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Programme Manager - GISMO
Faculty of Science & Technology
Salary:
£42,792 to £49,553
Closing Date:
Sunday 19 January 2020
Interview Date:
Monday 27 January 2020
Reference: A2919
The
Partnerships and Business Engagement team is looking for an exceptional Business
Programme Manager with a passion for working with academics, businesses and the
knowledge exchange community to deliver a new European funded project. We are
seeking to recruit a team to deliver a unique business support programme for
small to medium enterprise businesses across a range of industrial sectors. The
Programme Manager will line manage the team, but with shared delivery responsibilities.
The primary focus of the project team is to support companies in a structured
programme of activity with a focus on Materials Science. Domain knowledge of Materials
science is desirable but not essential.
You will demonstrate a strong capability and expertise in working
with companies, supporting them in their growth and development. As the
delivery lead for the project, you will be able to clearly demonstrate your
ability to plan and deliver an SME engagement programme with companies, and be
able to write a wide range of reports and other material to support the
community and individual companies. Working in a highly innovative team, you
will be able to showcase innovative approaches to working with companies and
helping them to grow, with clear evidence of developing new process and systems
to engage the SME community. You will also be able to demonstrate an ability to
work on large government funded projects with high accuracy and attention to
detail.
The role is part of the Greater Innovation for
Smarter Materials Optimisation GISMO is a £4.4m ERDF programme awarded by MHCLG
and Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership. GISMO is critical to
supporting our wider strategy for partnerships and business engagement.
The role will be based at Lancaster University
and be embedded within the Partnerships & Business Engagement (PBE) team
for Engineering and Physical Sciences. Some further information about team activity
can be found on the web site below:
https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/sci-tech/business/themes/engineering-chemistry-and-physics/
For an informal discussion about the role, please get in touch with Martin Gilmore m.gilmore@lancaster.ac.uk
This is a full time fixed term post until 28
February 2023 and is part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.
Interviews will be held on either 27 or 28 January 2019
We welcome applications from people in all
diversity groups including secondments from existing Lancaster staff.
Further details:
Please note: unless specified otherwise in the advert, all advertised roles are UK based.
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