[Commlist] vacancy: Creative Economy Unit Strategic Development Manager – Cardiff University

*Strategic Development Manager sought for the Creative Economy Unit at 
the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University.*

The Creative Economy Unit (CEU) was established in 2014 to create a 
space for research and engagement projects focused on creative 
industries policy, collaboration and innovation in Wales. This move 
reflected consistent and continuing economic growth in the creative 
industries and increasing recognition of the creative economy at all 
levels of government.

Creative Cardiff was launched by the CEU in October 2015 to create a 
network connecting creative organisations and freelancers across the 
full spectrum of the city’s creative economy, from dancers to architects 
to coders. The CEU led a successful bid to the AHRC’s Creative 
Industries Clusters Programme. Clwstwr launched in 2019 and was the 
largest AHRC award received in Wales (also funded by Welsh Government 
and worth £9m in total). To date, Clwstwr has curated 100+ research, 
development and innovation (RD&I) projects with creative industry 
partners and established international partnerships with creative 
clusters in Germany and Norway. In 2019, the CEU bid for Wave 2 of the 
UKRI Strength in Places Fund. The first-stage application was 
shortlisted in 2020 and the successful bid – media.cymru, a CEU-led 
Consortium of 23 industry and civic partners – will bring in £22m from 
UKRI, £5m from the Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) and Welsh Government, 
with a further £20m in industry match.

Subsequent to this grant capture success, an exciting new opportunity 
has arisen for a Strategic Development Manager to join the School of 
Journalism, Media and Culture undertaking a one-year programme of 
scoping, horizon scanning and capacity-building activities. The role 
will be responsible for leading, managing and accelerating the 
development of strategic and complex proposals for the Creative economy 
Unit (CEU).

A key objective of this programme of activities will be to accelerate 
future RD&I activity with the creative industries sector, recognised as 
growing at twice the rate of the rest of the economy (Creative 
Industries Council 2021). The successful candidate will create a roadmap 
for the future development of the Creative Economy Unit, leading on the 
development of high-level strategic recommendations that will allow the 
CEU to take advantage of a range of funding opportunities over the next 
5-10 years and to become a global leader in a field that is generating 
significant new academic and policy interventions. This will involve 
bringing together funders, stakeholders, Government and other partners.

This will require working closely with the CEU Senior Management Team 
and other professional services staff as well as with academic 
colleagues across the University to scope and assess options for 
strategic alignment and collaboration. This post is full time (35 hours 
per week) and fixed term until 31 July 2023.

*Salary:*£43,434 - £50,296 per annum (Grade 7)

It is the University's policy to use the person specification as a tool 
for shortlisting. Candidates should evidence that they meet all of the 
essential criteria as well as, where relevant, the desirable. You are 
required to submit written evidence of how you fulfil each of the 
Essential Criteria in the Person Specification (and if met Desirable 
Criteria), using the same order/numbering in which they appear, in the 
form of a supporting statement. Please save as 'Name_XXXXXBR_Supporting 
Statement' when uploading your attachment so it can easily be identified.

*Date advert posted:*Thursday, 19 May 2022

*Closing date:*Thursday, 9 June 2022

Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this 
vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Cardiff 
University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and 
diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe 
this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a 
diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the 
ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, 
cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world.  In 
supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and 
their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible 
working or job share arrangements.

Find out more and apply 
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