Head of Research Quality & Impact
Are you interested in enabling academics to deliver impact from research? Do you enjoy developing systems and processes to support excellent research outcomes in a complex and dynamic environment? Would you like to influence culture change in a research-intensive university with impact at its heart?
Based within the Research & Innovation Service (RIS), you will play a leading role in ensuring excellent standards of research quality and impact across the University of Leeds. You will lead a small central team and engage with colleagues across all Faculties and other professional services to capture evidence of high-quality research outputs and impact arising from the University’s research. Working for the Director of Knowledge Exchange & Impact, you will liaise with senior decision-makers to influence the development of ambitious impact portfolios to support the delivery of the University’s ten-year strategy, Universal Values, Global Change.
You will support the development of an impact and engagement culture across the institution, ensuring that a range of different types of research outputs are recognised. You will develop and lead initiatives to enhance the capability and the capacity of academics to generate significant and far-reaching impact from their research, and you will raise awareness of the University’s impact both internally and externally. You will be responsible for overseeing the systems and processes underpinning the University’s statutory requirements through the Research Excellence Framework (REF) and you will work in collaboration with other senior colleagues to develop high-quality submissions to the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) in line with funder requirements.
To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:
Steph Morris, Director of Knowledge Exchange & Impact, Research & Innovation Service, University of Leeds (s.morris2@leeds.ac.uk)
Location: Leeds - Main Campus
School/Institute: Research & Innovation Service
Grade: Grade 9
Salary: £51,799 to £60,022 p.a.
Post Type: Full Time
Contract Type: Ongoing
Release Date: Monday 29 November 2021
Closing Date: Tuesday 04 January 2022
Interview Date: Thursday 13 January 2022
Reference: CSRIS1208
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