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Job Opportunity: Research Portfolio Manager:Job description:Job location: Swindon Hours: Full time or Part time (minimum 0.6 FTE) Contract Type: Open Ended(permanent) Job location: Swindon (hybrid working) Closing Date: 18 Feb 2024 Join our team Are you passionate about research? Are you keen to work with researchers, business and Government to help support excellent research that delivers real impact for the economy and society? Research Portfolio Managers assist with the development and delivery of ideas for future activities and build relationships with stakeholders within universities and industry to ensure EPSRC funds research of the highest quality to implement new, innovative research programmes.Portfolio managers also play a key function in managing our funding competitions. EPSRC is a team-located organisation, and no team or directorate works in silo. An important part of your function will be to work with others to deliver results. About us EPSRC is the main UK government agency for funding research and training in engineering and the physical sciences, investing over £850 million a year in a broad range of subjects from mathematics to manufacturing, from AI to advanced materials, and information and communications technology (ICT) to structural engineering. About you You will be given responsibility for one of EPSRC's portfolios and will help develop ideas for future activities in a strongly team-located organisation as well as working with other Government Departments and Councils within UKRI. Portfolio responsibilities will include opportunities to work towards managing your own projects and activities. Your function will be varied, building relationships with universities and industry, managing our decision-making processes and policy development activities to ensure we fund research of the highest quality, and planning and implementing community events to foster new, innovative, research programmes. You will help to develop and structure ideas for future activities in a strongly team-located organisation as well as working with other Government Departments and other Councils within UKRI. Your responsibilities will include: » Gathering, knowledge and integrating internal and external information about the research and innovation landscape and the EPSRC portfolio » Operation of peer review and other formal decision-making processes » Working across teams to ensure cross portfolio knowledge and joint initiatives as appropriate » Monitoring, evaluating and reporting on activities and investments to feed into planning » Supporting senior colleagues with development of projects and implementation of plans, coordinating and operating processes supporting delivery across EPSRC. We will consider high calibre graduates with a research background (or those with equivalent education, training, or professional development) who can demonstrate the potential to succeed. Shortlisting criteria » Effective communication expertise (verbal, presentational and written) » Problem solving and analytical expertise » capability to work as part of a team » leadership abilities expertise, including facilitation expertise and an capability to influence others through behaviour and empathy » Planning and organisational expertise, including an capability to prioritise and manage complex activities Additional information ?????? Developing talent:????? We are committed to developing employees in their functions all over their career. Learning and development plans enable employees to continue their professional development through training and development opportunities such as e-learning, classroom training and on-the-job practices. We encourage our employees to share their learning across teams and organisations.???? Benefits:????? UKRI can offer the prosperous candidate:???? - Flexible Working??????? - 30 days annual leave + Public Holidays??????? - Access to Civil Service Pension Scheme???????? - Various everyday discounts through our dedicated provider????????? For more information and to apply, please visit our Careers Pages.???? Skills:
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