Senior Programme Manager, Talent & Skills

at  UK Research and Innovation

JOB SUMMARY

This role provides oversight and leadership for NERC Fellowship investment - one of the three core areas of activities within Talent & Skills team (alongside Landscape and Focal Studentships). Alongside the core activity in leading the Fellowship portfolio, NERC is seeking an individual who will be fundamental in taking a lead role in shaping NERC’s Fellowship offering in the context of UKRI and greater collective fund opportunities.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Therefore, primary focus of this role is the leadership and management of NERC’s Fellowship portfolio including:

• Management and delivery of NERC’s Fellowship and related activities (including Independent Research Fellowships, Daphne Jackson Trust Fellowships and Training Short Courses).
• Leadership and management of NERC’s Fellowship portfolio including financial management, cross council interactions, post-award relationship management, reporting and evaluation and strategic development of the portfolio.
• Oversight and management of NERC’s Fellowship related data to include analysing investments (funding outcomes, outputs and impacts), data gathering and analysis.
• Strategic input to, and development of, the NERC Fellowship portfolio as part of UKRI Collective talent working.
• Influence and oversight to maximise NERC opportunity through fellowship funding working with cross-UKRI colleagues to ensure interest and engagement of the environmental science community.
• Lead on NERC’s contribution to the UKRI Future Leader’s Fellowship (FLF) scheme to include oversight of the assessment of proposals for funding and providing strategic input to the development of the scheme as it relates to NERC’s wider portfolio.
• Provide high quality expertise and advice in areas of responsibility informed by the latest developments in the area, evidence and engagement with relevant external stakeholders.
• Activity manage Programme Manager(s), Assistant Programme Manager(s) and administrative support staff in order to achieve NERC’s delivery goals.

The post-holder will also contribute to strategic direction of the Talent & Skills activity and, where required, deputise for the Head of Talent & Skills.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Therefore, primary focus of this role is the leadership and management of NERC’s Fellowship portfolio including:

• Management and delivery of NERC’s Fellowship and related activities (including Independent Research Fellowships, Daphne Jackson Trust Fellowships and Training Short Courses).
• Leadership and management of NERC’s Fellowship portfolio including financial management, cross council interactions, post-award relationship management, reporting and evaluation and strategic development of the portfolio.
• Oversight and management of NERC’s Fellowship related data to include analysing investments (funding outcomes, outputs and impacts), data gathering and analysis.
• Strategic input to, and development of, the NERC Fellowship portfolio as part of UKRI Collective talent working.
• Influence and oversight to maximise NERC opportunity through fellowship funding working with cross-UKRI colleagues to ensure interest and engagement of the environmental science community.
• Lead on NERC’s contribution to the UKRI Future Leader’s Fellowship (FLF) scheme to include oversight of the assessment of proposals for funding and providing strategic input to the development of the scheme as it relates to NERC’s wider portfolio.
• Provide high quality expertise and advice in areas of responsibility informed by the latest developments in the area, evidence and engagement with relevant external stakeholders.
• Activity manage Programme Manager(s), Assistant Programme Manager(s) and administrative support staff in order to achieve NERC’s delivery goals