With our world-class research centres and more than £500m investment into a new Bay Campus infrastructure, the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) stands out as one of the best centres of excellence in the country. Our outstanding research and teaching environment supports nationally and internationally important areas of research and teaching across a broad range of Physical Sciences and Engineering. The FSE runs a plethora of research and skills projects funded via different streams. To deliver its sustainable top 30 ambition Swansea University needs a professional services workforce with the differentiated skills necessary to ensure that it can deliver excellence through efficient and effective systems and processes that harness innovations in technology.
This is an exciting opportunity for a talented colleague to support the Associate Dean – Research, Innovation and Impact within FSE in order to assist the faculty develop relationships with key strategic partners that lead to large funding applications. This role provides high quality research bid writing support and coordination in order to nurture strategic partnerships for FSE, where the role will be based but working along the REIS Bay Hub.
Candidates should be educated to degree level or equivalent experience, have evidence of high quality writing copy for funding proposals and proof reading with demonstrable results as well as working in a complex multi-faceted organisation with often competing priorities.
Experience of a creative approach to solve problems and generate innovative solutions to external funding opportunities is also required as is creative flair, measured by a portfolio of written materials such as funding applications, marketing publications, etc.
The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in all of its practices and activities. We aim to establish an inclusive environment and welcome diverse applications from the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation. Appointments will always be made on merit.
Applicants are asked to provide a completed online application providing evidence against the essential criteria in the recruitment documentation. Applicants should also attach an up to date CV to the application.
Please note this job is also being advertised to a pool of colleagues internally as part of our University commitment to employee redeployment. Should this post be filled from this route then you will receive an email confirming this. If you do not receive an email, please assume that your application is still in process.
