Redeployment Only - Research and Innovation Transformation Manager presso Cardiff University
Cardiff University · Cardiff, Regno Unito · Onsite
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Please note that this job is open only to current members of staff of Cardiff University who are eligible for redeployment.
Internal Redeployment Only - Research and Innovation Transformation Manager – Post Award
This role is to support the development of the Future Research Service programme, including reviewing and overseeing change in the collection, storage, manipulation, analysis and reporting of the post-awards service design, system infrastructure, and processes. Working with relevant teams in the Research Service, IT, Finance and other departments as necessary, the role will undertake consultation with key stakeholders across the University to design and implement a new service design for university post-awards.
The role will be formally based in the Research Support Division, working across teams leading or collaborating on strategic projects, e.g. with the Post-Awards and Research Systems Teams but will also be part of a group of transformation managers within the strategic and operation division. The role will work in a matrix capacity with a network of research professionals to enhance the provision of grant management support to academic Principal Investigators.
This post is full time (35 hours per week) and fixed term until 31st July 2027.
Salary: £51,753 - £56,535 per annum (Grade 7)
Closing date: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Internal Redeployment Only - Research and Innovation Transformation Manager – Post Award
This role is to support the development of the Future Research Service programme, including reviewing and overseeing change in the collection, storage, manipulation, analysis and reporting of the post-awards service design, system infrastructure, and processes. Working with relevant teams in the Research Service, IT, Finance and other departments as necessary, the role will undertake consultation with key stakeholders across the University to design and implement a new service design for university post-awards.
The role will be formally based in the Research Support Division, working across teams leading or collaborating on strategic projects, e.g. with the Post-Awards and Research Systems Teams but will also be part of a group of transformation managers within the strategic and operation division. The role will work in a matrix capacity with a network of research professionals to enhance the provision of grant management support to academic Principal Investigators.
This post is full time (35 hours per week) and fixed term until 31st July 2027.
Salary: £51,753 - £56,535 per annum (Grade 7)
Closing date: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Job Description
Key Duties
• Plan and deliver projects that have a University-wide impact, in particular relating to the development of better research and innovation management frameworks, managing the workstream and project teams as needed, planning, organising and delegating work, monitoring progress and intervening as required
• Review and update the Research Service provision of information (guidance and policy documentation) across all stages of the post-awards lifecycle
• Undertake cross-institutional consultation and investigation in order to gather the information for the above review
• Develop and support delivery of a project plan for the service design of post-awards administration and support at the University, including people, system and process workstreams.
• Working with a project team, specify and implement new approaches, policies, protocols, operating procedures and systems to overcome issues identified in above review
• Take responsibility for resolving issues independently where they fall within a set role of objectives, using judgement and creativity to suggest the most appropriate course of action and ensuring complex and conceptual issues and solutions are understood by the audience
• Establish relationships with key contacts to ensure role objectives are met, developing appropriate communication links with the University’s Schools/Directorates and outside bodies as required
• Work in close collaboration with the Head of Grants Support, the Head of Strategy and Operations, the Future Research Service Programme Manager (PMO) and the leads of various FRS workstreams and wider Research Service teams to deliver the project
• Develop effective partnerships to ensure effective working with Finance.
• Undergo personal and professional development as appropriate and which will enhance performance
General Duties
• Ensure that an understanding of the importance of confidentiality is applied when undertaking all duties
• Abide by all University policies
• Perform other duties occasionally which are not included above, but which will be consistent with the role
• Plan and deliver projects that have a University-wide impact, in particular relating to the development of better research and innovation management frameworks, managing the workstream and project teams as needed, planning, organising and delegating work, monitoring progress and intervening as required
• Review and update the Research Service provision of information (guidance and policy documentation) across all stages of the post-awards lifecycle
• Undertake cross-institutional consultation and investigation in order to gather the information for the above review
• Develop and support delivery of a project plan for the service design of post-awards administration and support at the University, including people, system and process workstreams.
• Working with a project team, specify and implement new approaches, policies, protocols, operating procedures and systems to overcome issues identified in above review
• Take responsibility for resolving issues independently where they fall within a set role of objectives, using judgement and creativity to suggest the most appropriate course of action and ensuring complex and conceptual issues and solutions are understood by the audience
• Establish relationships with key contacts to ensure role objectives are met, developing appropriate communication links with the University’s Schools/Directorates and outside bodies as required
• Work in close collaboration with the Head of Grants Support, the Head of Strategy and Operations, the Future Research Service Programme Manager (PMO) and the leads of various FRS workstreams and wider Research Service teams to deliver the project
• Develop effective partnerships to ensure effective working with Finance.
• Undergo personal and professional development as appropriate and which will enhance performance
General Duties
• Ensure that an understanding of the importance of confidentiality is applied when undertaking all duties
• Abide by all University policies
• Perform other duties occasionally which are not included above, but which will be consistent with the role
Salary Range Max.
56,535
Grade
Grade 7
Salary Range Min.
51,753
Job Category
Business / Strategic Management
Additional Information
The Research Service
Cardiff is an ambitious and innovative university located in a beautiful and thriving capital city. Our world-leading research was ranked 5th for quality amongst UK universities in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework and we provide an educationally outstanding experience for our 30,000 students. With an annual budget in excess of £500 million and around 6,000 staff, Cardiff is a member of the Russell Group of the 24 leading UK research-intensive universities. The University has 24 academic schools grouped into three colleges: Biomedical & Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering and Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences.
The University’s ambition is to rank consistently among the top 100 universities in the world. Cardiff is also developing its Innovation System through a focused programme of investment in people and infrastructure. Research funding secured from competitive, external sources exceeds £100 million annually and the University aims to grow this further through winning grants from a wide range of national and global sources.
The Research Service supports the University’s research community in initiating and delivering research and innovation activities. Led by the Director, Vanessa Cuthill, we provides services via over 100 expert staff organised in five specialist teams: Research Grants Office; Research Integrity, Governance and Ethics; Research Development; Research Commercialisation and Impact; Research Strategy and Operations and Business Engagement and Partnerships. The Department works closely with academic and professional services staff from all areas of the institution.
Cardiff is an ambitious and innovative university located in a beautiful and thriving capital city. Our world-leading research was ranked 5th for quality amongst UK universities in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework and we provide an educationally outstanding experience for our 30,000 students. With an annual budget in excess of £500 million and around 6,000 staff, Cardiff is a member of the Russell Group of the 24 leading UK research-intensive universities. The University has 24 academic schools grouped into three colleges: Biomedical & Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering and Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences.
The University’s ambition is to rank consistently among the top 100 universities in the world. Cardiff is also developing its Innovation System through a focused programme of investment in people and infrastructure. Research funding secured from competitive, external sources exceeds £100 million annually and the University aims to grow this further through winning grants from a wide range of national and global sources.
The Research Service supports the University’s research community in initiating and delivering research and innovation activities. Led by the Director, Vanessa Cuthill, we provides services via over 100 expert staff organised in five specialist teams: Research Grants Office; Research Integrity, Governance and Ethics; Research Development; Research Commercialisation and Impact; Research Strategy and Operations and Business Engagement and Partnerships. The Department works closely with academic and professional services staff from all areas of the institution.
Career Pathway
Managerial, Professional and Specialist Staff – MPSS
Person Specification
Important note: It is the University’s policy to use the person specification as a key tool for short-listing. Candidates should evidence that they meet ALL of the essential criteria as well as, where relevant, the desirable. As part of the application process you will be asked to provide this evidence via a supporting statement. Please ensure that the evidence you are providing corresponds with the numbered criteria outlined below. Your application will be considered based on the information you provide under each element.
When attaching the supporting statement to your application profile, please ensure that you name it with the vacancy reference number, e.g. Supporting Statement for XXXXBR.
Essential Criteria
Qualifications and Education
1. Undergraduate qualification /equivalent
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
2. Substantial experience of working within post award research administration, balancing multiple objectives and priorities
3. Able to demonstrate expert professional knowledge within post award research administration, to be recognised as an authority in the field
4. Ability to develop strategies to continuously improve systems, process and procedures
Customer Service, Communication and Team Working
5. Ability to communicate detailed and complex information effectively and professionally with a wide range of people
6. Ability to bring thematic and University perspectives together in the formulation of strategy and advice
7. Experience of building beneficial relationships across organisational units and teams
8. Evidence of ability to explore customers’ needs and adapt the service accordingly to ensure a quality service is delivered
Planning, Analysis and Problem solving
9. Evidenced experience of the development and use of management information to resolve diverse and challenging problems, including creating new solutions where no prior precedent exists
10. Evidence of ability to develop longer term plans, reacting to changes in workload and strategic direction of the Department and University
Desirable Criteria
11. Experience in a higher education environment
12. Fluency in Welsh, written and oral
13. Experience of worktrbe and/or Oracle IT systems
When attaching the supporting statement to your application profile, please ensure that you name it with the vacancy reference number, e.g. Supporting Statement for XXXXBR.
Essential Criteria
Qualifications and Education
1. Undergraduate qualification /equivalent
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
2. Substantial experience of working within post award research administration, balancing multiple objectives and priorities
3. Able to demonstrate expert professional knowledge within post award research administration, to be recognised as an authority in the field
4. Ability to develop strategies to continuously improve systems, process and procedures
Customer Service, Communication and Team Working
5. Ability to communicate detailed and complex information effectively and professionally with a wide range of people
6. Ability to bring thematic and University perspectives together in the formulation of strategy and advice
7. Experience of building beneficial relationships across organisational units and teams
8. Evidence of ability to explore customers’ needs and adapt the service accordingly to ensure a quality service is delivered
Planning, Analysis and Problem solving
9. Evidenced experience of the development and use of management information to resolve diverse and challenging problems, including creating new solutions where no prior precedent exists
10. Evidence of ability to develop longer term plans, reacting to changes in workload and strategic direction of the Department and University
Desirable Criteria
11. Experience in a higher education environment
12. Fluency in Welsh, written and oral
13. Experience of worktrbe and/or Oracle IT systems
