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UKRI
Salary: £46,743 per annum.
Band: UKRI Band E.
Contract Type: 3 Year Fixed Term. (With possibility of extension)
Hours: Full Time or Part Time. (Minimum 0.8 FTE)
Location: While UKRI supports hybrid working, the postholder will be required to attend one in-office team day per week at Polaris House in Swindon, Wiltshire.
Closing Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026
Proposed Interview Date: Interviews are likely to be week commencing 13 and 20 April 2026.
About the role
We are looking for a Senior Grants and Community Manager to join the UKRI Infrastructure Team and lead delivery of the UK’s contribution to the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking on behalf of the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). EuroHPC funds supercomputers and runs research grants within the field of high-performance computing. These grants are part funded (up to 50%) by the EU, and part funded by participating states, including the UK.
Successive reviews of the UK high-performance computing and AI sectors have highlighted the importance of UK involvement in EuroHPC in supporting the UK compute ecosystem. Our involvement in EuroHPC includes:
Together with the Infrastructure Fund and Portfolio pillars, we form the cross-cutting UKRI Infrastructure Team that coordinates and manages UKRI’s Infrastructure portfolio. You will collaborate across the organisation and externally, engaging with relevant stakeholders in Government Departments, Public Sector Research Establishments (PSREs), academia and industry to gather insight and ensure that UKRI’s plans for Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) enable our varied communities to use the most powerful digital tools and techniques.
You will be encouraged to constantly learn and be empowered to explore your curiosity in order to manage engagement with the UK and European computational research community, contribute to the UK’s input into the development of EuroHPC activities, and be involved in the implementation of EuroHPC activities, including grant making.
As Senior Grants and Community Manager, your key responsibility will be enabling the UK to deliver its contributions to EuroHPC, working closely alongside UKRI, DSIT and EuroHPC colleagues, as well as with the computational research communities in the UK and Europe. This role offers you the opportunity to demonstrate and develop your grant making, community building, analysis and communication skills by:
We encourage candidates with an interest and knowledge in DRI to apply for this position: relevant experience might have been gained from several different types of career path or educational background. It is likely that the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work for periods with other policy or technical teams within UKRI to enhance the knowledge needed for their work.
For further information, please contact Richard Gunn, DRI Programme Director (richard.gunn@ukri.org) or Luke Davis, Associate Director for Computational Services (luke.davis@ukri.org).
Your responsibilities
Personal Specification
The below criteria will be scored during Shortlisting (S), Interview (I) or both (S&I).
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Benefits
We recognise and value our employees as individuals and aim to provide a favourable pay and rewards package. We are committed to supporting employees' development and promote a culture of continuous learning!
A list of benefits below:
Plus many more benefits and wellbeing initiatives that enable our employees to have a great work life balance!
For further information on our benefits please see:
Benefits of working at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
UKRI is an Equal Opportunity & Disability Confident Employer.
Please apply online, if you experience any issue applying, please contact Recruitment@ukri.org
We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close this vacancy early.
Please note, if you will require sponsorship to work in the UK, as part of your sponsorship application, you and any dependants travelling with you, will be required to pay costs directly to The Home Office for the application before you start your role with us. UKRI is normally able to reimburse some, or all of these fees after you have become an employee and this can be discussed with the Hiring Manager. For more information, please visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/how-much-it-costs or contact Recruitment@ukri.org.