Vacancies
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Key details
- Salary: £68,005 - £77,703
- Location: White City Campus - Hybrid
- Contract type: Full time - Fixed term
Dementia is the greatest health challenge of our century.
The UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) is the biggest UK initiative supporting research to fill this gap.
The UK DRI Care Research and Technology at Imperial has been established to address a medical research area of highest importance and future impact as one of seven new national centres of excellence embedded in major UK universities. Together the centres will transform the diagnosis, treatment and care of people with dementias. The MRC, alongside charity partners Alzheimer's Society and Alzheimer’s Research UK, have invested £250m in fulfilment of the ambition identified in the Prime Minister's 2020 Challenge on Dementia.
The UK DRI Care Research and Technology centre at Imperial is seeking an experienced Centre and Research Commercialisation Manager interested taking on a challenging role with considerable responsibility and scope for personal growth. The post holder will manage the UK DRI Care Research and Technology centre, working closely with the centre Associate Director, Prof David Sharp, as well as colleagues in the UK DRI HQ and other centres to deliver on its ambitious six-year plan. They will oversee the centre’s complex multi-disciplinary research operation, act as the principle liaison with both the funder and partner institutes and be responsible for contributing to innovative research and business development within the Centre.
Training
PhD students
The Imperial College London Graduate School provides a range of free courses and workshops for postgraduate students, including topics such as:
- Research communication
- Research computing and data science
- Professional progression
Postdoctoral researchers
Imperial's Postdoc and Fellows Development Centre (PFDC) offers bespoke training for postdoctoral researchers, in areas including:
- Leadership development and peer mentoring
- Project management
- Fellowship applications
Staff
A wide range of staff development courses and programmes are available to all Imperial staff.
See here for further information about training opportunities available to UK DRI at Imperial researchers and staff.
Staff networks
LGBTQ+ Allies Network
The LGBTQ+ Allies Network promotes LGBTQ+ visibility within Imperial's Department of Brain Sciences, and provides a bridge with the wider LGBTQ+ STEM community.
Able@Imperial
Able@Imperial are a staff network who support and help Imperial staff with disability in the workplace.
Londonomics
The Londonomics network addresses a critical need for connectedness and support for Early Career Computational Researchers (ECCRs) based across London.