Security, Crime & Intelligence Innovation Institute Manager

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Security, Crime & Intelligence University Innovation Institute Manager

This post will oversee all aspects of the management of strategic priorities and operational plans for the Security, Crime and Intelligence University Innovation Institute (SCIII), reporting to the UII Lead Co-Director, as well as a dotted line to the Head of Business Engagement and Partnerships. 

As a member of the UII, you will work in a seamless, integrated manner, in partnership with teams across RIS, the University and externally in order to effectively manage one of the University’s Innovation Institutes, which are subject to the University’s performance monitoring for UIIs and other research infrastructures.   

You will provide critical, underpinning operational support to the UII, ensuring that Cardiff’s academic community is fully engaged with UII activities and provide effective management and reporting of budget allocations, including appropriate management of appointments, and matrix-managing resources as appropriate.

You will be responsible for advising the UII Lead Co-Director on research and innovation strategies, allocation of UII budgets and resources, and assisting with shaping the future development of the UII.  This will involve working within multi-disciplinary teams and senior leaders across the University as well as representatives from businesses, public sector and regional partners in order to develop and implement opportunities. 

You will provide experienced support to help develop and facilitate opportunities, deliver collaborations and productive relationships and partnerships, aligned to the UII’s research and innovation strengths. 

You should be confident and experienced in working effectively with businesses, the public and third sectors and/or regional organisations and will ensure the UII’s research and innovation agenda is focused on developing excellence, in areas of strength with the strong potential for income generation into, and economic benefit for Wales (e.g. training, job creation and new commercial outcomes).

You will drive effective collaboration between UIIs and other strategic entities, aligned to opportunities which intersect and co-ordinate working with professional staff across the University, aligned to the delivery of identified deliverables.
You will focus on equality, diversity and inclusion, as well as provision of co-ordinated support for early career researchers.

This role requires a proactive and ambitious individual with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to forge and maintain mutually beneficial relationships. You will be a strategic thinker who is quick to recognise emerging opportunities and able to manage multiple priorities. You will have the ability to work effectively with others within and exterior to the University, identifying areas of activity which will deliver value for all stakeholders and with the ability to capture these in writing in business cases which are clear and compelling.

This is a full-time post and is eligible to be offered on a blended working basis, meaning that as well as spending time working on campus you can also choose to spend some time working from another location, e.g. your home. The University is committed to offering this flexibility, wherever the role and business need allows, supporting work-life balance.

This post is full time (35 hours per week) and is fixed-term to 31 July 2026.  Applications for internal secondments are welcomed.

Salary: £49,794 - £54,395 per annum (Grade 7)
It is the University's policy to use the person specification as a tool for shortlisting. Candidates should evidence that they meet all of the essential criteria as well as, where relevant, the desirable. You are required to submit written evidence of how you fulfil each of the Essential Criteria in the Person Specification (and if met Desirable Criteria), using the same order/numbering in which they appear, in the form of a supporting statement. Please save as 'Name_18122BR_Supporting Statement' when uploading your attachment so it can easily be identified.

Date advert posted: Thursday, 14 March 2024

Closing date: Friday, 12 April 2024

Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.

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 who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world.  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

Project management

• Manage a University Innovation Institute, ensuring Institute objectives and operational plans are communicated and engaged with, plan, organise and delegate work as appropriate, monitor progress, intervening as required, and produce regular reports for the Pro Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Enterprise, as required. 
• Gather and analyse data to inform decisions, establishing basic trends and patterns in data and creating reports as appropriate.
• Contribute to the long term strategic planning and management of the University Innovation Institute, interpreting the University’s research and innovation strategies into work priorities and setting the standards for the Institute
• Contribute to the development of the University Innovation Institute initiatives that have a University wide impact
• Manage and report the Institute’s budget allocation, including appropriate management of appointments, as agreed.
• Project manage the development of large-scale funding opportunities from both internal and external funding sources
• Plan and deliver projects and activities that have an institution wide impact, managing the operation of project teams as needed, planning, organising, and delegating work, monitoring progress and intervening as required.

• Manage performance, induction and development of individuals members of staff, as required and as appropriate
• Work within matrix-teams of staff across the organisation to deliver enhanced solutions to the University, providing advice and guidance where necessary.
• Support and guide team members in welfare issues, escalating as necessary to specialist support areas as appropriate.

• Work effectively with senior staff in RIS, the Pro Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Enterprise, College Deans of Research & Innovation, Directors of Strategic Entities, a broad range of academic staff and researchers plus professional services colleagues who manage University activities in relevant areas such as strategic partnerships, major bid development, the doctoral academy, strategic planning, skills and employability.
• Develop and facilitate collaborations with businesses and organisations external to the University, as well as the University Innovation Institute’s linked strategic partnerships, aligned to the innovation remit of the Institute
• Collaborate with others in order to drive cross-Institute collaboration, support translational research initiatives and drive development of educational activities (e.g., new DTEs / taught MScs / CPD).
• Undertake the training of others in areas relating to the UII
• Establish working relationships with key contacts to help improve service levels, developing appropriate communication links with the University’s Schools/Directorates and outside bodies as required
• Support the establishment, co-ordination and delivery of the University Innovation Institute’s ECR network, as well as provision of co-ordinated support for early career researchers

• Undergo personal and professional development that is appropriate to and which will enhance performance

• Ensure that an understanding of the importance of confidentiality is applied when undertaking all duties
• Abide by University policies on Health and Safety and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Perform other duties occasionally which are not included above, but which will be consistent with the role

Person Specification

Essential Criteria 

Qualifications and Education

Additional Information

The Security, Crime and Intelligence Innovation Institute (SCIII) is one of the new University Innovation Institutes (UIIs) focusing on large scale, highly interdisciplinary research, strongly aligned to the University’s major research and innovation strengths. UIIs will be expected to deliver major innovation-focused bids, helping drive increased research and development partnership working with external stakeholders.

Four new UIIIs, focused on Security, Crime and Intelligence; Neuroscience & Mental Health;  Digital Transformation; Net Zero have been established. Their research is underpinned by external partnerships with government departments, Office for National Statistics, IBM, NHS, Takeda, Siemens, Hodge Foundation, the Waterloo Foundation, AstraZeneca, Cambridge Cognition, Renishaw PLC, P1vital, Ionis Pharmaceuticals and other key external stakeholders. Further information on the Security, Crime and Intelligence Innovation Institute can be found here: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/security-crime-intelligence-innovation-institute

Cardiff University has an international profile as a successful, research-intensive University, confirmed by the recent Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, placing us 14th for research power in the UK and first for impact across the devolved nations of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. Our continued ambition for the next period includes building on our inclusive research culture, supporting a community of interdisciplinary scholars with the imagination, energy and capacity to co-create the future; being recognised for our innovation and contributing to the health, wealth, security and well-being of future generations in Wales, the UK and globally.

We aim to grow our research income and innovation activity, thereby increasing knowledge exchange and cooperation with business and government in support of UK and devolved government strategy and societal renewal, post-pandemic. Our approach to Research and Innovation includes a strong commitment to public engagement and civic mission, with the aim of building lasting place-based partnerships to improve health, wealth and well-being in Wales and beyond. The success of this approach is evidenced by our first place for impact across the devolved nations in REF 2021.

The post holder will be required to undergo Security Clearance (SC) vetting organised by the Institute. To gain security clearance an applicant will normally need to have been a UK resident for a minimum of 5 years.

Job Category

Management & Executive