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Research Manager

University of Sussex - Faculty of Science Engineering and Medicine

Location: Sussex, Falmer
Salary: £38,249 to £45,413 per annum, pro rata if part time, Grade 7
Hours: Full Time, Part Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 29th April 2025
Closes: 18th May 2025
Job Ref: 40590

About the role

The Faculty of Science Engineering and Medicine is delighted to be recruiting for this exciting role within our evolving research professional services team.

As Research Manager for Science and Engineering, you will lead our professional services support for research culture, environment, and impact as we head towards REF 2028:

  • Provide expert leadership to professional services teams and individuals.
  • Identify and implement opportunities to promote positive research culture.
  • Develop and implement best practice local processes in support of our research environment, culture, REF, KEF, and other external assessment exercises.
  • Work closely with faculty to build impact literacy and support research excellence.
  • Oversee Public Engagement activities
  • Deputise for the Senior Research Manager (Science and Engineering)

About you

Are you a dynamic, experienced, and proactive higher education professional who enjoys working with world leading researchers to achieve excellence?

As research manager you will combine excellent communication with top-tier organisation skills to support and empower colleagues across professional service and academia to achieve their very best.

You will have substantial higher education or public sector experience and be excited to take ownership, set up new processes and work cooperatively across a broad range of research culture, REF and public engagement activities.

About our Faculty

Based in the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine you will work with the Schools of Engineering and Informatics, Life Sciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Psychology. For more information, please visit our webpages below:

Faculty of Science Engineering and Medicine

School of Engineering and Informatics : University of Sussex

School of Life Sciences : University of Sussex

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences : University of Sussex

School of Psychology : University of Sussex

Why work here

Find out more about our reward and benefits package.

Find out about our equality, diversity and inclusion

Further Key Information

Please contact Gemma Harman (g.harman@sussex.ac.uk) for informal enquiries.

For full details and how to apply, click the 'Apply' button above.

The University is committed to equality and valuing diversity, and applications are particularly welcomed from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics (STEMM) at Sussex.

The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed in the UK. 

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