Integrated Clinical Academic Training Office (ICATO) Manager

Faculty Office

We’re here to create and harness knowledge, to deliver opportunity for everyone. 

 About the Role

 The faculty has been successful in securing National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funding to set up and run an Integrated Clinical Academic Training Office (ICATO).   The ICATO office will be led by a manager based within the faculty working closely with the Faculty Admin Manager, the ICATO Academic leads, the Health Research Institute (HRI) and a full-time Grade 4 ICATO administrator.  The office will provide a high-quality management and administration service.  The HRI facilitates inter-disciplinary working with academics and health care practitioners to share research, knowledge, skills and expertise and provides infrastructure for the Student Research Society, Intercalated Degrees and Internships (IDI) Programme. 

 You will be responsible for setting up and maintaining a smooth-running student research society in conjunction with other medical schools at other HEIs; a medical student intercalation scheme drawing on programmes from other departments across the University as well as a funded internship scheme for healthcare students.

 There will also be the opportunity to work on specific projects to improve the student experience and contribute to the successful implementation of the Undergraduate medical MB ChB Programme.

 The Office will work closely with the Faculty Research team, the Medical School and the broader Faculty Schools such as Nursing and Midwifery, Allied Health Social Work and Wellbeing, as well as Departments across the other Faculties in the University and other HEIs.  

 About You

This will be a varied and interesting role which requires:

• Excellent communication skills 
• High level of attention to detail
• Ability to prioritise to meet deadlines to the required quality standards

The post holder will also have:

• Successful experience of working or equivalent and understanding of the Higher Education sector
• Experience of the co-ordination and management of administrative functions relating to teaching and learning, research as well as event management
• Excellent personal organisational skills demonstrating the ability to manage a number of activities in parallel, meeting deadlines and working proactively 

Rewards & Benefits

• A minimum of 38 days annual leave per annum (inclusive of bank holiday and University closure days) 
• Staff benefits scheme, Free foreign language evening classes and discounted membership to our onsite state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities
• Option to join our corporate healthcare scheme
• Employee assistance programme with access to free confidential counselling sessions, legal & financial advice, and health & wellbeing resources.
• A wide range of development programmes to enhance your career.
• Beautiful award-winning on-campus working environment
• Relocation Assistance scheme, subject to eligibility
• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with our employer contribution of 17.8%

About Us 

At Edge Hill University we believe in the life changing opportunities knowledge can create. Since 1885, we’ve been creating access to knowledge for those who may not have had the opportunity to before. 

Today, the effect we have has a far-reaching impact, not just for those who come to study here but for those who work, invest in, and live in our local communities too. So, if you’ve ever wondered if one person can make a difference, simply speak to our alumni, students, and award-winning staff.

Because for us education isn’t about how much you take in. It’s about what you take out into the world. 

Inspiring minds and changing futures since 1885, Edge Hill University is “A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education.