Research/Bid Manager

About Us

The National Institute of Teaching (NIoT) is a school-led and research-informed organisation operating across England providing teacher and leadership training, from initial teacher education (ITE) to a dedicated course for CEOs of multi-academy trusts. The NIoT is among the largest national provider of ITE and trains thousands of teachers a year, across four regional teams and nine campuses.

We are committed to high quality, evidence-informed teacher education, and are on a mission to improve the quality of teacher and leader development across the system. Part of this mission involves producing rigorous, impactful, and cutting-edge school-led research.

We have in-house researchers who work with our programme-delivery teams to develop and test new methodologies, address critical challenges, and meet the evolving needs of our partner schools and organisations in the wider education sector. We are currently working on eight major research projects funded by the Department for Education relating to our programmes, several smaller projects leading to rapid insights into our programme delivery, as well as leading a separate programme of research, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

About the Role

The Research team is recruiting a Research/Bid Manager to work with the Executive Director of Research in supporting the delivery of research projects. As Research/Bid Manager, you will work with several teams of researchers and teacher-educators who are pioneering new methods of carrying out research that is truly integrated into delivery and grounded in school contexts. This is a new and exciting approach, and you will be working collaboratively to continually evolve and strengthen how we work.

As Research/Bid Manager you will have oversight of delivery of research projects, liaise with the Finance Team on budgets and staffing, and help implement best-practices in flexible project delivery with complex teams operating over several sites. In addition, you will support the Research and Contracts Team with bid development work to secure new funding.

This role will support the bidding process for all new opportunities the Institute decides to bid on. It will require close working with the Professional Services directorate including the COO to ensure bids are completed to a high standard and submitted on time.

Main Duties & Key Responsibilities

• Support research-project leads with resource management on projects, establishing and following timelines, and timely reporting to funders.
• Support the Research Team to identify and prepare for bids for new funding, including project managing, bid writing and workforce planning.
• Work together with the Contracts Team to prepare, submit and manage contracts with collaborators.
• Lead on the bidding process for new opportunities partnering with senior stakeholders across the Institute.
• Develop staff in project management and budget management skills.

Essential Criteria

• A commitment to the aims of the National Institute of Teaching
• An interest in the education sector and a belief in the value of teachers and school leaders
• Experience working with researchers, managing research budgets, and liaising with funders, finance and contract/legal departments.
• Flexible and responsive working style suited to a new and growing organisation.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience working in schools or in teacher-training providers.
• Agile project management experience and qualification.
• Experience coordinating successful bids.

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