UKRI CDT in Safe and Trusted Artificial Intelligence Manager - INTERNAL ONLY

Working closely with academic leadership, King's Doctoral College, Imperial College London, funders and external partners, the postholder will oversee the full student lifecycle, manage programme finances and governance processes, and ensure the effective delivery of doctoral training, cohort development and stakeholder engagement activities. The STAI CDT Manager will manage the CDT's finances and provide timely financial projections and reports on the status of the grant as well as ensure all financial transactions with Imperial are executed accurately and in a timely fashion.

The postholder will also manage the funding provided by institutional partners and external industry partners. The CDT manager will provide high-level support to the CDT's Management team, including: managing the annual cycle of work, providing information and advice, drafting reports, collating and analysing information and statistics and contributing to reports required by the funder, and internally by King's.

The CDT Manager will act as first point of contact for CDT students and will be the first point of contact for the CDT Management Team, and central King's Services, such as Admissions, Student Records, King's Doctoral College, external partners. This is a full time (35 hours) per week post, offered on a 12 months fixed term contract., The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not.

At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension. We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.

When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King's guidance. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ' ' pages. This is a secondment opportunity for Internal applicants only. To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience, 1. First degree or other appropriate qualifications 2. Demonstrable experience of managing a varied workload, balancing competing priorities and delivering accurate outputs to multiple deadlines.

3. Experience of building effective working relationships and influencing a range of internal and external stakeholders to achieve programme or organisational objectives. 4. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally. 5. Demonstrable experience of independently managing operational processes, identifying improvements and resolving issues using sound judgement.

6. Experience of programme governance and project management, including planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting and delivery of complex activities, preferably within a higher education or research environment. 7. Experience and confidence in handling multiple, complex budgets - excellent analytical and numeracy skills 8. Knowledge of postgraduate research administration and funding, including an understanding of doctoral training pr