Essex Business School: Business and Local Government Data Research CentreThe ESRC Business & Local Government (BLG) Data Research Centre is based within the Essex Business School and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council as part of a GBP 64 million Big Data Network. This post provides an exciting opportunity to be a key member of a team establishing a major initiative for data science and smart analytics at the University.
The Role and DutiesThis post has three main purposes. First, the development and implementation of the plan for the outreach activities which will provide the capacity to ensure that the Centre can deliver the impact which is expected by the ESRC. Second, in conjunction with the Director of the Centre, the post holder will be responsible for developing a plan for the Knowledge Exchange (KE) activities which are a key pillar of the Centre's activities. Third, coordination of the training and capacity-building activities. As a result, this is a senior role requiring significant initiative, skill, and vision.
The post-holder will be required to develop positive working relationships with academics and users to identify areas of collaboration, and evaluate and interpret academic research outputs and re-purpose them for policy and other non-academic audiences to ensure the greatest impact of the research findings.
Qualifications and SkillsEducated to at least first degree standard or equivalent, an understanding and experience of working in a knowledge transfer capacity and experience of working with local government organisations and businesses are necessary requirements of the role.
This is a fixed-term, part-time post until 30 January 2019. The role will form part of a job share arrangement. Please see the job pack for more details.
This post holds specific duties with regards to information security and is therefore subject to a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check. More information on this can be found within the job pack.
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*Further detail: Outreach and Engagement Coordinator jobpack*More information: Working at the University