Job Purpose

To lead, manage and develop the Arts and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership (AHRC DTP) engagement activities in the consortium, including transition into the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award Hub model (DLA), ensuring effective and impactful relationships, which deliver project requirements in line with SGSAH strategy. To maintain and develop collaboration across all the partnership universities, including budgetary control, operational management, supervision, and Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Scottish Funding Council (SFC) reporting on behalf of the consortium.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1.  Student Recruitment and Management:

*    Communicate and collaborate with consortium partners to devise and implement procedures and strategies for student recruitment, development and training.

*    Manage robust provision of student administration services, including responsibility for effective student record systems.

*    Drive project lifecycles across SGSAH to ensure that policies and systems are in place to capture monitoring points for all AHRC DTP/DLA/SFC funded programmes.

*    Foster effective research communities and networks.

*    Manage programme of outreach activities to support SGSAH HEI partners and other Doctoral Training Partnerships/Doctoral Landscape Award Hubs.

2.  Partnerships: SGSAH Member HEIs across Scotland:

*    Lead SGSAH administration and manage communication and support for all AHRC/ SFC supported doctoral training events and researcher opportunities across Scotland.

*    Build upon current resources to develop and deliver supervisor training across the consortium and common procedures for annual review of supervisor performance.

*    Support strategic development of activities relating to student experience and cohort building across the consortium.

3.  Line Management, Recruitment and Networking:

*    Lead administrative processes for recruitment across SGSAH, liaise with colleagues as appropriate to produce job advertisements, distribute calls for interviews, request and collate candidate references etc.

*    Line management responsibility for administrative and relevant atypical staff, including performance management, development and training.

*    Community building across SGSAH member Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), fostering networking, sharing of best practice and development opportunities.

4.  Management of Information:

*    Develop and manage effective systems to drive project lifecycles including management of the project and its resources, establishment of robust delivery schedules and co-ordinating project delivery activities to meet project outcomes.

*    Produce and evaluate statistical information for areas of activity across the consortium for annual reporting to Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), including progression of the grant activities.

*    Devise and monitor Equality and Diversity metrics across student and staff recruitment across the consortium.

*    Build professional relationships to enable the collation of data and benchmarking with other consortiums across Scotland and the UK.

5.  SGSAH Governance Structures:

*    Management of resources for project teams including external stakeholders, providing support and direction; developing plans for the delivery of required work; monitoring progress and evaluation and initiating corrective action when required.

*    Be a core member of relevant committees to coordinate and liaise between them, ensuring consistency across strategic developments, and to coordinate the sharing of best practice amongst stakeholders.

*    Coordinate and manage working groups as necessary to develop policies and practices, reflect on activities, and make recommendations for improvements.

*    Act as a conduit between the SGSAH consortium and other groups and committees.

6.  Finance and compliance:

*    Apply professional expertise to advise on and implement strategies and procedures, such as working with SGSAH team and HEI partners to ensure flexible and responsive allocation of funds.

*    Support the development of strategic funding bids to AHRC/ SFC.

*    Manage extensive budgets, including DTP consortium and DLA Hub budgets, Research Training Support Grant, overseas fieldwork, visiting doctoral research trips and student and cohort development funds in line with financial regulations whilst adhering to funder regulations.

*    Assist with implementation and management of accurate, timely systems for effective financial monitoring of the SGSAH and DTP consortium budgets in collaboration with consortium partners and central administrative officers.

*    Approval of all expenditure associated with scholarships and the running of SGSAH.

*    Ensure compliance with contractual terms and conditions of SGSAH membership as well as all grants and assisting with grant reporting (such as collation of event information, securing contributions from co-applicants, budget allocation.)

*    Accountable for maintaining comprehensive record keeping for both internal and external audit purposes while adhering to security information procedures.

*    Risk mitigation and management.

7.  Health, Safety and Security:

*    Ensure compliance with legal responsibilities and that compliance is fully documented.

*    Play a leading role in promoting health, safety, and security at work for the welfare of staff, students and visitors, and the protection of University and personal property.

8.  Other reasonable duties as assigned by the Director of SGSAH/Head of Operations and Strategy.

Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Knowledge/Qualifications  

Essential:

A1 Either: Ability to demonstrate the competencies required to undertake the duties associated with this level of post having acquired the necessary knowledge and skills in a similar or number of different roles. Or: Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework level 9, (Ordinary Degree, Scottish Vocational Qualification level 4), or equivalent (including professional accreditation with relevant formal training), and experience of personal development in a similar or related role(s)

Desirable:

B1 Knowledge and experience of Higher Education sector of sufficient depth to engage in meaningful discussion across institutions

B2 Good understanding of university degree regulations

B3 Understanding of sector-wide issues affecting arts and humanities

B4 Understanding and experience of process design, monitoring and improvement

Skills

Essential:

C1 Excellent Interpersonal and communication skills

C2 Organisation skills and managing workload/prioritising/meeting deadlines

C3 Attention to detail

C4 Data analysis and presentation skills

C5 Proven high level analytical and problem-solving capability

C6 Ability to manage and supervise staff as part of a multidisciplinary team

Desirable:

D1 Well developed IT skills

D2 Competent experience using administrative and support systems (e.g., Agresso)

Experience

Essential:

E1 Experience of project management, including operational development and business planning

E2 Experience of budgetary and resource management/ reporting

E3 Proven staff management and supervisory experience

Desirable:

F1 Experience of developing and managing training

F2 Experience of grant application development and reporting

F3 Performance management

F4 managing competing priorities

Terms and Conditions

Salary will be Grade 7, £40,497 - £45,413 per annum.

This post is full time (35 hours per week) and fixed term for up to 12 months from the start date in the first instance.

Please Note: If you are a current employee of the University of Glasgow, please be advised that the University would consider an internal secondment opportunity for this post. University of Glasgow applicants should seek clearance for release for internal secondment from their line manager before making a formal application.

The University of Glasgow has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.  If you require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK, you will be required to meet the eligibility requirements of the visa route to be assigned a Certificate of Sponsorship.

Please note that this post may be eligible to be sponsored under the Skilled Worker visa route if tradeable points can be used under the Skilled Worker visa rules. For more information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.

As part of Team UofG you will be a member of a world changing, inclusive community, which values ambition, excellence, integrity and curiosity.

As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

1 A warm welcoming and engaging organisational culture, where your talents are developed and nurtured, and success is celebrated and shared.

2 An excellent employment package with generous terms and conditions including 41 days of leave for full time staff, pension , benefits and discount packages.

3 A flexible approach to working.

4 A commitment to support your health and wellbeing.

We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community here.

We endorse the principles of Athena Swan and hold bronze, silver and gold awards across the University.

We are investing in our organisation, and we will invest in you too. Please visit our website https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/benefits-salary-and-flexible-working for more information. 

​

Closing Date:  17 April 2025 at 23:45.