Faculty Impact Manager

Role Description

Department

Based in beautiful Heslington Hall, the Humanities Research Centre (HRC) is the research wing of the University’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities. The HRC has a four-fold mission: to broker, support and oversee research projects with reach and impact; to foster productive and creative partnerships with academic and non-academic collaborators; to inspire, train and professionalise the arts and humanities postgraduate body; and to promote and celebrate the work of arts and humanities researchers at the University of York among communities and audiences worldwide. 

Role

Responsibility for co-ordination and strategic oversight of the University’s Impact agenda at the Faculty level. 

You will work closely with the Faculty Associate Dean for Research (Arts & Humanities) and departmental research leaders on the implementation of the impact agenda within the Faculty, as an integral member of the HRC team. You will provide detailed, strategic advice and practical support to individual researchers, clusters of researchers and departments in helping to identify, generate, and capture research impact, and to help departments maximise their own impact potential and delivery, and support developments across Faculty boundaries, as appropriate. 

Working closely with the University Impact Manager, you will work cooperatively with the other Faculty and University Impact Managers and staff in the University’s Research, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (RIKE) Directorate. It is also expected that the post holder will form specialist networks both within the institution and with Impact professionals across the sector. 

This is a part-time post working 3 days a week as a job share.

Skills, Experience & Qualification needed

• Educated to degree level, preferably in a relevant discipline (or equivalent professional experience)
• Knowledge and understanding of research and innovation in a higher education environment, including awareness of the national research and innovation policy priorities in relation to Universities
• Understanding of the different routes to impact for research and innovation
• Experience of research or KE support within the Higher Education sector 
• Good interpersonal skills, with the proven ability to develop collaborative and effective working relationships with a wide range of staff and partners, working with tact and diplomacy
• Strong commitment to working within a team and supporting others
• Able to work independently to a high standard and use initiative to manage competing demands and achieve deadlines with minimal supervision
• Good analytical skills, demonstrating accuracy and attention to detail
• Numerate (at least Mathematics qualification at GCSE or equivalent), with experience of managing a budget desirable 
• Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of staff, including senior staff within and outside the University, face-to-face, over the telephone and in writing
• Ability to understand and explain complicated and/or technical concepts in a way that is easily understood by non-specialists and to provide expert advice where appropriate
• Excellent IT skills 

Interview date: To be confirmed 

For informal enquiries: please contact Zara Worth (Faculty Impact Manager): zara.worth@york.ac.uk (Wednesday-Friday), or  Faye Robinson (Associate Director - Development): faye.robinson@york.ac.uk. 

The University strives to be diverse and inclusive  – a place where we can ALL be ourselves.

We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University. 

We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff. #EqualityatYork

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