As Senior Officer Strategic Research and Enterprise Development, you will take responsibility and oversight of the strategic bidding portfolio across the University. You will be directly responsible for identifying strategic and collaborative opportunities, leading on bid development and writing, engaging with partners, and facilitating interactions and support from academic and professional services colleagues to ensure quality and credible strategic applications with the best chance of success are submitted to funders.
You will develop and manage a university-wide directorate of expertise, focusing on strategic themes, using this as a tool to initiate and facilitate interdisciplinary discussions and collaborations, linking with other teams in RED for maximum benefit and impact.
You will develop and deliver a range of regular innovative initiatives to support university-wide collaboration and interdisciplinary working, including sandpits and lead on strategic funder relationships with identified key funders for university benefit.
We are looking for someone with a high level of emotional intelligence who has the ability to develop strong working relationships with staff at all levels across the University to ensure quality service delivery, demonstrating political awareness, diplomacy, and tact. You will need to demonstrate a proven track record of supporting and writing successful strategic collaborative applications to R&E funders relevant to Higher Education; have experience of working effectively with key stakeholders at local, regional, and UK levels; demonstrate excellent presentation skills and the ability to communicate effectively in all situations to varied audiences; be comfortable working flexibly and at pace in a rapidly changing environment with a positive and solution-focused approach.
The University of Wolverhampton has a proud heritage of excellence in research, knowledge exchange, and enterprise which has had a significant impact regionally and informs our teaching. The University Strategy 2035 sets our ambition to develop high-quality, impactful research and knowledge exchange that transforms lives, and which makes a world-leading contribution in the areas of green innovation and sustainability, health and wellbeing, and inclusive communities.
Our newly created Research and Enterprise Directorate (RED) will drive positive change and significant growth across the University of Wolverhampton and through our engagement with external partners and stakeholders. We have a number of newly established critical roles available in the Directorate and we are ready to invite applications from talented, experienced, ambitious, and enthusiastic colleagues who embody the university values and behaviours: - Inclusive, Accountable, Ambitious, and Resilient.
Join the University of Wolverhampton at this exciting time of ambition and growth in research and enterprise. Be part of a directorate that is committed to driving and supporting a vibrant and effective research and enterprise culture, committed to delivering excellence and making a real difference to the university, partners, and communities we serve.
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