Professional Research Investment Strategy Manager

About us

The UCL Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is UCL’s new Centre for infrastructure and innovation in digital research - the supercomputers, datasets, software and people that make computational science and digital scholarship possible.

We are an innovative hybrid: a professional services department that delivers reliable and secure infrastructure and services to UCL research groups, and undertake research and innovation activities focused on the application of advanced computational and data intensive research methods, working in partnership with academics from all fields.

About the role

This position will play a key role in developing and running the CCMI CDT, a collaborative doctoral training centre between UCL and Imperial College London. We’re looking for an enthusiastic person with solid organisational and managerial skills to help us shape the CDT in such a way that will enable some of the brightest PhD candidates in this field to fulfil their potential. The post is integral to the success of the CDT and offers scope for someone with vision and ambition. The main purpose of the job is to set up and run the CDT on a day to day basis with responsibility for a range of processes, organisational and management duties, and input into the overall strategic direction of the CDT.

About you

Applicants will have excellent organisational and time management skills, attention to detail and the ability to collate and present management level information. They will be able to draft correspondence and reports. With excellent written and verbal communication skills the role holder must also demonstrate the capacity to handle conflicting deadlines. Experience of dealing effectively with multiple stakeholder groups will be an advantage.

Please use the cover-letter upload option to tell us how you meet the criteria set out in the person specification.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits including:

Annual promotion scheme which enables high-performing staff, who demonstrate skills and behaviours of a higher grade to be recognised and to accelerate their internal career progression.

41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave; 8 bank holiday; 6 closure days)

Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme

Find out more: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits

The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work – please visit www.ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working to find out more.

If you have queries regarding the vacancy or application process, please contact Mr. Chris Langridge ().

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our department is working towards an Athena SWAN award. We are committed to advancing gender equality within our department.

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