Partnership Manager

You will play a vital role in providing administrative and financial support
to the Deputy Programme Manager and the REACH Directors. This will involve
collaborating with partners to ensure timely contracting and reporting of
deliverables. Additionally, you will work closely with the Knowledge and
Communications team to maintain strong coherence in information management and
reporting.





You will support the final phase of partner contract reporting, focusing on
financial and operational management. This will involve reviewing project
expenditures, logframe report and tracking deliverables against framework
agreements. Your goal will be to ensure partners successfully deliver outputs,
meeting the expectations of both the department and the funder. Your well-
developed problem-solving skills and ability to work independently with
minimal supervision will be key to your success.





Furthermore, you will be a crucial contact, gaining a comprehensive
understanding of REACH’s overall contract commitments to ensure compliance is
consistently achieved. Your contributions will be essential in driving the
success of our projects and maintaining strong partnerships.





The successful candidate should have a degree or equivalent experience. You
will have outstanding communication skills, including the ability to
communicate appropriately and effectively with a global network of
international partners. The ability to organize and prioritize a varied
workload efficiently to meet deadlines, coping with unpredictable volumes of
work without supervision, is essential. Excellent skills in office IT systems
and Microsoft 365 applications, including email, Excel, word processing, and
databases, along with the ability to adapt to changing office technologies,
are required. Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to build
effective working relationships with immediate colleagues and to interact
appropriately with a wide range of contacts, including senior academics,
clinicians, students, and other university staff, are necessary. You will have
the ability to learn new information quickly and to assimilate complex
information.





Applications are particularly welcome and encouraged from women, black, and
minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in posts in SoGE. SoGE
are committed to equality and values diversity.





Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. You will be required to
upload a CV and supporting statement as part of your online application.





The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on 31 July 2024 and interviews
will be held in early-August.