Institute Manager

About the Role
An opportunity has arisen in the Digital Environment Research Institute to provide maternity cover for the Institute Manager position. The role will be available from mid-August, for a period of 12 months. The role is multi-faceted and the successful candidate will oversee, and lead the operational aspects of the Institute, including managing the Institute’s budgets, research portfolio, HR and professional services aspects, as well as estates, and health and safety requirements.

Priorities during the 12-month period will be focused on maintaining the growth of the institute, providing holistic operational support, including supporting the expansion of the research portfolio, and maximising financial return to the department.

About You
Ideal candidates will have a background in operational management, including overseeing budgets, leadership, and line management responsibilities, and leading on projects, as well as a grounding in research grants, and an understanding of the research landscape.

To apply, candidates should submit an application via the portal (available on the university's website, accessed by the 'Apply' button) including a maximum 2 page supporting statement outlining their interest in the role and suitability based on their current skills, and experience.

Internal applicants, where relevant, will be considered under the Queen Mary Secondment Policy.

About the Institute
DERI is Queen Mary’s first University Research Institute, created as part of the university’s ambitious Strategy 2030. DERI is dedicated to ground-breaking research in digital and data science, offering an outstanding research environment, including dedicated high performance computing infrastructure, and leading the university’s participation in The Alan Turing Institute.

This is an exciting time to join DERI as it continues to expand, and you will have the opportunity to conduct world-class research whilst also feeding into, and helping to steer the growth, and evolution of the Institute, and AI, digital, and data science research at Queen Mary.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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