Senior Funding Officer
Funding Development
Location: |
Greenwich Campus |
Salary: |
£44,263 to £54,395
plus £5269 London weighting per annum
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Contract Type: |
Permanent
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Release Date: |
Tuesday 20 August 2024 |
Closing Date: |
Tuesday 03 September 2024 |
Interview Date: |
To be confirmed
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Reference: |
4720 |
Greenwich Research and Innovation (GRI) is the University’s central unit providing high quality support to the academic community to assist in the delivery of the ambitious Research and Knowledge Exchange (R&KE) sub-strategy within the University’s Strategy 2030. GRI is structured to support all aspects of the project cycle from identifying relevant funding opportunities right through to maximising the impact from the University’s activities.
The Funding Development Team form a critical pre-award function in liaising with and serving faculties, identifying opportunities (including use of funding opportunity systems tailored to match academic aspirations), sharing information, and providing advice on funding sources including focussed advice/support on EU opportunities. The team will actively support bid preparation activities and take the lead on aspects of the proposals e.g., budgeting, justification for resources, data management plans etc.
The Senior Funding Development Manager is key role assigned to work with one specific faculty (five in total – four faculties and NRI, with NRI being regarded as a faculty here given its strategic importance to R&KE). The role will take responsibility, for one faculty, in this case the Faculty for Engineering and Science, in developing, leading, and managing innovative routes to engagement with a range of public, private and community stakeholders/clients in identifying and securing a diverse portfolio of project funding.
For an informal discussion about the post please contact Andy Frost on a.i.frost@greenwich.ac.uk
Should you have any recruitment related queries please contact the People Directorate Operations Team on peopleoperations-gri@greenwich.ac.uk
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To apply, please visit the University of Greenwich vacancies page and complete all details, including the supporting statements (please note attached CVs and personal statements will not be seen by the recruitment panel at the application stage): Current Vacancies - Jobs at Greenwich
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