Research Funding Workstream Lead

Key Information

Salary: Appointments are normally made at the starting salary, however comparable skills and experience will be considered. Future progression is based on annual performance review. 

Duration of Contract: Fixed Term for 24 months.  

Hours per week: 35 hours per week (Full Time) 

Location: Sutton/Chelsea. This role is eligible for hybrid working. 

Closing Date: Sunday 8 December 

Interviews: Week Commencing 9 December

Job Details

As Research Funding Workstream Lead, you will bring leadership experience from the higher education sector and knowledge of the UK research funding environment. This will include a deep understanding of the research grant lifecycle, from pre-award application through to post-award management, coupled with positive experience of driving change management in the context of research systems and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) deployment projects.

Working collaboratively with the Finance, Research Services, HR, Digital Services and Stratus Programme teams, this role will ensure that all Research Management/Finance/HR-related processes are aligned with the ERP system’s requirements.

Key Requirements

The successful candidate must have a detailed understanding of pre and post award research grant management in the HE Sector. Strong project management and leadership experience will be highly desirable.  

Programme Information

The ICR is one of the world’s leading cancer research organisations, with a mission to make the discoveries that defeat cancer. To support delivery of an ambitious new strategy, the ICR has begun a programme of transformation to achieve our vision for an excellent and sustainable organisation, that is ready to meet the challenges of the future. 

Stratus will be one of three key programmes (alongside growing our income and developing our estate) through which we deliver an excellent and sustainable organisation.

Stratus will support the organisation to adopt simple, standard and modern processes in the ICR’s everyday operations, underpinned by a cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution.

The Stratus Programme has three key workstreams, Finance, HR and Research Management, each with a Lead to support the Stratus Programme deliverables for their specialist function.

We encourage all applicants to access the job pack attached for more detailed information regarding this role. For an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Emma Pendleton.  

About The Institute of Cancer Research

Why work for us?

As a member of staff, you'll have exclusive access to a range of staff benefits.

The ICR is committed to supporting overseas applicants applying for roles, please click here to find out further information.

The Institute of Cancer Research, London, is one of the world's most influential cancer research institutes, with an outstanding record of achievement dating back more than 100 years. Further information about working at the ICR can be found here.

We look forward to receiving applications from all candidates, wherever in the world they are currently based. We will select those who display the potential to become, or to support, the world leading cancer researchers of the future based on their application and performance at interview. However, we particularly welcome British applicants from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, as they are under-represented within the ICR and nationwide in STEM roles.