Training Manager (EPSRC Skills and Training Hub)

Cranfield University
September 30, 2024
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Training Manager (EPSRC Skills and Training Hub)

Organisation

Cranfield University

Faculty or Department

Cranfield Defence and Security

Based at

Shrivenham, Oxfordshire - Cranfield Defence and Security

Hours of work

37 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday. Flexible working will be considered

Contract type

Permanent

Salary

Full time starting salary is normally in the range of £37,337 to £44,906 per annum with potential progression up to £51,298 per annum

Posted Date

16/09/2024

Apply by

30/09/2024

Documents

  • Job Description.pdf (PDF, 231.3kb)
  • Role Description

    About the Role

    The UK Government is investing in Energy Transfer (ET) technologies, including lasers, microwaves, and RF systems, essential for next-gen military defence and infrastructure protection. A new Skills and Training Hub (S&TH), led by top universities, seeks a Training Manager. This role involves designing and delivering bespoke PhD training for 60 future ET leaders. Responsibilities include supporting doctoral candidates' academic and professional development, managing cohort training, and coordinating events. You'll collaborate with academic institutions and industry partners to ensure students excel in ET technologies for defence, security, and commercial applications.

    About You

    You will have a degree in a relevant subject or significant professional experience in a similar role. You will have experience of working with people in a range of roles, subjects and disciplines and with partners across the wider HE Sector and beyond. Additionally, experience of postgraduate student, early career researchers and/or academic training development activities, approaches and frameworks is essential.

    You will be expected to work independently with limited supervision, priortise and work under pressure. You will have the ability to develop, foster and maintain highly effective working relationships with academic and professional staff, external partners, employers and stakeholders within and beyond the university.

    About Us

    As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield's world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here.

    Our Values and Commitments

    Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here.

    We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role and have been ranked in the Top 30 family friendly employers in the UK by the charity Working Families. Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here.

    Working Arrangements

    Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners.

    How to apply

    For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Professor Alessio Balleri at [email protected].

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