Knowledge Exchange Officer

Are you passionate about fostering collaborations and facilitating knowledge exchange between academia and industry? Join us as a Knowledge Exchange Officer at the University of Kent, where you'll play a pivotal role in the Technical Platform for Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (T-PIKE) project, an Eastern ARC initiative funded by the EPSRC to engage technical professionals with industrial partners, charities, and more.

As a Knowledge Exchange Officer, you will work closely with Kent’s Research and Innovation Services team who are responsible for supporting research, impact, knowledge exchange and commercialisation activity of the university. You will be part of the T-PIKE Operational team, collaborating with two other officers and a Programme Manager to coordinate efforts across the University of Kent, Essex, and East Anglia.

As a Knowledge Exchange Officer, you can expect to be involved in:

• Collaborating closely with technical staff, industrial partners, and HE institutions so that the T-PIKE programme and work packages are delivered to a high standard
• Liaising with staff at all levels across the wider University, as well as external service providers to ensure that detailed technical requirements are understood
• Using appropriate computational methods to analyse data to agreed timeframes; providing appropriate interpretation and evaluation
• Representing T-PIKE and the University as required at business, community and other events and meetings

What will you bring to the role?

• Be educated to degree level in a relevant subject, or equivalent qualification or experience
• Experience with working collaboratively across organisations
• Experience with supporting project planning and delivery
• Experience with establishing and maintaining appropriate administrative systems

We are ambitious for our people, our communities and the region we serve – join us in making the world a better place. Visit our website for more on who we are: http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/

Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. For further information regarding the application process, please contact [email protected] quoting reference number CSF-990-24.

Closing Date: 21 Oct 2024

Section: Administrative

Salary: £30,487 to £33,966 per annum