Enterprise Analyst (N1783-R)

Research & Enterprise Services at Lancaster University oversees the University’s Research Services and Enterprise and Innovation Services functions. 

Research Services covers all aspects of research support and management, including: bid development and costing, research contracts, post-award research finances, ethics support and approval, impact case study development and research systems support. 

Enterprise and Innovation Services overseas a range of support functions including: economic regeneration bid development and support, post-award financial management and claims, regulatory compliance, student enterprise and entrepreneurship education, and wider academic enterprise support including Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and staff consultancy. 

We are looking for an exceptional individual to work alongside an existing Enterprise Analyst and working closely with the Head of Enterprise and Innovation Services. The successful candidate will play a key role providing the leadership team in the Division with management information, dashboards and financial reports on our engagement funding and activities. Working with the Quality Team and service managers, the role holder will lead the development of service standards, key performance indicators and measurement mechanisms across the Enterprise and Innovation Services team to enable effective analysis and ensure the successful delivery of our key knowledge exchange and engagement programmes.

You will need a high degree of professionalism, excellent interpersonal and communications skills, a financial reporting mindset and analytical approach. Experience working in an environment of external funding, project driven activity and working with administration, financial and quality systems are a significant advantage. 

This is a full time fixed term post until 31st July 2020. 

Further Details 

About Lancaster University

Lancaster is ranked top ten in the Guardian League table and The Complete University Guide and was named University of the Year 2018 by Times Higher. The University has over 12,000 students from over 100 countries studying at its UK campus and teaching and research partnerships across the globe, with a network of over 130,000 alumni in 183 countries worldwide. The University has invested over £450 million in the campus to create new academic facilities, student social facilities and improved teaching spaces. The main campus lies 3 miles outside the historic City of Lancaster, recently ranked one of the top 10 most vibrant cities in the UK, and is easily accessible via road, rail and bicycle. 

Strategy and Vison

Our strategy is to become a university that is globally significant - a leader in higher education that provides the highest quality research, teaching, and business partnerships, and engages locally and internationally on the issues and debates of the day and future, informing and changing practice and thinking worldwide.

Business Engagement and Enterprise

Lancaster University is in the top ten for interactions with SMEs and has “exemplar business engagement facilities” according to the Witty report 2013. We are also the top UK institution for economic development and regeneration according to the 2014-15 Higher Education Business and Communities Interaction Survey. The University has received the Small Business Charter Gold award – one of only three nationally, and won the ‘Outstanding Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation Initiative’ category in The Impact Awards, and the ‘Research and Development’ category in the Green Gown Awards.

Our award-winning team has secured over £100M funds and helped create more than 4,000 jobs through working with more than 5,000 small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) through student engagement and recruitment, collaborative research and consultancy, facilities use, start up and IP development, professional education and training, organisational innovation and growth, community activities and providing access to our local to global networks. We are seeking new members to join our award winning team to work on over £60M worth of new business engagement projects. 

We offer relocation allowances for staff (grade six and above) who have to move to join us, and have engaged the services of a relocation partner (HCR Ltd) to assist with international relocations.

To find out more about the University please visit www.lancaster.ac.uk

Informal enquiries to j.e.powell@lancaster.ac.uk. 

Closing Date: 07 Jan 2019
Category: Professional/Management