AIChemy Hub Manager

Location: White City Campus 

Job Summary 

We are seeking a motivated and experienced Hub Manager to join the management team for AlChemy - a new partnership between Imperial College London, the University of Liverpool and a large consortium of academic and industrial partners. 

Based at Imperial College London's White City Campus, you will have a broad range of responsibilities, working closely with the Directors, academic leads and industrial partners to provide effective logistic support to ensure the smooth running of the Hub. AIChemy has been funded to promote the development of novel AI, alongside the increased uptake of AI amongst the chemistry community. The consortium brings together experts across AI and both experimental and computational chemistry and this Hub will promote connectivity of the broader community, training, networking, as well as state-of-the-art research. 

Duties and responsibilities

You will provide administrative and management support in the day-to-day running of the project, managing stakeholder engagement, managing grant incomes, initiating and managing calls for proposals, recruitment, and financial management. You will also have overall responsibility for initiating and co-ordinating events, such as organising scientific meetings, workshops, sandpits, cohort activities, and coordination of external partner engagements, including industrial liaison. Oversight of the management of the publicity for the project and associated research groups, training events, and Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity (EDI) is also an important part of the role. 

Essential requirements

We are looking for a highly motivated candidate. Some of the essential requirements are:

• An undergraduate level degree in Computer science, Mathematics, Chemistry or equivalent in scientific field.
• Proven project management experience in a Higher Education setting.
• Experience managing multiple stakeholders, particularly engaging with senior management from academia and industry.
• Excellent organisational and person management skills and the ability to interact with people effectively.

Further information about the post is available in the job description.

Further Information

This is a full time and fixed term role until 31 January 2029. You will be based at White City Campus.

Applications need to be made online via our website.

For informal enquiries about this post, please contact Prof Kim Jelfs via email at k.jelfs@imperial.ac.uk.

Hybrid working may be considered for this role. Staff working in roles that are suitable for hybrid working will normally be expected to work 60% of their time onsite. The opportunity for hybrid working will be discussed at interview.

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