VIEW VACANCY - SCIENTIFIC TRAINING AND MARKETING MANAGER- MLC 2706

Open Date
28/08/2025, 10:00
Close Date
28/09/2025, 23:55
Research Institute
MRC Mary Lyon Centre
Research Institute / Unit Information
The Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell (MLC) is located in an expanding science and innovation campus in Oxfordshire and is an internationally renowned centre at the forefront of genetics research. As the hub of the new National Mouse Genetics Network, the specialist facilities and capabilities of the MLC support a number of research groups across the UK to accelerate our understanding of human diseases, such as cancer, developmental disorders and neurodegeneration.
UK Research and Innovation is a new entity that brings together nine partners to create an independent organisation with a strong voice for research and innovation, more information can be found at www.ukri.org
Band

MRC - 4

Location
Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire
Salary
£36,196 - £39,463
Contract Type
Permanent
Job Type
Administration & Management
Full Time / Part Time
Full or Part Time options
Job Description

EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS/TRAINING REQUIRED:

Essential:

• A scientific background (BSc or equivalent)

Desirable:

• BTEC (HNC/D) or equivalent experience in marketing

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Essential:

• Has worked in a scientific environment
• Has dealt with scientific academic requests
• Has worked within a customer-focused environment

Desirable:

• Hands-on approach in an event-management environment delivering on stakeholder requirements and dealing with requests and changes efficiently
• Experience of raising orders and invoices, and of working with a financial focus
• Organisation of the daily requirements of a building; reporting faults, providing information on grounds requirements, and looking for improvements in recycling and sustainability

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

Essential:

• Experience of a scientific environment
• A thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Teams and SharePoint

Desirable:

• Events management and marketing experience

PERSONAL SKILLS/BEHAVIOURS/QUALITIES:

Essential:

• A willingness to learn and be flexible
• High level of project management and organisational skills
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
• High attention to detail on both major and minor items
• Networking skills and focus on maintaining excellent working relationships with all stakeholders
• Creative and flexible, with the ability to innovate when changes are required
• Calm in all circumstances with an ability to maintain a service level function
• Passion for working in an events and marketing environment

Further Information

OVERALL PURPOSE:

We have an exciting opportunity at the Mary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell (MLC) to join our Operations/Training Team in the role of Scientific Training and Marketing Manager. We are looking for a motivated, dynamic, hands-on, and positive individual with a can-do attitude.
The Advance training centre has been purpose-built to deliver world-class practical and theoretical training courses. Containing two large meeting spaces, three breakout rooms, reception areas and two training laboratories, this facility not only hosts courses taught by the Mary Lyon Centre but is available for hire to external users and hosts high-impact networking meetings. The typical footfall of the training centre is up to 100 people per week.
The post-holder will support the delivery of training courses, symposiums, and networking events, ensuring that all available spaces are fully utilised.

MAIN DUTIES/KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee and plan training events, engage with tutors and act as training lead
• Develop, implement and market new training courses and events of interest around training and skills
• Coordinate and help develop brochures/marketing material to publicise existing courses and increase stakeholder engagement
• Attend networking events and conferences to promote existing courses and increase stakeholder engagement
• Use data analytics and customer feedback to inform future marketing strategies and event-planning decisions
• Survey training gaps and assist in the coordination of new training courses
• Report on the training financial accounts, raise orders and invoices and, with managers, ensure that budgetary requirements are met

CORPORATE/LOCAL RESPONSIBILITIES & REQUIREMENTS:

The post-holder must at all times carry out their responsibilities with due regard to the MRC’s:

• Code of Conduct
• Equality and Diversity policy
• Health and Safety policy
• Data Protection and Security policy
• GDPR compliance

The MRC is a unique working environment where scientific researchers and professional support staff can actively partake in world class innovation and collaboration opportunities and their skills and knowledge through accessing a wide catalogue of training & development, including professional registration with the Science Council.
In addition, MRC (part of UKRI) provides its community of employees access to a whole host of useful benefits, including a defined benefit pension scheme and excellent holiday entitlement (30 days plus 2.5 privilege days & 8 bank holidays), family friendly policies (6 months full pay maternity & adoption leave), a range of shopping/travel discounts, access to our Employee Assistant Programme Scheme, Health and Wellbeing Support and a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. Please follow this link to find out more - Benefits
Our success is dependent upon our ability to embrace diversity and draw on the skills, understanding and experience of all our people. We warmly invite people from diverse backgrounds and heritage, including people who identify as having a disability, to apply for a role that excites them. As “Disability Confident” employers, we guarantee to interview all applicants who have disclosed they have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
UKRI supports research in areas that include animal health, agriculture and food security, and bioscience for health which includes research on animals, genetic modification and stem cell research. Whilst you may not have direct involvement in this type of research, you should consider whether this conflicts with your personal values or beliefs.
We will conduct a full and comprehensive pre-employment check as an essential part of the recruitment process on all individuals that are offered a position with UKRI. This will include a security check and an extreme organisations affiliation check. The role holder will be required to have the appropriate level of security screening/vetting required for the role. UKRI reserves the right to run or re-run security clearance as required during the course of employment.