Job Description

Office of the Provost
Palmerston North

If you know how to create a rapport with a wide variety of people and have experience in, and enjoy enabling complex research to be delivered by meaningful, interesting communications then we want to hear from you. This role enables you to bring to life the great research that we are undertaking.

We are seeking a Research Impact Advisor skilled in research communication and delivery mechanisms. We need an individual with the ability to support and facilitate researcher capability development and research uptake and knowledge mobilisation into, within, and from communities, businesses and industry. This role is future-focused and will offer the successful candidate new challenges, supporting and adding value to the work of our researchers at all stages of their career.

Your superb communication skills, proven aptitude/experience in research communication, public relations, or media background will be invaluable to the success of this role. A strong understanding of, or experience in, postgraduate research, the tertiary education sector, research impact and rankings is also essential. You need to be organised, a self-starter with a solution-focus, and skilled in presentations, facilitation, communication, and evaluation.

This role is a new one, enabling the successful applicant to design, implement and maintain systems to support researchers and research communication. This is a pivotal role in raising the calibre, profile and culture of effective knowledge transfer, engagement and entrepreneurial activities to deliver and capture impact from research activities. It sits within a broader team supporting research development and capability building in the Research and Enterprise Office and across the university.

Closing date: 10 February 2019
Reference number: OP_RE_020_01/19

For further information and to apply online, visit: http://masseyunicareers.nga.net.nz