Policy Engagement Manager

About the role The Institute for Policy Research (IPR) at The University of Bath, aims to further the public good through research into issues of significant relevance to policy debate and decision-making, building networks with the worlds of policy and practice, and increasing public understanding of policy research through our public events and publications. We deliver activities for policymakers, researchers & practitioners to enable dual learning and original contributions to both research and practice. This role manages the process of recruiting new senior Policy Fellows each year, drawn from the UK Civil Service, devolved and local government and the third sector. The role holder manages the programme for in person and online visits for between 25 and 30 Policy Fellows each academic year, including researching relevant academics for visits, liaising with relevant stakeholders, planning and scheduling the agenda and running the programme. The post holder will lead the design and roll out of new communications materials to support the Policy Fellowship Programme, including, but not exclusively, web content, case studies and resources; and work with the IPR Events, Publications and Communications Officer on managing and rolling our policy engagement social media channels and IPR blog. The Policy Engagement Manager is responsible for overseeing the collection and reporting on impact and evaluation data for wider IPR activities, related to policy engagement, working with the IPR Co-ordinator on delivery. In addition, the post holder will manage the IPR Database. The post holder will play a key role in supporting the Head of Policy Programmes and Communications in researching, aligning, designing, and delivering new internal policy training, coaching and development activities with the university’s REF and KEF strategies, select large grant applications and for the Bath Beacons. The post holder will support the Head of Policy Programmes and Communications with designing and delivering broader policy engagement activities across the academic year. This includes monitoring and sharing opportunities with academics, engaging with relevant policy engagement networks and managing the fellowship alumni programme. In addition, the role will help with the development of new internal policy engagement coaching and training activities that support University of Bath research strategies. The purpose of the role is threefold: to recruit senior level policymakers and decision-makers from central and local government and the third sector to the IPR Policy Fellowship Programme to facilitate a tailored programme of meetings with select Bath academics; to support the IPR's policy engagement activities; and to build capacity in Bath’s internal policy engagement training capacity and delivery, to enable greater and more effective and impactful policy engagement across the University of Bath’s research portfolio. Additional information We will accept secondments within the University of Bath for this role (if agreed), and we can consider part-time hours (minimum 0.6 FTE). We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant . an accredited Disability Confident Leader ; autism friendly university , committed to building disability confidence & supporting disabled staff . We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity & intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds & communities.