Job Title: Temp Institute Manager

Location: London

Contract: 6 months

Hours: 36.5 hours

Rates: £35-38 per hour

Job Description

SRG are looking for a temporary institute manager for a university based in London. We are seeking to recruit an experienced Operations Manager for the Institute of Prion Diseases, on a temporary basis for a period of up to 6 months. This post is the senior professional services manager for the Institute. The Institute Manager works closely with and reports to the Institute Director providing excellent service delivery to the Institute's academic and research staff; enabling and adding value to the activities that are core to the Institute.

Duties and Responsibilities

The primary functions of the position are to:

• To lead the professional services operational, technical and administrative functions ensuring the support services are delivered in an efficient, responsive and professional manner supporting excellence in research, education, knowledge transfer and enterprise.
• Ensure the Institute operates within the set budgetary frameworks and policies, providing budgetary and financial management of the Institute and optimising the use of resources.
• Proactively support the role of the Institute Director in implementing the Institute's scientific and operational strategy and inhouse strategy, maintaining oversight of the operation and performance of the Institute.
• Collaborate and coordinate with relevant business partners and professional services leads to ensure services delivery at Faculty, School and university level meet the needs of the Institute.
• Ensure the Institute is compliant with statutory regulations and MRC/Institute policies and procedures are implemented and operated effectively.
• To manage the Institute's external relations initiatives.

Working relationships:

• The post holder is directly accountable to the Director of the Institute
• The post holder line manages and is responsible, directly or indirectly, for staff (up to 6 senior direct reports and up to 30 indirect reports) working within the administration and support services reporting to the post holder.
• The post holder will develop and maintain working relations with:

Faculty Director of Operations

Scientists working in the Institute

UKRI/MRC Head office

Institute Directors and Managers in the Faculty and across

Central Professional Services

Representatives of funding agencies

Representatives of NHS Trusts

Representatives of commercial companies

Government officers

Third Party service suppliers

Experience and Qualifications

• Proven track record in a senior role in administration, operations and management within a higher education environment.
• Promoting excellence in areas of administration and the provision of support services, including the setting of service standards and monitoring of performance.
• Recruiting, managing and developing individuals effectively and advising on employment issues at a senior level.
• Demonstrable experience of effective budgetary management and control of a large scale, complex budgetary unit, including achieving annual targets on a regular basis.
• Demonstrable experience of research funding principles and governance.
• Demonstrable experience of enacting principles of employment law underpinning university HR policy (e.g. equal pay issues, job evaluation, clinical and honorary contracts, doctors' training/career structures, fixed term contracts).
• Educated to minimum of degree level and preferably PhD level in scientific discipline
• Experience of project and change management.
• Experience of effective budgetary management and control.
• Detailed knowledge of research grant, contracts and other agreements
• Experience of recruiting, managing and developing individuals.
• Experience of working with business partners (e.g. Human Resources Consultancy teams and Information System Divisions) to deliver services, and implement change management and strategy
• Experience of working with NHS partners and clinical academics.
• Good understanding of the higher education policies, practices and procedures.
• Experience of handling confidential information and communications in a sensitive and effective manner.

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.