Research & Innovation Analysis & Planning Manager

About the Role

Queen Mary is one of the UK’s foremost research-intensive higher education institutions ranked 7th for the quality of our research in the most recent Research Excellence Framework. Our strategy 2030 sets out a strong ambition to growing research income and impact, doubling where we are today.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the team supporting QMUL in targeting strategic funding opportunities, monitoring our research and innovation performance and driving forward business improvement.

You will lead a small team building an overview of QMUL research and innovation performance, co-ordinate inputs to sector wide exercises such as the REF and play a prominent role in identifying funding opportunities that play to QMUL strengths and align with our strategic interests. Working closely with colleagues across the university you will support senior decision makers in understanding QMUL strengths and the implications for strategy and funding applications.  

About You

This role is a perfect opportunity for candidates with expertise in research funding management, REF planning or a background in analysis who are seeking to develop a wider understanding of strategic investment choices in a university environment.

You will be a self-starter with strong interpersonal skills and experience of working in partnership with others across a complex organisation. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to organise your team’s workload to reflect competing pressures and demands.

You will be practiced in the use of quantitative and qualitative analysis to support decision making with a proven ability to provide clear advice to senior management. With a high level of numeracy and the ability to research, analyse, and interpret complex data you will be keen to drive organisational improvement and support your team’s development.

Experience of working in a university is not essential.

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.

Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality.

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