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Research Culture Manager

King's College London - Faculty Management Services

Location: London
Salary: £43,205 to £50,585 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 18th September 2024
Closes: 9th October 2024
Job Ref: 095265
 

About the role

This is a new role within FoLSM working across the Faculty Research and People and Culture teams. If successful, you will support FoLSM to deliver a research culture project with the strategic goal to foster an open, flexible and inclusive environment, where all staff and students feel included. Specifically, the project focuses on capitalising on existing good practice and resources to consolidate and enhance our research staff support and embed this provision consistently across all our Departments and Schools.

Working with the Faculty Research Manager and Vice Deans, Research and Impact and People and Culture, you will be responsible for implementing a programme of research culture activities across the faculty focussing on improving career development for research staff. As Research Culture Project Manager, you will create clear ownership, expertise and accountability for delivery of initiatives and improvements to research culture. You will also work with the King’s central Research Culture team, the Centre for Research Staff Development, and similar posts in other faculties to ensure King’s initiatives are communicated and embedded within FoLSM and that examples of best practice are shared across the college.

It is an exciting time to join the team as we work towards establishing an open, positive, and inclusive research culture within FoLSM and across King’s. This role is a great opportunity if you are an enthusiastic and collaborative worker interested in expanding your knowledge around research culture and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in Higher Education.

This is a full time and you will be offered an a fixed term contract until 31st March 2027.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

  • Awareness and understanding of research culture
  • Work collaboratively within a team and across a large, complex organisation with the ability to work with a broad range of stakeholders in a professional and assured manner
  • Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to manage sensitive information and situations to build collective ownership and change
  • Excellent project management skills for managing a complex programme and ability to work under pressure in a busy environment with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
  • Strong skills in planning and facilitating workshops, events and working groups
  • Experience gathering, analysing, and interpreting quantitative and/or qualitative data, undertake desktop research and report writing
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to clearly explain specialist matters, influence others thinking and build strong relationships
  • Experience of developing innovative solutions and practical implementation for strategic change
  • Experience of supporting and enabling continuous professional and staff development
  • Highly proficient IT skills (including Excel, Word, Powerpoint) and experience of utilising advanced digital technology in day-to-day work

Desirable criteria

  • Good understanding and experience of research careers within Higher Education
  • Good understanding and experience of EDI and organisational development within Higher Education
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