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The starting salary will be from £43,482 on Grade F, depending on qualifications and experience.

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Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme and relocation package (if applicable).

Research

24/11/2025

Q08514

Research Division

This full-time role is available initially on a fixed-term basis for 18 months, but may be extended subject to additional external funding.

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.

We welcome applications from candidates interested in working part-time hours or job-sharing arrangements.

We intend to hold online interviews on the afternoon of Wednesday 10th December.

About The SWSDE

The NHS South West Secure Data Environment (SWSDE) is part of a national programme developing secure infrastructure for research that requires access to sensitive health data. The SWSDE aims to provide faster, fairer and safer access to health and care data from the South West for research. To achieve this, the programme will create a secure environment to store and link together regional health and care data from primary care, acute, community, social care and multi-modal sources.

About you:

You have experience of managing research projects, ideally in health or a related field. You enjoy working with a range of stakeholders, and across multiple projects and activities.

Although an awareness of NHS structures and priorities is welcomed, it’s more important that you are self-motivated, you are curious and you want to make a difference. You’re excited by the significant potential for improving access to health data for research and motivated by the opportunity to contribute to this dynamic and ambitious programme across our region and nationally.

You’re comfortable working independently as part of a busy, supportive team. You are able to work professionally and effectively across a complex and dynamic ecosystem, building trusted and effective relationships to achieve the programme’s aims.

About the role:

The Research Manager role will belong to a new cluster of roles homed at the University of Exeter that will support researchers to successfully access the SWSDE for health data research projects. The RM will act as the first point of contact for researchers, and will work closely with regional NHS data contributors, the wider SWSDE team, and University of Exeter Professional Services to ensure researchers are given clear and timely information about how the SWSDE can support their planned research.

The role will primarily focus on triaging projects and managing workflows for the SWSDE, and you will be encouraged to identify and design process improvements as the programme scales. You’ll be encouraged to share your detailed understanding of researcher priorities across other SWSDE workstreams (including communications, technical, operational, Information Governance) to ensure the programme continues to seamlessly meet the needs of all users.

The SWSDE is an exciting new programme with huge ambition. This role will be a key part of the team, providing detailed insight into the user experience and helping to position the SWSDE as a platform for high-impact, data-driven research.

The role will include (expenses paid) travel across the South West region, including regular travel to Bristol and occasional travel for national events, including overnight trips.

About the Research Division and Research Software and Analytics team

The Research Division is a key enabler to the delivery of the University’s Strategy 2030, the Research and Impact Strategy, successful REF performances, and generating external research income, by:

The division consist of four service groups: Doctoral College; Research Services; Research Software and Analytics; and Technical Strategy and Operations.

The Research Software and Analytics Group provides specialist skills to enable data-driven research across the university. The Group consists of Research Software Engineers, Research Data Scientists, and Research Data Stewards who together deliver bespoke research software, data science solutions and professional data management services to improve reproducibility and bolster impact. The SW SDE cluster will be a new team with the RSA group.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research – Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO Creative City

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Further information

Please contact Chrissie Walker, Senior Research Manager, for more details: c.j.walker@exeter.ac.uk

The University of Exeter is a proud supporter of the Technician Commitment, a charter focussing on the visibility, recognition and career development of our technical staff. For further information please see our website.