Centre for Doctoral Training Manager

UCL AI Centre; London; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Exciting opportunity at a leading educational institution for a Centre for Doctoral Training Manager. This part-time role involves strategic management of doctoral training initiatives, engaging with academic and industry partners, overseeing student progression, and ensuring operational efficiency. Join a talented team dedicated to innovative research in the pharmaceutical and medical technology sectors.

Benefits

41 Days holiday

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

On-site gym

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in higher education administration required.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Strong financial management and communication capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee student lifecycle including enrolment and graduation.
• Support strategic growth and operations of the CDT.
• Maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Project Management

Financial Management

Communication Skills

Education

Experience in administration in higher education

Job description

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Ref Number B02-08900 Professional Expertise Research and Research Support Department School of Life & Medical Sciences (B02) Location London Working Pattern Part time Salary £43,374 £51,860 Contract Type Permanent Working Type On site Available for Secondment No Closing Date 01-Jul-2025

About Us

UCL School of Pharmacy is one of the world’s leading centres of excellence for pharmaceutical science, education and professional engagement, ranked third in the world by QS (2025, Pharmacy and Pharmacology). The Division has a track record in high-quality research across a broad range of drug discovery, pharmacy and patient safety-related areas, and for developing spinout companies that have brought new therapeutic strategies to patients.

Further information can be found on our website http://www.ucl.ac.uk/pharmacy/

The UCL School of Pharmacy currently hosts two EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training (CDT) in partnership with the School of Pharmacy at the University of Nottingham. The CDTs are large, structured, doctoral training programmes delivered collaboratively with industry. The first, the CDT in Transformative Pharmaceutical Technologies, is no longer recruiting but continues to deliver training and support students through to completion. The last students will graduate in 2027. The second, actively recruiting, CDT in Accelerated Medicines Design & Development (AMDD) will take its first students in 2025. The AMDD CDT trains doctoral-level scientists to be future research leaders in the pharmaceutical and medical technology sectors, accepting new student intakes annually from October 2025 through to October 2028. The final cohort will complete their studies in 2032. All students receive high-quality training, networking opportunities, 3-month research training projects, and 3-month industry placements before starting their PhD research. The CDTs provide comprehensive funding to students for four years to complete programmes of training and PhD research studies.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the leadership team of our CDTs as the UCL CDT Manager. The postholder will be a key member of the CDT leadership team and a strategic PRISM (Professional Research Investment & Strategy Manager) professional, working in partnership with academic leadership and external stakeholders to deliver the outcomes of the research training initiative and drive its strategic growth and impact.

About The Role

The post holder will report to the UCL CDT Director, Prof Gareth Williams, and work in close coordination with the CDT Manager at the University of Nottingham. The postholder will be a key member of the CDT leadership team and will be required to establish good working relationships with Divisional and UCL staff with whom they will work closely. The role involves significant contact and communication with students, staff and external stakeholders and a polite, helpful and responsive approach is essential. The post-holder will not only support the CDT’s operations but will also provide strategic input into its future direction, and have the opportunity to develop a multi-faceted skillset through extensive interactions with our wide community of stakeholders.

This role is an open-ended contract with a funding end date of 30 June 2030 in the first instance.

This role is Part time at 0.7 FTE (25.55 hours).

This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 80% on site.

This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.

A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.

If you have any queries about the role, please contact Prof Gareth Williams at [e-mail].

If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact the HR Administrator.

About You

The CDT manager will support the strategic direction of the CDT and future grant applications, maintaining and expanding productive working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. They will oversee student lifecycle (enrolment, progression, graduation) and oversee the CDT’s finances and budgetary planning. They will additionally provide support to CDT meetings, organising events and leading on our communications both internal and external.

You must have experience of working in administration in higher education, and excellent project management, financial management and communication skills. An understanding of doctoral training is also essential.

What we offer

The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work – please https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/policies-advice/ways-working to find out more.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance
  
  

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our division holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/

Available documents

Attached documents are available under links. Clicking a document link will initialize its download.

• download: SOP CDT Manager JD 2025.docx

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