Funding Policies Adviser

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Job description

Salary: £50,349

Closing date: Wednesday, 9 October 2024

Contract type: Permanent.

The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships.

We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.

These challenges need the bold science we support, but they won't be solved by science alone.

We are looking for a Funding Policies Adviser to join our team.

Where in Wellcome will I be working?

The role is part of the Funding Policies Team reporting to Funding Policies Manager. The team sits within the broader Funding Operations & Governance section within the Research Funding department.

What will I be doing?

In this varied role, you will be working as part of a team to develop and implement new and existing funding policies and grant conditions. This includes researching background information and working with a range of stakeholders on a broad range of topics such as research involving human participants, Continual Professional Development and the risk of research misuse. You'll provide advice on all Wellcome's funding policies and grant conditions, to staff involved in supporting applicants and grant holders. You will be accountable for managing governance matters including Committee Terms of Reference and providing an annual report on the demographic makeup of funding advisory committees. You will be a coordinating Wellcome's response to allegations of research misconduct made against Wellcome-funded individuals and organisations, ensuring that our policies are being followed.

As a Funding Policy Adviser, you will:

• Input into management of current funding policies and the development and implementation of new funding policies.

• Manage governance matters, including committee terms of reference, conflict of interest policy in relation to committee members, and coordination of research misconduct cases.

• Produce reports as required and support the management of key funding policy areas such as open access, award conditions and research misconduct.

• Liaise and coordinate key stakeholders to enable implementation of funding policies, grant conditions and associated processes.

• Occasionally deliver training to internal staff on funding-related policies and maintain information resources and policies documentation on the internal website.

• Contribute to a diverse and inclusive culture across the organisation, collaborating across departments.

Is this job for me?

We are looking for someone who:

• Experience working with policies and associated documentation.

• An understanding of the academic sector

• Have strong written and spoken communication skills.

• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.

To apply please upload your current CV and complete our short application.

Interview dates: Tuesday 5 November - Friday 8 November 2024

You can view the full job description on our website

You can read more about the benefits we offer our employees on our website

Our Hybrid Way of Working

We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best. We are currently working 3 days per week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursday) from our Euston Road offices with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.

Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do

Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome. We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. Please visit our website for more information on adjustments and accessibility, or contact us at .

Upon a conditional offer being made, the successful applicant for this position will be required to undertake a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (or equivalent) criminal record check to disclose any 'unspent' criminal convictions or conditional cautions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The criminal record check with not show anything that is 'spent'.

For further guidance on the disclosure of criminal records please see this UK Government Guidance. You can view our Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders here. You can view our Privacy Statement here.

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