific or industrial projects
  • Budget management experience

Please see job description for a full list of requirements. 

To apply

Visit https://www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/ and search using reference ENG02551. In addition to completing the online application, please attach:

  • A full CV
  • A personal statement

For informal enquiries related to the position contact Prof. Julie McCann: j.mccann@imperial.ac.uk.  

For queries regarding the application process Jamie Perrins: j.perrins@imperial.ac.uk.

Closing Date: 17th April 2023 (midnight)

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