Supervisory Practice Training & Development Manager (Fixed term, Part time)

Location: University Park

The Researcher Academy brings together supervisors and PGRs to celebrate best practice, ensure clarity of expectations for supervisors and supervisees, develop CPD for supervisors and is working to standardise training requirements for lead and co-supervisor. The University of Nottingham has 3,000+ postgraduate research students and over 2,000 co-supervisors. 

The Next Generation Research SuperVision Project (RSVP): transforming the culture of doctoral education and supervision is a £4.6million, four-year project to transform research supervision practice. This will be achieved by systematically examining how to improve and enhance research supervision in the UK through scholarship, practice interventions, culture and policy change. This consortium-based project is led by University of York and includes University of Nottingham, Coventry University, Kings College London, and Sheffield Hallam University, in partnership with the UK Council for Graduate Education. 

This role is based in the Researcher Academy, which works to promote a healthy research culture, to cultivate researcher excellence, and develop creative partnerships that enable researchers to flourish.

We are seeking a skilled individual with significant experience of delivering impactful professional development for this role to help us deliver our ambitions for the RSVP project. The appointee will be a good communicator with excellent, training facilitation and presentation skills and the ability to shape, develop and augment the University’s existing training and development provision for our supervisors. They will need to have the ability to motivate, influence and build relationships with multiple stakeholders across the university, and develop and implement initiatives in close collaboration with them.  

Applications are invited from candidates who have experience designing, developing and managing professional development activities, extensive experience of stakeholder engagement, and an understanding of how to apply these in the context of supervisory practice. The person appointed will have an exceptional level of professionalism, tact and organisational ability as well as a demonstrable commitment to Equality Diversity and Inclusion in research. 

This is a fixed-term role available until 31st July 2027. Hours of work are part time (21.75 hours per week) . The place of work is University Park Campus with some home working agreed on a departmental basis. 

Requests for secondment from internal candidates may be considered on the basis that prior agreement has been sought from both your current line manager and the manager of your substantive post, if you are already undertaking a secondment role.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Connie Wan by emailing connie.wan@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. Learn more about the university commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

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