Centre for Doctoral Training Manager (maternity cover)
Salary range: £37,174 - £45,413
FTE: 1 (35 hours/week)
Term: Fixed (until 31/08/2026)
Closing date: 13/07/2025
The Centre for Continuous Manufacturing and Advanced Crystallisation (CMAC) is a world-class centre of excellence for advanced crystallisation and pharmaceutical manufacturing research, training and translation. Working in partnership with industry, CMAC’s goal is to transform the development and manufacture of medicines through the development and exploitation of digital design and advanced manufacturing technologies. Our portfolio of activity is focussed on four key pillars to deliver: high quality manufacturing research; the workforce of the future through skills development and training; effective translation of research into industry and, to continue to develop our world leading facilities and Lab of the Future infrastructure. Further details can be found in our 2021-2026 Strategy (www.cmac.ac.uk).
Led by the University of Strathclyde with our partners in the University of Leeds, Imperial College London and University of Sheffield, CMAC has secured a Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) grant funded by UKRI to launch the new CDT in Cyber- physical Systems for Medicine Development and Manufacturing (CEDAR). Developed in collaboration with industry partners, CEDAR will train 90 future leaders with the multidisciplinary skills essential for advancing next-generation, sustainable medicines manufacturing. The CEDAR programme places individual students at its core, providing world-class technical training, impactful research opportunities, and the establishment of a lifelong network of peers, academic faculty and industry experts. Graduates will embark on transformative research projects aligned with the Industry 5.0 paradigm and, develop the way that cyber-physical systems can help make medicines manufacturing more sustainable, resilient and human-centric.
Applications are invited from candidates seeking a vibrant and challenging role to coordinate and manage the successful delivery of the CEDAR CDT together with the CDT operational and academic team. You will also contribute to the operational excellence of CMAC, located within the Technology & Innovation Centre at the University of Strathclyde. The successful applicant will work closely with staff from the Universities of Strathclyde, Leeds and Sheffield, and Imperial College London to manage, coordinate and deliver the training, student progression and social activities for cohort building.
Candidates must be educated to degree level, with equivalent administrative experience and must have excellent IT, communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to organise and prioritise a busy workload using initiative to ensure efficient service delivery. You must demonstrate a strong track record of working closely in an administrative team and with senior management and you will be numerate and organised with excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detail.
Due to the nature of CMAC, you will require to be very flexible in the duties undertaken.
For informal enquires about this post, please contact Daniel Markl, Associate Director (CMAC), daniel.markl@strath.ac.uk.