Coventry University achieved the highest ranking for a modern university in the history of the guides, leaping 10 places in the 2014 Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide. With an overall ranking position of 45, the University has secured the prestigious title as the UK's Modern University of the Year for the second consecutive year. Coventry University has developed a significant portfolio of high-impact research, and with a significant investment in research we continue to gain momentum as a world-class, innovative University that is internationally regarded and ranked for its research.
This is a most exciting time for the University, as our 'Excellence with Impact' strategy is now well underway and an excellent time for new joiners to the University who together with colleagues can make a contribution to the shaping and development of this important next stage of our journey.
To support our strategy we have established a dedicated Research Office, which operates under the leadership of Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) and line management of the Associate Pro Vice Chancellor (Research), and is the primary source of support for research quality and our future REF submission. It also importantly provides research student support, research projects funding and compliance, costing, delivery and research development support. The Research Development Executive is a pivotal post contributing to our Excellence with Impact strategy and the Research Office structure.
The post
The Research Development Executive is a newly created role, which is key to building research capacity and capability across the University within our University and Faculty Research Centres. This post offers an excellent opportunity to support a team of leading academics as well as to help shape, develop and establish Coventry University's exciting, fresh and new research direction.
Successful candidates to this post will be expected to take a proactive, creative, challenging, questioning and facilitative approach in working with academics within the Research Centre to which the post is aligned, to meet its key strategic aim of delivering the University's 'Research Excellence with Impact' agenda. The post holder will be responsible for the development and growth of a strategic pipeline of high quality research opportunities (demonstrating originality, significance, and rigour) and new income generation within the Research Centre.
We are interested to hear from candidates with previous research and/or commercial expertise and talent for identifying and exploiting research opportunities. Together with a proven ability of preparing and writing quality research proposals with impact, as well as a track record of supporting successful applications to high profile funding organisations he/she will be able to draw on specific knowledge or experience of a discipline relevant to Research Centre's subject area and be able to clearly evidence success in securing research project funding. If you have excellent communication and bid writing skills, detailed knowledge of relevant research funding sources and a PhD or a research based Masters qualification in a relevant discipline area please APPLY NOW.
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