Salary range: £46735 - £57422 per annum
FTE: 1.0
Term: Fixed term until 31/01/2027
New Closing Date: 28 March 2025
About SPEERI
The Scottish Partnership in Energy and Engineering Research & Innovation (SPEERI) is a partnership of 14 Scottish Universities working collaboratively to maximise impact in energy and engineering research and innovation. SPEERI works strategically with academia, industry and public sector/government to further build upon and grow Scotland’s energy and engineering research excellence to drive global competitiveness and socio-economic impact.
Role Overview
Based at the state-of-the-art Technology & Innovation Centre in Glasgow, the SPEERI Deputy Director of Engineering will be a high calibre versatile professional with a wide range of skills who can manage all aspects of SPEERI strategic, operational and project delivery. You will work closely with the SPEERI Executive Director and manage the day-to-day operational and project delivery of the wider SPEERI team.
Key Responsibilities
1. Management and oversight of partnership-wide SPEERI funded initiatives and programmes.
2. Design, development and delivery of strategic investment cases and collaborative proposals.
3. Identifying and developing new collaborations with academia, industry and public sector.
4. Organisation and delivery of conferences, events and workshops.
5. Marketing and communications.
6. Management and coordination of early career researcher skills development/training initiatives.
7. Budget management and financial reporting.
8. Project delivery and progress tracking.
9. Development of databases and operational management of the SPEERI executive office team.
Qualifications
To be considered for the role you must be educated to a minimum of degree level in a relevant discipline, or with equivalent relevant experience within the higher education, public or industry sectors. You will have extensive experience across stakeholder management, cross-sectoral collaborative strategic proposal/investment case development and workshop delivery, marketing and communications, conference and events management, strategic initiative and collaborative project development and delivery, project management and project performance monitoring, financial management and general operational delivery management and staff supervision, ideally within an industry-facing higher education collaborative research environment.
Skills
In addition to having excellent interpersonal, organisational & planning, management, communication and IT skills, you must have the versatility and drive to embrace new challenges. Many aspects of delivery will be non-prescriptive and you must be able to operate proactively with a high degree of flexibility, and with a high level of motivation and personal initiative.
Opportunity
This represents an exciting opportunity for a versatile and experienced professional who is looking to make a significant contribution within a high impact organisation whilst continuing to grow and develop professionally.
For informal enquiries, please contact contact@srpe.ac.uk
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