Grants Operations Manager, Wellcome Trust, London, UK

As Grants Operations Manager you will lead a team of around 35 staff, with backgrounds in science or medical humanities, and be responsible for the management and ongoing development of the Trust’s grant-giving processes and operations. You and your team will work closely with colleagues in the Wellcome Trust Funding Divisions, as well as with grant applicants, awardees and University research offices to ensure the efficient processing, review and decision making for around 3000 grant applications per year.

Reporting to the Head of Grants Management, this role involves considerable responsibility for managing key relationships internally and externally, and strategic input to the development and monitoring of new procedures for grants management. It also requires you to set clear, achievable objectives and performance indicators to enable effective resourcing and the personal development of your staff.

The ideal candidate will be a graduate – preferably in the sciences – with either a PhD or MBA, who has extensive experience of leading and managing multidisciplinary teams in a scientific project management setting, a proven track record of successful people management and strong IT and database management skills. Knowledge of the academic funding environment and practices would be highly advantageous.

For more information please send your CV and a covering letter stating reasons for your interest for the attention of Dr Kevin Young at RSA: [email protected]. The deadline for applications is 15 February 2012.