Education and Training Coordinator (The Faraday Institution) (1039818P1)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING COORDINATOR

One of the aims of the Faraday Battery Challenge is to create and secure high value UK jobs in research, development, and manufacture of batteries throughout the supply chain. 

The Faraday Institution is hiring an Education and Training Coordinator to manage all day-to-day activities related to our energy storage and STEM-related educational programmes, which extend from undergraduate, graduate, through postgraduate PhD awards and courses, to continuing professional development (CPD) for research associates and staff. 

Reporting directly into the Head of Engagement and Education, the Education and Training Coordinator will be responsible for working with our partners to provide quality training courses that are designed, delivered or endorsed by the FI for the following cohorts:

•          Post-doctoral researchers

•          PhD Students 

•          Undergraduate (bachelors & masters) students

•          Feeder development programmes for school students. 

The Education and Training Coordinator will help organise and develop community for these cohorts. For example, a cluster of approximately 100 students will study for PhDs in a variety of subjects at over 20 universities over the next 7 years. The students will join their universities in 4 annual cohorts of around 25 people, with each student studying for 4 years for their PhD. The Education and Training Coordinator will ensure that students receive quality training in general subjects as a complete cohort and be segmented into groups for training in specialist subjects. Each cohort will receive a total of 4 weeks of training each year for 4 years. 

He/she will coordinate a mix of lectures, seminars, workshops and industrial visits, working with the Head of Engagement and an external group of university and industry advisers (the Training and Diversity Panel). 

Other responsibilities will include the maintenance of the Education and Training area of the FI website, to publicise the work done by the students, and liaison with the Energy Storage Research Network (ESRN) to maintain a database of live job opportunities and events on the FI website.

Specific duties

Liaise with FI Head of Engagement & Education, the National Workforce Strategy Manager, and the Training and Diversity Panel to agree what training will be offered to each cohort of students in accordance with the planned curriculum, and work with them on designing new training courses when required

Administration of consortium-partner or 3rd party delivered training

Management of FI delivered training

Conduct quality assurance surveys of our student cohorts and an analysis of results for continue improvement 

Event management of annual Faraday Institution Conference (probably Q4 each year) in collaboration with the FI event coordinator

Provide support to Energy Storage Research Network (ESRN) at Imperial College London to help them maintain a database of live job opportunities and event calendar

Liaise with the Head of Engagement and Education and Head of Programme Management where necessary to ensure that training and dissemination of results is carried out smoothly.

About the successful candidate

The Education and Training Coordinator will possess strong organizational skills, a strong understanding of breadth of educational methods and offerings (on line, on the job, blended learning, etc.), an understanding of funding sources available to companies and universities for training, an ability to build coalitions across different institutions. Experience in education or the sciences is preferred.

About the Faraday Institution

The Faraday Institution is the UK’s independent electrochemical energy storage research institute. Our goal is to make the UK a world leader in energy storage and to ensure the UK is well placed to take advantage of the future economic opportunities from this emerging technology.

The Faraday Institution brings together scientists, industry partners, and government funding with a common goal. We invest in collaborative research to reduce battery cost, weight, and volume; to improve performance and reliability; to develop scalable designs; to improve our manufacturing; to develop whole-life strategies from mining to recycling to second use; and to accelerate commercialisation.

All applications will be kept in the strictest of confidence.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome diversity in all its forms.

Send a resume and a cover letter to: jobs@faraday.ac.uk

Closing Date: 25 Aug 2018
Post Type: Other