Senior Policy Adviser - Bristol, United Kingdom - Research England (RE)

Research England (RE)

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Description

Research England

Senior Policy Adviser

Salary:
£43,116 per annum

Hours:
Full time

Contract Type:
Open Ended

Location:
Westward House, Bristol

Grade:

UKRI E

Positions Available: 2

Closing Date: 13 Feb 24

Interviews will be held week commencing: 04 Mach 24

About Us
We are recruiting for two Senior Policy Advisers within the Research Funding team in Research England. The roles will sit within the wider research directorate of Research England.

The directorate is responsible for Research England's policy development, evaluation and implementation aimed at maximising the excellence and impact of research in universities in England.

Purpose
These roles will lead and/or support work on Research England's broad research funding portfolio.

The roles will involve working with colleagues and independently to develop and/or implement RE policy with considerable levels of engagement with colleagues across UKRI and government, universities and other external organisations.

You will be well-organised and self-motivated, ideally with a background in higher education, research or policy. You will have analytical experience working with data to make judgements and inform decisions. Capable of working to your own initiative, you will contribute substantially to the development and delivery of projects. You will have an analytical approach and be a confident communicator with people at all levels.

Main outputs and activities
You will lead and support work across Research England's research funding interests, examples include:

Leading on areas within RE's strategic institutional funding review (such as engagement with the HE sector, liaison with analysis teams, managing external commissions, and funding transparency) and contributing to other areas of the review such as overall programme management and delivery.
Leading policy development, delivery and evaluation of RE research funding streams; including managing funding reviews and award arrangements, monitoring, key liaison with the sector and government, and managing funding processes with finance colleagues.

Key funding streams within the RE research funding team include:

Higher Education Museums, Galleries and Collections funding, the International Science Partnerships Fund Institutional Support Grant, RE 'Special funding', charities funding, funding for specialist HE providers, Policy Support Fund, Participatory Research Fund, and Enhancing Research Culture Fund.

Contributing to comprehensive spending review commissions and the development of key evidence of the impacts and benefits of RE funding.
Developing and leading relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including representing RE at external events.
Delegating tasks to colleagues and supporting junior staff as required.
Supporting wider areas of policy within the team as they arise

Shortlisting Criteria
(S) - Assessed at shortlisting

(I) - Assessed at interview

(S&I) - Assessed at both shortlisting and interview

Essential:

Graduate level qualifications or equivalent experience (S)
Experience of working in higher education, or research, or of developing and implementing policy (S&I)
Ability to interpret data and show attention to detail, understand new issues and contribute to the policy development process by making appropriate recommendations (S&I)
A methodical approach with a proven ability to work in and lead project teams/policy areas and a knowledge of project management tools (S&I)
Ability to manage own workload, resolve competing demands and cope with changing priorities in a flexible and proactive way (S&I)
Ability to appropriately tailor written and oral communications in style and content according to audience (S&I)
Ability to represent the views of the Council to external stakeholders and to negotiate with and influence stakeholders (S&I)
A confident, assertive and cooperative style with an ability to build positive relationships and deal effectively with people at all levels (S&I)
Flexibility to travel to meetings, including sometimes working outside of office hours and staying away overnight (S)

Desirable:

Knowledge of research and knowledge exchange policy

About Research England
Research England is one of the nine Councils within UK Research and Innovation.

As a key component of the research funding system, Research England will oversee UKRI's England-only functions in relation to university research and knowledge exchange (KE).

This includes providing grant funding to English universities for related activities; developing and implementing the Research Excellence Framework in partnership with the UK Higher Education funding bodies; supervising the sustainability of the Higher Education research base in England; guide the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund; and coordinate the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF).

Research England will build and sustain the conditi