Senior Research Facilitator

<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p></p><div><strong>Grade 08S: &#163;45,585 - &#163;54,395 per annum</strong></div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Are you keen to support world leading researchers in the social sciences?</div><br> <div>&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Are you able to use your outstanding interpersonal and facilitation skills to bring together teams of researchers to collaborate on large scale, complex, funding applications?</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>The University of Oxford&#8217;s Social Sciences Division is looking for a Senior Research Facilitator to provide dedicated support for collaborative, multi-partner projects. This underpins one of our key aims within the new divisional Research &amp; Impact Strategy [&#160;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/research-and-impact-strategy-2023-2028">Research and Impact Strategy 2023 - 2028 | Social Sciences Division (ox.ac.uk).</a>]</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>To succeed in this exciting research development role, you will need excellent interpersonal skills to proactively encourage groups of researchers to collaborate to respond to real-world challenges by developing inter- and multi-disciplinary approaches.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>Working holistically in partnership with research, impact and engagement support professionals in the Research, Impact and Engagement Team, and the University-wide Strategic Research Development team, you will provide one-to-one support to Social Science researchers leading large and complex research funding applications, providing informed, tailored, support and advice, including identification of appropriate funding, in-depth reviews of draft proposals, and advice on project management and planned activity.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>This senior role requires an experienced research manager and you will need strong organisational skills and attention to detail to lead and oversee the management of our internal research fund, and all internal peer review processes responding to funders&#8217; demand management requirements.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>You will be responsible for line-managing the Divisional Research Facilitator and the Research Administrator, and will lead liaison with the wider team of departmental Research Support Officers and Facilitators to continue to provide high quality research support for individual researchers and smaller scale applications.&#160;Working closely with others in the Divisional Team, you will also devise and coordinate a suite of briefings, workshops and written guidance, tailored to suit researchers at all career stages.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>This post is offered on a fixed-term basis in the first instance until October 2025. This is a full-time post (or minimum of 0.8 FTE). Hybrid working arrangements will be considered in consultation with the line manager, but with the expectation of working at least two days per week based in the Divisional Office.</div><br> <div>Applications for this vacancy must be made online.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>You will need to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application. If you&#8217;d like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Sam Sneddon (sam.sneddon@socsci.ox.ac.uk).</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on 6 December 2023. Interviews are anticipated to take place w/c 8 January 2024.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div><br> <div>Committed to equality and valuing diversity.</div><br> <div>&#160;</div> </div>