Head of Transformation for Responsible AI (Fixed term)

RAi UK is a programme that has established a nationally collaborative Responsible AI community in the UK, working closely with industry, government, civil society, learned societies and internationally leading research centres and institutions across the world.

As RAi UK’s Head of Transformation you will be based within the School of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham, working within an operations team based across three institutions, within a wider consortium of seven institutions.

To be successful you will have proven experience of planning, and managing a team to deliver effective operational support for growing and maintaining RAi UK’s relationships and activities with the ecosystem of industry partners, government departments, third sector organisations and other stakeholders engaged in responsible AI, ensuring that responsible research and innovation, equality, diversity, and inclusion principles, and Trusted Research are embedded throughout. 

You will be responsible for: 

• Setting the strategy for the delivery of RAi UK ecosystem activities, working with the CEO, COO, and academic leadership across the programme.
• Leadership and management of the Transformation Team across the three participating universities to deliver the strategy.
• Maintaining an expertise in key operational areas including skills, communications, events programme and RAi UK RRI/EDI framework and processes. 
• Long-term business planning and financial direction for RAi UK to realise its strategic aims in its ecosystem activity, and management of associated budgets.

• Developing effective working relationships with RAi UK partners, internal teams, industrial and other relevant external organisations. 
• Producing management information, reports, briefings and presentations to inform and update on RAi UK activities to our partners and the wider public. 

This APM6 role is offered on a full-time (36.25 hours), fixed term basis until 31 March 2028, due to funding restrictions. Job share arrangements may be considered. Requests for secondment from internal candidates may be considered on the basis that prior agreement has been sought from both your current line manager and the manager of your substantive post, if you are already undertaking a secondment role.

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