Consultant – Mountain Bike Centre of Scotland

Consultant – Mountain Bike Centre of Scotland
£36,024 - £44,263 per annum
Excellent Benefits Package

The Mountain Bike Centre of Scotland - Scotland’s National Centre for mountain biking innovation and excellence, comprises of individuals who are passionate about cycling, as well as helping Scottish businesses in capitalising in one of the country’s fastest growing sports.

At Edinburgh Napier we engage across the breadth of cycling topics, for example working with partners to try to address this supply chain issue with novel solutions, whilst also supporting programmes that are looking at the therapeutic potential benefits of mountain biking to mental health and well-being.

The team are currently recruiting for the role of Consultant for a fixed-term 12 month contract, in order to develop and promote the Centre’s and University’s expertise in knowledge exchange activities within the cycling sector.

The Role:

For you, as someone with a long-standing (or seated) interest in Mountain Biking (and cycling more generally) and a relevant degree/work experience, there will be the opportunity to liaise with a number of internal and external stakeholders, through collaborative research and contribution to consultancy activities.

While conducting individual and collaborative research and commercial projects within the area of cycling, you will be continually updating your knowledge and understanding in the field of cycling innovation.

This, along with your track record of delivering successful cycling related research projects, will put you in an ideal position to share best practice and identify opportunities for both staff and students to engage with cycling research and consultancy, in turn helping to meet the targets of the MTBCOS.

This 12-month post will allow you to use new research techniques and methods to assist in innovation within cycling industry. Furthermore, you will be given the freedom to use your initiative and creativity to identify areas for consultancy and develop new marketing methods for MTBCOS.

We are particularly interested to hear from candidates who can contribute to the human factors/performance area and or the sports engineering areas of MTBCOS work.  Part-time hours can be considered for the right candidate.

What we’ll need from you:

• Honours degree and post graduate qualification/relevant work experience in a related area.
• Track record of delivering successful cycling related research project(s)
• Excellent organisation, planning and time management skills for effective working and prioritisation of workloads when managing multiple project inputs
• Highly effective written and oral communication skills (capable of presenting complex theories and reports to industry, academic, students and the general public)
• Good working knowledge of sources for University research grant support (UK/Europe)
• Strong inter-personal skills and an ability to build relationships, networks and influence people at all levels

For a full role profile and list of duties, please click here .

Benefits we offer:

Edinburgh Napier University is a forward-thinking institution, home to forward-thinking people, inspired by the world around them. Join us and you will find that we offer support and recognition wherever due, as well as fantastic benefits such as an attractive pension with employer contributions of 20.8% and a minimum of 41 days holiday.

There are professional development opportunities, discounted access to onsite sports facilities and a wide range of other staff discounts. For more information about our wide range of benefits, click here .

Salary: £36,024 - £44,263 per annum (Grade 5)

Contract: Fixed Term – 12 months

Additional information:

The closing date for this position is 11.59pm on 7th January 2024. Interviews will be held on week commencing 15th January 2024. 

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