Enterprise and Innovation Administrator

Job reference: HUM-027249
Salary: £27,344-£30,505 per annum, dependent on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational unit: Humanities
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Permanent
Division/Team: Masood Entrepreneurship Centre
Hours per week: 35 hours per week (1 FTE)
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 04/03/2025
Contract duration: Permanent
School/Directorate: Alliance Manchester Business School

Enterprise and Innovation Administrator

The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) is the focal point for enterprise and entrepreneurship programmes for students, recent graduates and staff delivered across the University through on-curricular teaching and co-curricular activities. The core mission of MEC is to deliver “Entrepreneurship for All” – to make entrepreneurship education accessible to all, across all subjects and at all levels, to develop entrepreneurial capacities and mind-sets in our students, staff and recent graduates. Established in 2000, the Centre is one of the UK's leaders in the area of practitioner-based, applied enterprise education. Building upon our sustained track-record of growth and innovation, we have ambitious plans and aspirations for the future – to make entrepreneurship work for every student regardless of discipline, profession or career trajectory.
Post holder responsibilities:

To provide support for the MEC Researcher Development programmes as part of the MEC mission to build on the University’s drive to support researchers to address the innovation and commercialisation potential and impact of their research.

A key focus will be supporting the scaling of our signature programmes for postgraduate researchers (PGRs) and PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and early career researchers (ECRs) for them to contribute to positive change through our training, education programmes and support aimed at transforming and developing entrepreneurial mind-sets, commercialising research, and building ventures, startups and social enterprises.

The role will support aspects of planning, coordination, delivery, monitoring, evaluation and review of MEC Researcher Development programmes. The post holder will be expected to actively engage with colleagues across the University involved in training and development for PGRs and ECRs within Faculties, Schools, Researcher Development Centres and Careers, as part of supporting more researcher-entrepreneurs and informing a MEC priority to increase the number of startups.
Interview dates to be held on Friday 14th March 2025.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any CVs submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Please note, under the new immigration rules this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route of the Points Based System. Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK in order to be eligible to take up the post.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Laura Etchells

Email: laura.etchells@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

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