About the Role
The Distributed System of Scientific Collections UK (DiSSCo UK) is a £155.6 million investment for a national infrastructure programme to digitise 37 million natural science specimens. To deliver this exciting new programme, AHRC, alongside their delivery partner the Natural History Museum (NHM), are developing a DiSSCo UK delivery team to manage the programme on a day-to-day basis. This new team will be based at Swindon (with strong links to London) and will be responsible for managing the contract with the external evaluation supplier, leading on benefits management, engaging with relevant communities, measuring the impacts of the programme, and ensuring that impacts, outputs and outcomes are reflected upon, reported and communicated in a timely and effective manner. Some of the key activities for the team will be supporting grant holders, designing, and delivering future funding opportunities, and capturing programme and project level impacts.
An AHRC Investment Officer plays a crucial role in the delivery of their teams priorities, particularly in relation to the management and development of key programmes, investments and partnerships. The main purpose of the Investment Officer role across AHRC is to support the delivery of team and organisational objectives.
As this role will involve interaction with grant holders and partners, as well as attendance at events and conferences, the role may involve travel, including overnight stays.
Your Responsibilities
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Working with the team head to plan and deliver team-level activities (e.g. team meetings, away days, L&D).
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Supporting other operational activities, including delivery of funding calls and team-level reporting.
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Supporting the management of DiSSCo UK, including involvement in monitoring and reporting, and managing purchase orders.
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Contributing to and/or leading portfolio development, including evidence gathering and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data.
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Contributing to and/or leading the production of case studies/impact stories and other narratives that highlight research outputs and impacts.
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Supporting stakeholder management (including the relationship with delivery partners NHM), including ownership of team mailboxes, contact lists and responding to grant holder queries.
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Supporting stakeholder engagement, planning and delivery of events and visits.
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Support with governance including the Executive Programme Board (EPB) Secretariat.
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General support and work towards future Gate Reviews and programme approvals.
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Cross team working with delivery partners NHM, and the Research and Innovation Infrastructure Team (Infra for short) on related portfolios.
