10 Oct
The University of Manchester
Manchester
Job description
We are seeking to appoint a Project Officer to support the portfolio of grants under Prof Alejandro Frangi. The post will be based in the Department of Department of Computer Science and also involve working with the Division of Informatics, Imaging & Data Science.
The Project Officer will ensure that the project leadership team and members of the centre receive support in the delivery of strategic tasks and will be the primary point of contact on a wide range of administrative aspects, including coordinating activity across project technical areas, project meetings, review meetings, resource monitoring, recruitment, organising engagement events and workshops, procurement, & processing finance transactions,
internal and external communications and dissemination activities.
Prof Frangi is the Bicentennial Turing Chair in Computational Medicine at the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, with joint appointments at the Schools of Computer Science and Health Science.
He is also the Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies, with a focus on Precision Computational Medicine for in silico trials of medical devices.
This area is where novel engineering and computer science methods meet regulatory policy. He is the Director of the Christabel Pankhurst Institute for Health Technology Research and Innovation.
He is an Alan Turing Institute Fellow. His research vision was recently awarded an ERC Advanced Grant from the European Research Council.
The successful candidate will play a major role in supporting the administration within the portfolio,
working closely with Prof Frangi and the Programme Manager and will involve working proactively with multiple teams in the University and creating and maintaining relationships to support the smooth running on the research portfolio.
We are committed to creating a fully inclusive and flexible culture, one where everyone can realise their potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation.
We believe that if we can positively diversify our staff, we will be able to collaborate more effectively and create a more productive environment.
If you think you will be a good fit for this role we look forward to hearing from you!
What you will get in return :
- Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
- Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
- Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
- Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
- Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers
The School of Engineering is strongly committed to promoting equality and diversity, including the Athena SWAN Charter for gender equality in higher education.
The School recognises its good practice in relation to gender, including flexible working arrangements, family-friendly policies, and support to allow staff to achieve a good work-life balance.
Appointment will always be awarded on merit.
Our University is positive about flexible working you can find out more here
Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.
Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.
Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to [email protected].
Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.
Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews :
Name : Rajab Said, Programme Manager, Computational Medicine & Regulatory Science Portfolio
Email : [email protected]
Name : Denise Faulkner, School Research & Projects Manager, School of Engineering
Email : [email protected]
General enquiries :
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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.
Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.
▶️ Project Officer for Computational Medicine and Regulatory Sciences Portfolio
🖊️ The University of Manchester
📍 Manchester