Creative R&D Business Programme Manager

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Academic Development and Services
Research
LCF - John Prince's St, London UK
Grade 6
£45,603.00 - £54,943.00

Fixed Term - 3.5 years

Full time - 35 hours per week

19 December 2018 17:00

The opportunity

We are seeking an outstanding, enthusiastic and ambitious Creative R&D Business Programme Manager to help manage an exciting new multi-disciplinary collaborative R&D project: The Business of Fashion, Textiles & Technology (BoFTT). Based at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London (UAL), you will support the BoFTT Project Directors and research team in the management of the research & development programme in fulfilment of the project deliverables. You will significantly contribute to the programme design, recruitment, selection and success of this multifaceted project and its effective and efficient delivery, by liaising with our academic and industry collaborators, and public sector partners, managing significant financial resources and programme office, and ensuring documentation, promotion, showcasing and formal reporting of key aspects of the project. 

About you

In particular, you will have relevant experience of business development, Knowledge Transfer / Exchange, and enterprise support, high level industry / HEI R&D project management experience or equivalent in the HEI-industry context, plus experience with legal and contractual negotiations between HEIs and industry, planning and managing multiple projects, monitoring budgets, organising events/meetings, workshops and promotional media. You will also have experience of identifying funding and income streams, writing management information reports and disseminating research findings to a wide audience. 

This opportunity is closed to applications.