Please note that this advert is open to existing University colleagues only. For informal enquiries, please contact Helen Wheatley (Academic Director) Helen.Wheatley@warwick.ac.uk.

About the role

We are seeking three Faculty Public Engagement Leads to join the Warwick Institute of Engagement (one from each faculty). These posts will support us in delivering the university’s strategy for public engagement and ensure that WIE is working successfully with faculties and departments across the institution. They will help to raise awareness of external funding opportunities for public engagement and represent WIE and the wider university in sector-wide conversations and initiatives relating to public engagement. They will also work with the WIE team to ensure that Warwick’s research and teaching specialisms are built into our programmes and activities, and to identify opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration on public engagement and knowledge exchange.

These are fractional 0.2 posts, requiring the successful candidates to work with us one day a week towards these goals. It is an opportunity to develop new skills in public engagement leadership and to form strong working relationships with Faculty leadership teams and the university’s research impact leads on WIE’s behalf.

We will operate these posts on a 'buy-out' basis, whereby WIE will pay your home department for 20% of your time to be allocated to this role. You should therefore ensure you have sought approval from your Head of Department before you submit your application

On the basis of the role being a buy-out, your current salary, grade and terms and conditions will remain the same.

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About you

The successful candidates will be excellent communicators with a strong record of participating in and leading public engagement/knowledge exchange events, projects and activities. They will be active researchers with a strong/developing profile of scholarly publications and international research activity. They will need an understanding of the national HE environment, particularly in relation to public engagement/knowledge exchange (its funding, development and assessment).They should also have experience of participating in collaborative and/or interdisciplinary teams.

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About WIE

By 2030, Warwick will be one of the world’s exceptional universities, helping to transform our region, country and world for the collective good. We do so by focusing on supporting our talented staff and students and giving them the freedom and best environments in which to flourish. The Warwick Institute of Engagement is key to realising the University’s strategic goals for 2030 and beyond, and sits within the University’s Strategy Group, reporting to the University’s Registrar and the Vice-President for Engagement.

Since 2020, the Warwick Institute of Engagement has been supporting staff and students to engage with the wider world. We're a team of professional support and events staff, academics, fellows and learning circles. We share expertise to convey new knowledge and research in innovative, creative and collaborative ways. We offer a suite of training, funding and support to enable all staff and students to get involved in public engagement and embed it more fully into our culture at Warwick. We're also home to Resonate, a year-round programme of inspiring events for all ages across Coventry and Warwickshire.

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About the University

Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**.

You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.

*QS World University Rankings 2024

** Research Excellence Framework 2021

To find out more about us visit our website.

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Our Commitment to Inclusion

Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment.  We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued.  Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here.

The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European UniversityAlliance.

Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)

The University of Warwick is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellfare of all those we work with.

In line with the DBS Code of Practice, the successful candidates for any roles involving regulated activity, will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. The University will take all neccessary measures to ensure that any individual subject to a barring order does not undertake any work with the barred group specified (ie. children and/or adults).

We expect all employees, volunteers, and partners to share our commitment to safeguarding.

Rehibilitation of Ex-Offenders

The University undertakes not to discriminate against anyone who makes a disclosure relating to a conviction. The information disclosed at application stage is only visible to the central DBS team (ie. not recruiting managers) to ensure there is no bias during the shortlisting process.

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