King's College London

THIS VACANCY IS OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY

About us:

At the IoPPN, the second largest faculty of King’s College London, our staff and students work to transform care for people who are affected by mental health and neurological conditions, through world-class research, education, and training, and to serve our communities locally and globally. We are at the forefront of global mental health research and advancements in understanding of the human brain. Through our partnerships, we foster research and training in policy, prevention, treatment, and care locally and around the world. As a research-intensive faculty, fostering a positive collective research culture is imperative to ensuring our world leading research operates in an environment which encourages openness and collaboration. As leaders in our fields, we have a responsibility to promote and champion the tenets of research culture in all that we do, including staff development, open and reproducible science, CEDI and research integrity.

The IoPPN Research Culture Team, established in 2023, works across Culture, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and Research Operations.

About the role:

Working with the Senior CEDI Manager, Faculty Research Manager and Research Development Manager you will be responsible for continuing to drive Research Culture initiatives and activities across the IoPPN. As Research Culture Support Manager, you will create clear ownership, expertise and accountability for delivery of initiatives and improvements to Research Culture. You will also work with the King’s central Research Culture team and similar posts in other faculties to ensure King’s initiatives are communicated and embedded at the IoPPN and that examples of best practice are shared across the college.

If successful, you will champion positive research culture initiatives within the IoPPN building on work to date to identify, develop and disseminate case studies of best practice. You will build relationships with staff to maximise engagement in key research culture priorities and lead on the organisation and delivery of events that celebrate and educate Open Research practices and positive Research Culture. You will also review/monitor/evaluate efforts to improve research culture awareness and support and ensure cohesion across research culture initiatives to enable readiness for external assessment requests.

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract for 16 months.

About you:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Ability to work collaboratively within a team and across a large, complex organisation with the ability to work with a broad range of stakeholders in a professional and assured manner
2. Experience gathering, analysing, and interpreting quantitative and/or qualitative data, undertake desktop research and report writing
3. Excellent skills in planning and facilitating workshops, events and working groups
4. Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to manage sensitive information and situations to build collective ownership and change
5. Excellent written and oral communication skills including the ability to clearly explain specialist matters, influence others thinking and build strong relationships
6. Excellent task management skills and ability to work under pressure in a busy environment with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
7. Highly proficient IT skills (including Excel, Word, Powerpoint) and experience of utilizing advanced digital technology in day-to-day work. 

Desirable criteria

1. Awareness and understanding of Research Culture within a Higher Education and/or health sector context
2. Experience of developing innovative solutions and practical implementation for strategic change
3. Experience of supporting and enabling continuous professional and staff development

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information:

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

Interviews are provisionally due to be held on 16th October.