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Deputy Director (Energy) – Scottish Partnership in Energy and Engineering Research & Innovation (SPEERI)

Deputy Director (Energy) – Scottish Partnership in Energy and Engineering Research & Innovation (SPEERI)
Deputy Director (Energy) – Scottish Partnership in Energy and Engineering Research & Innovation (SPEERI)

About the Energy Technology Partnership (ETP)

The Energy Technology Partnership is a partnership of 14 Scottish Universities with world-class capabilities and resources, working collaboratively to maximise energy impact. Based administratively and physically at the University of Strathclyde, the ETP has representation from across the organisation’s academic partners as well as a wider stakeholder community.

About The Scottish Partnership in Energy and Engineering Research & Innovation (SPEERI)

The Scottish Partnership in Energy and Engineering Research & Innovation (SPEERI) is a partnership of 14 Scottish Universities recently formed through the integration of ETP with the Scottish Research Partnership in Engineering (SRPe). The partnership works strategically with academia, industry and the public sector to further grow Scotland’s energy and engineering research excellence.
The activities of SPEERI fall into two pillars; energy and engineering. The Energy Pillar will be managed in accordance with ETP’s approach, whereas the Engineering Pillar will be managed in accordance with the SRPe approach.

The Role

Based at the state-of-the-art Technology & Innovation Centre in Glasgow, the SPEERI Deputy Director of Energy will be a high calibre, versatile professional with a wide range of skills and the ability to manage all aspects of SPEERI strategic, operational, and project delivery. The successful applicant will work closely with the SPEERI Executive Director and manage the day-to-day operational and project delivery of the wider SPEERI areas of synergy between Engineering and Energy strategies and develop joint initiatives.

Term: Fixed term until 31/01/2027

Closing date: 24 November 2024

Job Description

The main activities and responsibilities of the role will be across the full range of energy-focused SPEERI activities, including management and oversight of partnership-wide SPEERI funded initiatives and programmes; design, development, and delivery of strategic investment cases, strategic initiatives/programmes, collaborative proposals, and workshops; identifying and developing new collaborations with academia, industry, and public sector, horizon scanning, identification, and monitoring of collaborative funding opportunities; organisation and delivery of conferences, events, and workshop; marketing and communications; management and coordination of Early Career Researcher skills development/training initiatives; budget management and financial reporting; project delivery and progress tracking; development of databases, and day-to-day operational management and supervision of the SPEERI executive office team.

Skills and Experience

  • Educated to a minimum of degree level in a relevant discipline, or with equivalent relevant experience within the higher education, public, or industry sectors
  • Extensive experience across stakeholder management, cross-sectoral collaborative, strategic initiative, and collaborative development and delivery, project management and project performance monitoring, financial management, and general operational delivery management and staff supervision

Benefits

University of Strathclyde staff have access to a wide range of outstanding benefits that include financial rewards, family friendly and wellbeing benefits, and career development opportunities. Find out more here.