Research Impact Manager

UKCEH is looking for an experienced Research Impact Manager to join our team of talented individuals, contributing to scientific discovery and generating the data, insights and solutions that researchers, businesses and governments need to solve complex environmental challenges. 

Working at UKCEH is rewarding. Our science makes a real difference, enabling people and the environment to prosper, and enriching society. We are the custodians of a wealth of environmental data, collected by UKCEH and its predecessors over the course of more than 60 years.  

As a valued member of our team, you’ll get: 

•  27 days annual leave, rising to 29 days after five years, plus 3 days for our Christmas closure  
• 10% employer pension contribution 
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave (subject to qualifying requirements) 
• 24 hour, 365-day access to support with physical, mental, social, health or financial issues plus access to our trained Welfare Officers 
• Flexible working opportunities 

And much more... 

Are you passionate about bringing meaningful change through science? We have a fantastic opportunity for a Research Impact Manager to join our Research Development and Impact Team. You’ll be playing a key role, working with our leading researchers ensuring that every project we undertake contributes to real-world impact, from shaping policy decisions to delivering measurable benefits for the UK and beyond. 

You’ll be coordinating impact assessments and developing  impact case studies for our centre evaluation (equivalent to the Research Excellence Framework). You’ll be collaborating across the organisation to integrate impact into project development to ensure impact delivery is a key project outcome. You'll raise awareness of the importance of these measures, work closely with stakeholders, and ensure that our organisation is set up for long-term success by embedding a culture of impact in our work. 

You’ll be joining a leading independent, not-for-profit research institute that’s committed to recruiting talented people like you, progressing your career and giving you the support you need to thrive at UKCEH. 

Your main responsibilities will include:   

• Lead the development and implementation of strategies for knowledge exchange, optimising, monitoring, and promoting impact across all projects 
• Coordinating and developing impact case studies for the Research Centre Evaluation Exercise (equivalent to the Research Excellence Framework (REF)) 
• Collaborate with researchers and program managers to embed knowledge exchange throughout the project lifecycle, accelerating impact and improving funder reporting 
• Identify opportunities to enhance research impact and support grant development, including Knowledge Exchange Fellowship applications 
• Monitor funder requirements (UKRI and others) and drive change to strengthen proposal generation and impact reporting 
• Develop stakeholder engagement opportunities and manage external economic analyses to verify UKCEH's research impact 
• Prepare for Knowledge Exchange Framework submissions and coordinate impact contributions for research evaluations 
• Implement systems for tracking, managing, and reporting impact evidence internally and externally (including REF and KEF) 
• Work with Communications & Engagement to promote and celebrate research impact 
• Address training needs to enhance knowledge exchange activities, using frameworks like Theory of Change and MEAL 

For the role of Research Impact Manager, we’re looking for somebody who has:   

• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or relevant experience  
• Experience of supporting and informing translational research based on a detailed practical understanding of knowledge exchange, and delivery of organisation-wide approaches to optimise impact 
• Experience of practical application of Theory of Change and MEAL within research and development programmes 
• Development of successful impact case studies for organisational assessments. 
• Experience in an analogous research institute or research-intensive higher education institution 
• A fundamental understanding of the needs of the full spectrum of research users, governments, policy makers, the private sector, the third sector and publics 
• Advanced analytical skills, employing and disseminating management information to inform decision-making, and specifically in evidencing impacts across policy, economic, societal and environmental dimensions 

If we’ve just described you, we’d love to meet. Apply now.   

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position at this time.