Institute Manager Position @ University of East London, UK

An Institute Manager position is available for the new Institute for the Science of Early Years (ISEY), a new centre currently being set up based on existing work from the UEL BabyDev Lab (www.uelbabydev.com), and other world-leading courses at UEL (e.g. the Educational and Child Psychology Prof Doc and Clinical Psychology Prof Doc, Psychology, Education). 

Job Descriptions:

The post holder will be responsible for coordinating several ongoing research grants in early years neuroscience, including awards from the European Research Council, European Union, Economic and Social Research Councils UK, and Medical Research Council, as well as liaising with academic staff, local national and international educational bodies, commercial partners, clinical partners, local councils, journalists and media.

Responsibilities:

Duties will be highly varied, and will involve: 

• Managing recruitment of infant/child participants
• Coordinating a large and highly active group research including coordinating lab meetings, procurement, reports to grant holders, coordinating academic staff across the university
• Managing students and interns on research projects
• Managing the group’s state-of-the-art research facilities which include AR/VR, EEG, fNIRS, eyetracking, wearables, 
• Managing the centre’s social media channels, dealing with press inquiries, liaising with local education providers and clinical partners, and so on.  

Qualifications:

Education

• Educated to degree level and significant relevant experience in psychology, neuroscience, computer science or engineering.

Essential Skills

• Excellent and proven ability to manage a complex and fast-changing workload
• Excellent verbal communication skills, including communication with local and external academic staff, educational and clinical stakeholders, and ability to manage peers effectively
• Excellent written communication skills, suitable for the preparation of formal reports to national and international funding bodies 
• Experience of working across a large, diverse team to build and maintain working relationships
• High level of digital literacy and IT skills including programming in Matlab/Python, web scripting, Microsoft Office, (Word, Excel, Outlook etc.), etc

Preferred Skills

• Ability to learn new tasks rapidly, including technically complex tasks 
• Ability to use initiative and creativity to resolve problems and identify practical and suitable solutions 
• Ability to coordinate a fast-moving team of researchers 
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise work or resourcesQualifications:

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