Head Of Research Development

Research & Enterprise at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to recruit to the role of Head of Research Development.

This role is a senior leadership position within the University's Research and Enterprise Directorate. The post holder will report to the Deputy Director of Research Services and will work closely with colleagues across the Directorate, as well as senior colleagues in Faculties, Schools and Professional Services Directorates to deliver Research Development support across the institution.

The post holder will be expected to nurture strategic relationships and partnerships with external stakeholders, including funders and partners. You will also lead a team of Research Development professionals, with a cross-institutional remit to increase the quality and scale of funding applications at Queen’s and embed good practice in the identification of opportunities and development of successful proposals.

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following criteria:

• An Honours degree or equivalent.
• Substantial proven experience of management and leadership of UK public research and funding development within a Higher Education Institute or within a funder.
• Substantial track record of supporting the development of high quality and large-scale successful research funding applications, ideally with UK public funding bodies.
• Detailed current understanding of the UK Higher Education research funding landscape.

Please note the above are not an exhaustive list. For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria, please visit our website.

At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.

We offer an excellent employment package that includes:

• Great terms & conditions
• Pension schemes
• Flexible working by enabling you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager through a blend of remote and office working
• Family-friendly initiatives
• Career development opportunities
• Support for health & mental wellbeing
• Generous holiday entitlement of 8.4 weeks a year (made up of 23 days annual leave, 10 closure days and 9 bank holidays)

Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit our website.