Research Commercialisation Officer

About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About the Role:
Based in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, you’ll support the faculty’s development and growth in the areas of knowledge transfer and consultancy. You will raise the profile of the faculty’s work in these areas, developing case studies of existing projects, and promoting opportunities to key stakeholders. You will support the delivery of a range of knowledge transfer and consultancy projects, providing an excellent standard of customer service both internally and externally, enhancing relationships and exploring opportunities for future projects and collaborations.

You'll have a degree and appropriate level of experience and evidence of relevant CPD, or be part qualified in a relevant professional qualification and appropriate experience and evidence of CPD. With experience of working with both academic and non-academic partners, you’ll have excellent project management skills and an understanding of the knowledge exchange life cycle. You’ll be proactive in building relationships with colleagues across ARU, as well as a with a range of partner organisations, including charities, arts organisations, public sector and commercial businesses.

Informal enquiries can be made to Emily Campbell, Research Portfolio Manager, at Emily.campbell@aru.ac.uk.

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

The role being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.

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