GW4 Research Culture Officer

The role

The GW4 Alliance (GW4) is looking for an experienced research professional to join us as a Research Culture Officer. We are a consortium of four of the most research-intensive and innovative universities in the UK: Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter. Collaboration sits at the very heart of the GW4 Alliance. Working with other organisations, industry, and society, we aim to enhance research collaboration; address global, societal, and industrial challenges; and inform policy at national and international levels. 

The GW4 Directorate is funded by all four partner universities, and together we identify areas of complementary expertise within GW4 universities to build research capacity and provide a rich environment to develop the researchers of tomorrow. The key objective for the role is to  lead the GW4 Research Culture programme, a newly identified strategic priority for GW4, which aims to position GW4 universities as sector leaders in research culture change.

What will you be doing?

Reporting to the GW4 Talent and Skills Manager, you will:

• Lead the design, implementation, and management of GW4 Research Culture activities.
• Work collaboratively with senior academic Research culture leads and professional services teams to identify and analyse research culture activities at GW4 universities to surface strategic priorities for collaborative working.
• Contribute to the design and delivery of a continually evolving and improving programme of research culture activities for academic, professional services and technical staff that address key areas of interest, including research integrity and reproducibility, open access, and research infrastructure sustainability.
• Support cross-university steering groups and working groups to coordinate and inform strategy and planning activity, ensuring high quality and fit-for-purpose schemes that complement the institutional provision of GW4 universities.

You should apply if

• A significant element of the role will be project managing multiple, overlapping activities with competing priorities and deadlines. The successful candidate will be able to work independently and adaptively, ensuring outcomes across all projects are delivered on time and to
• As an alliance of four research-intensive universities, the successful candidate will need proven partnership skills to develop highly effective collaborative working relationships across a range of stakeholders and at all levels of the institutions.
• Proven interpersonal and analytical skills will support their ability to identify and articulate key GW4 research culture interventions that complement rather than duplicate institutional provision, as well as leverage feedback to ensure a process of continuous improvement for GW4 research culture initiatives.

Additional information

For informal queries about the role, please contact:

Sabrina Fairchild on s.fairchild@gw4.ac.uk.

This advert will close at 23:59 UK time on Tuesday 29th April 2025.

Interviews are expected to take place w/c 19th May 2025.

Our strategy and mission

We recently launched our strategy to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values.

The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. We want to attract, develop, and retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives – particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people - because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution.

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