Job Description

Job id: 072247. Salary: \xc2\xa342,405 - \xc2\xa349,785 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.

Posted: 07 August 2023. Closing date: 28 August 2023.

Business unit: Faculty of Arts & Humanities. Department: Digital Humanities.

Contact details: Kate Devlin. kate.devlin@kcl.ac.uk

Location: Strand Campus. Category: Professional & Support Services.

Job description

RAI UK is a national centre creating an international ecosystem for responsible AI research and innovation. It will enable responsible and trustworthy AI to power benefits for everyday life. This is a \xc2\xa331 million consortium representing the whole of the UK, led by the University of Southampton and including Universities of Nottingham, Glasgow, Swansea, Cambridge, Queen\'s University of Belfast, UCL, and King\'s College London.

The Network Manager will play a pivotal role in supporting the RAI UK community building efforts and facilitating stakeholder engagement. This includes bringing together the RAI UK consortium, as well as fostering collaborations with external stakeholders including UKRI, Government, industry partners, and the general public. They will support the CEO in stakeholder partnership development and translational research activities.

The successful candidate will be proactive in facilitating and building relationships with a wide range of people. They will bring their experience to managing projects, coordinating stakeholders, controlling budgets and delivering plans within deadline.

Based in King\'s College London in the Digital Humanities Department in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and reporting to the Arts and Humanities Faculty Research Manager and the RAI UK Head of Transformation , the Network Manager will be an integral part of the wider RAI UK Operations Team who are located within King\'s, in the University of Southampton, and in the University of Nottingham.

This post will be offered on a full-time, fixed term contract until 31 March 2028.

Key responsibilities

• Relationship building: Provide support to the CEO in identifying and establishing partnerships with key stakeholders, identifying opportunities for networking and collaboration.
• Manage relationships and liaise with industry leaders, government entities, academic institutions, and other relevant organisations to foster a vibrant RAI UK community.
• Collaboration building: Develop and implement strategies to promote knowledge sharing and collaboration within the community.
• Facilitate knowledge transfer and collaboration between academia and industry.
• Events management: Coordinate with the Events Manager to ensure successful delivery of events.
• Project management: Develop and implement strategies, procedures and processes for effective programme management and oversight.
• Manage projects, taking responsibility for budgets, deliverables and deadlines, working in partnership with other members of the Operations Team.
• Monitor progress, track milestones and report on outcomes to the Leadership and Delivery Team members.
• Communications: Communicate information clearly and precisely, and via appropriate channels.
• Problem-solving: Work with the Operations Team to think ahead and troubleshoot where necessary.

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

Skills, knowledge, and experience

Essential criteria

1. Degree, HND, NVQ 4 qualified or equivalent in relevant subject/relevant formal training, plus relevant experience in similar or related roles.

2. Project management experience with a demonstrated ability to respond to changing priorities and deadlines in complex environments.

3. Proven track record of assisting the initiation and development of successful large-scale collaborative projects.

4. Proven experience in event planning and coordination.

5. Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage and build relationships with stakeholders.

6. Results-oriented, able to multitask, and work well in a team and as an individual contributor.

7. Ability to make informed operational decisions based on data, sound analysis and judgement.

8. Ability to prioritise workloads across several different areas and manage conflicting demands and deadlines.

9. Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Desirable criteria

1. PRINCE2 qualification or equivalent relevant project management experience.

2. Experience of working in or closely with the Higher Education sector.

King\'s College London