Centre Manager (DIGIT Lab)

Exeter Innovation 

This post is available on full-time (36.5 hrs/Week) or part-time basis (29.2 hrs/Week) starting from January 2025 until February 2026 on a fixed term basis with the potential to extend subject to available funding.  

Summary of the role 

The Centre Manager will play a pivotal role in the success of our EPSRC Next Stage Digital Economy Research Centre, DIGIT Lab at the University of Exeter Business School. DIGIT Lab is a major 5-year EPSRC investment which began in March 2021. The project aims to work with Large Established Organisations (LEOs) to reimagine them for the digital age, helping them to engage with the challenges of sustainability whilst increasing productivity through the adoption of digital technologies.  

The post holder will be required to:  

• Develop and maintain relationships with industry and external partners.  
• Assist the Director and senior team in the development of the research where collaboration opportunities with industry and academia are identified.   
• Oversee data management and timely reporting of the research project.  
• Manage governance structures.  
• Oversee the facilitation of workshops; summer showcase; meetings; sandpits; conferences; external visits to industry and partners; wider networking with the research and user community.  
• Execute the Communication strategy and User Engagement Strategy.  
• Maintain control of a large, complex budget by managing resource allocation accordingly.  
• Oversee contracts and agreements with partners.  
• Manage recruitment procedures and processes.  
• Provide updates to the Director, senior team, advisory boards and management boards.  
• Oversee the development and execution of the Advisory Board and EDI Committee meetings.  

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role. 

The University of Exeter  

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024).  We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.  

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment 

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces. 

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.   

Benefits  

We offer some fantastic benefits including: 

• 41 days leave per year 
• options for flexible working  
• numerous discounts at leading retailers 
• onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme 
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy 
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England 

Further information 

Please contact Director Professor Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen S.Ahmed-Kristensen@exeter.ac.uk 

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