Senior Research Excellence Framework, Policy and Engagement Advisor

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed knowledge of opportunities for joint efforts throughout the university sector.
• Act as an authoritative source of advice on these opportunities.
• Distil key points of complex work programmes to different audiences.
• Contribute and lead different aspects of policy development in a constantly evolving and complex landscape.
• Provide funding opportunities that align to said policy development, including developing and leading driven funding calls.
• Bring together a wide range of views from a breadth of collaborators to advise the programme’s development.
• Provide briefing to senior stakeholders and decision makers.
• Become comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity, and be part of a highly motivated team.
• Represent the programme, and be able to distil complex activities, for various groups.

• Proven knowledge and understanding of the UK research and innovation landscape, and the role that universities play within that landscape.
• Ability to quickly develop a commanding knowledge on a new subject area.
• Evidence of being at ease operating in rapidly changing and uncertain landscapes.
• Experience of leading a range of collaborators and developing a cohesive and coherent activity by bringing together multiple different views.
• A strong communicator with experience of communicating to diverse groups.
• Strong organisational and project management skills.
  
  Evidence of contributing fully to a team in order to deliver complex outcomes.