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Enterprise and Innovation Administrator, Manchester
Client:
The University of Manchester
Location:
Manchester, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
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Job Views:
4
Posted:
14.02.2025
Expiry Date:
31.03.2025
Job Description:
Enterprise and Innovation Administrator
The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) is the focal point for enterprise and entrepreneurship programmes for students, recent graduates and staff delivered across the University through on-curricular teaching and co-curricular activities. The core mission of MEC is to deliver “Entrepreneurship for All” to make entrepreneurship education accessible to all, across all subjects and at all levels, to develop entrepreneurial capacities and mind-sets in our students, staff and recent graduates. Established in 2000, the Centre is one of the UK's leaders in the area of practitioner-based, applied enterprise education. Building upon our sustained track-record of growth and innovation, we have ambitious plans and aspirations for the future to make entrepreneurship work for every student regardless of discipline, profession or career trajectory.
Post holder responsibilities:
To provide support for the MEC Researcher Development programmes as part of the MEC mission to build on the University’s drive to support researchers to address the innovation and commercialisation potential and impact of their research.
A key focus will be supporting the scaling of our signature programmes for postgraduate researchers (PGRs) and PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and early career researchers (ECRs) for them to contribute to positive change through our training, education programmes and support aimed at transforming and developing entrepreneurial mind-sets, commercialising research, and building ventures, startups and social enterprises.
The role will support aspects of planning, coordination, delivery, monitoring, evaluation and review of MEC Researcher Development programmes. The post holder will be expected to actively engage with colleagues across the University involved in training and development for PGRs and ECRs within Faculties, Schools, Researcher Development Centres and Careers, as part of supporting more researcher-entrepreneurs and informing a MEC priority to increase the number of startups.
What you will get in return:
* Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
* Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
* Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
* Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
* Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers
As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.
Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.
Please note, under the new immigration rules this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route of the Points Based System. Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK in order to be eligible to take up the post.
This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.
Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.
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