REF and Research Grants Manager

Kent Business School

Do you have recent administration experience and understanding of the UK academic research environment? If you have knowledge of and familiarity with the Research Excellence Framework (REF) and grant application process, we would like to hear from you.

Kent Business School (KBS) are currently seeking a REF and Research Grants Manager to provide operational administration, data collection, analysis and strategic support for the School’s submission for the 2020 Research Excellence Framework.  

You will will work in close collaboration with the School’s Director of Research, the Research Manager, the Faculty Support Office and Research Services to ensure that activity within the School supports and complements the University Plan. 

As REF and Research Grants Manager you will:

• Monitor the School’s academic outputs/publications through use of SciVal, Scopus, Altmetric, Google Scholar and ORCID
• Liaise with and advise Academic staff on their outputs submitted for periodic REF auditing processes
• Oversee and manage the REF budget and coordinate KBS’ applications to the University’s REF funding calls
• Undertake primary research/investigation to obtain evidence and produce written drafts of School impact case studies for inclusion in the REF submission
• Manage spreadsheet data on esteem indicators of academic staff for REF environment statement(s)

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Good Master’s degree and/or relevant professional experience in Research and REF
• Experience of coordinating research activities or equivalent development, support and compliance activities.
• Experience of maintaining, gathering, analysing and evaluating information and preparing documents for dissemination.
• Detailed understanding of publishing practice in Higher Education

Kent Business School are forward–looking, with international reach and research strengths in a range of areas. The School has successfully developed the level and standard of its research in the REF 2014, which has allowed us to submit more than 70% of our research active staff, building on a base of more than half of the School's research activity (67%) being classified as 'world leading/internationally excellent' (3* and 4*).

KBS is a leading Business School, ranked in the top 30 in the UK and is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AASCB) which places KBS within the top institutions globally for business degrees, with only 5% of the world’s Business Schools attaining this accreditation. Engaging teaching, world-class research, professional partnerships and an international community create an exciting atmosphere in which to learn, where innovation is encouraged and challenges welcomed.

Please see the links below to view the full job description and also to apply for this post. If you require further information regarding the application process please contact The Resourcing Team on jobs@kent.ac.uk quoting ref number: SS-083-19