Impact Advisor Poole, England
Job description
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Bournemouth University’s vision is worldwide recognition as a leading university for inspiring learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society through the fusion of education, research and practice. Our highly skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the globe, who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences that help to build our global learning community.
We are looking for a knowledgeable, enthusiastic and dedicated Impact Advisor to foster the growth of innovation and research impact.
The Impact Adviser supports Bournemouth University (BU) to develop research impact in line with the institutional strategy; BU2025. The postholder will be responsible for leading activities and initiatives to enable BU’s researchers to identify, develop, communicate, and evidence impact arising from BU research. They will focus on developing a culture of research impact at BU and ensuring emerging areas of impact are supported for inclusion in future Research Excellence Framework (REF) and Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) exercises. The postholder will work in the central Research Development and Support (RDS) but will provide dedicated impact support in two Faculties.
This is an exciting and varied position. The successful candidate will have experience of managing relationships with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment and have a proven ability to communicate complex ideas in an engaging way to a variety of audiences.
In return for your talents, we offer a generous renumeration and benefits package, as well as flexible working hours and extensive training package.
For informal enquiries about the post, please contact Shelly Anne Stringer [email protected]. To learn more about BU’s research, please visit: http://research.bournemouth.ac.uk/.
BU values and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We seek a diverse community through attracting, developing and retaining staff from different backgrounds to contribute to inspirational learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society. To support and enable our staff to achieve a balance between work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
