Doctoral Training Centre Manager

About us

The Institute of Healthcare Engineering connects engineering and computing with health and clinical scientists across UCL and the UCL Hospitals to develop fundamental engineering tools and use them to develop translatable, healthcare engineering solutions to clinical problems. The IHE aligns with UCL goals of developing multidisciplinary teams of researchers to improve the lives of people globally and delivers a portfolio of activity spanning research, innovation, education / training, and knowledge exchange.

Engineering Sciences comprises ten academic Departments that undertake research and teaching across a wide range of disciplines. Our scientists and engineers take discoveries from fundamentals to practice, producing innovative technological solutions to challenging problems. It is a dynamic and growing Faculty, with a strong vision and desire to use our talents to ‘Change the world’. For more information see www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering

UCL Mechanical Engineering has been pioneering the development of engineering education, having taught the core discipline for over 165 years. UCL was home to the UK’s first ever Professor of the Mechanical Principles of Engineering, Eaton Hodgkinson, in 1847. It was also where Sir Alexander Blackie William Kennedy introduced organised laboratory practicals in university education training; a world-leading educational innovation at the time.

About the role

The Doctoral Training Centre Manager will have both inward and outward-facing responsibilities. A key aspect is administering the postgraduate research and training aspects of the programme. This includes the development and delivery of an exciting and diverse offer in digital health technologies, co-designed with project partners, as well as ensuring effective procedures are documented and adopted for dealing with all aspects including enquiries, applications, admissions, and progression.

The role will include management for all matters relating to the research, teaching and learning activities of students from enquiry to completion, incorporating organisation of Committees and processes relating to assessment, student and course records. It will also require ongoing and close collaboration with researchers and administrative staff at the Centre’s partner institution, Ulster University (UU).

About you

The postholder must be efficient, organised and take great care in attention to detail. In addition, the role requires interaction with many people within and external to UCL thus a professional attitude, willingness to help and a positive outlook are required to execute the duties outlined.

The full list of essential and desirable criteria can be found in the job description.

This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details. Please also read the attached Candidate Guidance document. When completing your supporting statement, please tell us, using examples, how you meet the essential criteria listed in the job description. Applications will not be considered if you do not clearly address the criteria in the person specification.

What we offer

We also offer great benefits, please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

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