RICHeS Impact and Engagement Manager

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The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

RICHeS Impact and Engagement Manager

Salary: £34,905
Hours: Full time or Part time (minimum 0.8 FTE)
Contract type: Open Ended (Permanent)
Location: England-Cheshire-Warrington (Hybrid)
Grade: UKRI D
Closing date: 06 Aug 24

About us

Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) is a new £80 million investment into the UK's heritage science sector. To deliver this exciting new programme, AHRC is developing a RICHeS Infrastructure Headquarters (IHQ) to manage the programme on a day-to-day basis. This new team will be based at Daresbury and be responsible for managing the investment, engaging with the heritage science community, and measuring the impacts of the programme. Key activities for the team in 2024 and 2025 will be supporting grant holders, designing, and delivering future funding opportunities, managing the RICHeS subdomain website, and capturing programme and project level impacts.

Purpose

The RICHeS Impact and Engagement Manager will ensure RICHeS works closely with the heritage science community and captures and communicates impacts and outcomes. This role will support access to heritage science facilities and collections, and support RICHeS communication activities. They will maintain the subdomain website to ensure the programme is visible. The role will report into the RICHeS Senior Engagement Manager and Senior Impact Manager and will liaise with all members of the IHQ team.

As this role will involve interaction with grant holders and stakeholders, as well as attendance at events and conferences, the role will involve regular travel, including overnight travel.

The role also offers opportunities for professional development, and the chance to build knowledge of stakeholder engagement, communications, and evaluation.

Main outputs and activities

• You will support communications for the RICHeS programme. This will involve working with the Senior Engagement Manager and UKRI central communications to draft news stories, blogs and press releases, and working with funded projects to capture impact stories.

• You will manage and provide content for the RICHeS subdomain website, ensuring the site is accurate and current. With the Senior Engagement Manager, you will draft regular news and highlight stories to showcase the impacts and progress of the programme

• You will support stakeholder engagement, maintaining a good awareness of key funders, organisations, researchers, government bodies and others working in heritage science.

• You will attend appropriate meetings and conferences, representing the RICHeS programme and opportunities for involvement.

• You will support the delivery of cohort and community events, such as workshops, visits, and tours.

• You will support the Senior Impact Manager in overseeing the programme level evaluation, setting up meetings with the evaluation supplier and other interested parties.

• You will work with the Senior Engagement Manager, Senior Impact Manager and Operations Team to capture data to support project and programme level monitoring. You will answer queries from grant recipients and applicants, particularly around facilities and collections access.

• You will support the development of an Access Funding Opportunity, to run regularly from 2025/6 onwards to enable funded access to facilities and collections. This will involve supporting the design of the opportunity, peer review, and pre- and post-panel checks.

• You will develop and manage a cohort group of RICHeS Heritage Science technicians (from 2025/26 onwards), to encourage skills and knowledge exchange, peer support, and regular communication between technicians

• You will work collaboratively and effectively with RICHeS IHQ colleagues, adapting and communicating to ensure shared goals are met and staff feel supported.

• You will provide secretariat support for RICHeS Programme Board, Scientific Advisory and other high-level meetings.

Shortlisting criteria

(S) - Assessed at shortlisting

(I) - Assessed at interview

(S&I) - Assessed at both shortlisting and interview

Essential:

• Experience of engaging with stakeholders, including identifying the key organisations and contacts for a particular sector of project (S&I)
• Experience of fostering networks, formally or informally between colleagues or other individuals to encourage peer support (S&I)
• Experience of delivering or supporting events, workshops, or visits (S&I)
• Ability to collect and present data with accuracy and sensitivity (S&I)
• Good communication skills, including experience of writing for internal and/or external audiences and providing clear written and verbal information (S&I)
• Good team working skills, including collaborating with colleagues to prioritise tasks and maximise resources (S&I)

Desirable:

• An interest in arts and humanities, heritage, archaeology, or a related discipline (S&I)
• Experience of evaluation and monitoring and/or understanding of the principles and purpose of evaluation activity (S)
• Experience of supporting governance boards, such as note taking and sending invitations (S)
• Experience of writing for a website, newsletter, or other public forum (S)

Applications

Online applications only for this role. Please submit a CV and covering letter to the attachments section (ignore free textbox for cover letter under 'Experience' section) which clearly outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified along with your motivation for the role. Ensure that the job reference number is included in the filename description of each document uploaded. Note that failure to address the above criteria or submit an application without a covering letter may result in the application not being considered. Assessment will only be based upon the content of your submitted covering letter and CV and not the 'Experience' section of the application process.

Additional information

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Benefits:

UKRI can offer the successful candidate:

- Flexible Working

- 30 days annual leave Public Holidays

- Access to Civil Service Pension Scheme

• Various everyday discounts through our dedicated provider

SOC Granted

Please note, if you will require sponsorship to work in the UK, as part of your sponsorship application, you and any dependants travelling with you, will be required to pay costs directly to The Home Office for the application before you start your role with us. UKRI is normally able to reimburse some, or all of these fees after you have become an employee and this can be discussed with the Hiring Manager.

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About The Arts and Humanities Research Council

The AHRC supports world-class research that furthers our understanding of human culture and creativity. It supports research and postgraduate training in a wide range of subject areas, from ancient history and heritage science to modern dance and digital content. Research into these areas helps us to interpret our experiences, probe our identities, interrogate our cultural assumptions and understand our historical, social, economic and political context. It adds to the economic success of the UK, through its contributions to the knowledge economy and innovation agenda. The research we fund can lead to improvements in social and intellectual capital, community identity, learning skills, technological evolution and the quality of life of the nation.

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How to apply

Online applications only preferred for this role. Please submit a CV and covering letter which clearly outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified along with your motivation for UKRI and the role. Ensure that the job reference number is included in the filename description of each document uploaded. Note that failure to address the above criteria or submit an application without a covering letter may result in the application not being considered. Assessment will only be based upon the content of your submitted covering letter and CV and not the 'experience' section of the application.

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