Partnership Administrator, SCENE Commercialisation Programmes

The Role and the Department

Both the SCENE and Northern Accelerator programmes are led and hosted by Durham University on behalf of the North East universities however the success of the programme will lie in the success of the collaboration between the five Higher Education Institutions and our partners in the commercialisation eco-system. The Programme is therefore investing into Partnership Administrators in each of the 5 Universities, working closely with Partnership Managers and wider Research Commercialisation Teams.

The Role

The Partnership Administrator will be located in Durham University’s Research and Innovation Services Division, you will be a member of both the regional team supporting the SCENE programme and the University’s Research Commercialisation Team.

The postholder will work on a ‘matrix’ basis, with line responsibility to management structures within the host institution but may from time to time work with other Partnership Teams located in the other 4 Universities or support the regional team, building on the experience of successful collaborative working development through the Northern Accelerator programme. Examples of occasions where this might happen would be to support events, or two work together on financial administration across the programme.

Overall, you will support the Partnership Manager to work with the core team and other Partnership Managers to drive the SCENE programme at Durham and across the partnership.

You will ensure that the activities and programmes being led and developed through the SCENE programme with partners in the eco-system are well supported to the Teams within the University, drawing from our capacity and reflecting our needs and priorities. You will support the University to take advantage of the various aspects of the programme. You will engage with the regional Programme Manager and Programme Co-ordinator to support the administration and financial administration of the programme.

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