Professional services for research (B)

We intend to:

• Improve performance, morale and effectiveness of colleagues working to support research, by treating central and faculty/school-based roles in Research IT, Research Data Management and Research Support as professions, and putting in place tools to support this.

We plan to deliver:

• Clear signposting – where to go for help, with a defined set of job families and standardised job descriptions
• Communities of practice across the University to match the research lifecycle

The benefits:

• Better morale, staff satisfaction and retention of talent
• Increased effectiveness measured by Cubane satisfaction figures
• Human resource planning for the research support functions, allowing investment in critical roles supporting the research strategy
• Better grant application processes, quality and success rates

Timeline:

• 2018 – 2020

Business Change Manager: Caroline Hargreaves

Project Manager: Daniel Sanchez