Academic Governance and Quality Officer

Key Information

Salary: Appointments are normally made at the starting salary, however comparable skills and experience will be considered. Future progression is based on annual performance review.

Hours per week: 35 hours per week (Full Time)

Location: Chelsea. This role is eligible for hybrid working.

Closing Date: 18 October 2023

Job Details

We are seeking an enthusiastic and proactive candidate for this varied role supporting academic governance, quality activities and events. 

The post-holder will be at the centre of academic governance, acting as secretary to committees within Academic Services, and supporting academic policy and quality reviews. This includes being the point of contact to ensure that document control, the intranet and website are kept up to date, liaising with regulatory bodies, and ensuring that information is stored in line with record retention schedules, and that confidentiality is maintained.

The role also involves organisation of the ICR's prestigious Inaugural Lecture series and other academic events, and the post-holder will be involved in organisation of the ICR's Annual Conference.

There is opportunity to work at all levels across the ICR and to be involved in a wide range of projects within Academic Services.

General office IT skills are required, and a willingness to learn how to use new content management systems. We adhere to the Plain English Campaign principles. 

Key Requirements

The successful candidate must have 

• experience of servicing committees, including minute taking and following up outcomes and actions;
• experience of event organisation, ideally within an education context;
• the ability to recognise and respect the need for confidentiality.

Department/Directorate Information

The Education Projects & Quality team works on underpinning activity in the ICR’s Education Strategy. This includes quality assurance of education, the delivery of the ICR Conference, the governance of academic committees and processes, and transformational technology projects. The role of the broader Academic Services directorate is to create an efficient and effective environment for the ICR’s scientific community to flourish. Our services underpin both research and education at the ICR. 

We encourage all applicants to access the job pack attached for more detailed information regarding this role. For an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Hilary Glover at hilary.glover@icr.ac.uk.

About The Institute of Cancer Research

Why work for us?

As a member of staff, you'll have exclusive access to a range of staff benefits.

The ICR is committed to supporting overseas applicants applying for roles, please click here to find out further information.

The Institute of Cancer Research, London, is one of the world's most influential cancer research institutes, with an outstanding record of achievement dating back more than 100 years. Further information about working at the ICR can be found here. 

We look forward to receiving applications from all candidates, wherever in the world they are currently based. We will select those who display the potential to become, or to support, the world leading cancer researchers of the future based on their application and performance at interview. However, we particularly welcome British applicants from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, as they are under-represented within the ICR and nationwide in STEM roles.

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