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Salford Business School
Job: Business Analyst
Salary: £27,000 - £32,000
Duration of contract: This is a full time, fixed term (24 month) opportunity.
Contract type: Fixed Term
Closing date: 21 April 2022
Based in Central Manchester
Overview
This Business Analyst role is to lead on the delivery of a digital transformation project. The project, funded by BEIS is a Knowledge Transfer Partnership collaboration between University of Salford’s Business School and Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. The project’s aim is to develop a pioneering membership environment for engaging with businesses, and growing GMCC’s membership. The outcome of the project will introduce a digitally orientated membership service that delivers new and additional value. In addition to working in a dynamic commercial company in close contact with other staff, you will gain experience of being a key player within the growth of the business.
Location:
Based in Central Manchester, you will be supported by the staff from the company and an academic team from Salford Business School.
The Project:
The project will redesign the membership model for business support organisations. Traditional membership organisations deliver primary value using face-to-face networking events. This project aims to disrupt this business model and focus on embedding digital channels, creating significant additional value to members and supporting improved levels of digital networking. The goal is to deliver a people-orientated information system that can bring value to GMCCs member organisations, and provide additional digital capability and awareness into GMCC.
Additional added benefits:
The successful candidate will receive extensive practical and formal training (e.g. Scrum, Prince2), gain highly desirable specialist business skills, broaden knowledge and expertise, and gain valuable experience from their commercial and academic mentors. You will benefit from a Personal Development Budget of £4,000 and will be encouraged to register free of charge for a postgraduate degree. There is also opportunity to gain CMI accreditation.
Skills required:
A 2.1 minimum degree (BA or BSc) in Business Information Technology, Information Technology or Business with web-development skills. Masters level qualification in a relevant subject (e.g. MBA, Digital Business) is desirable but not essential when applying for this post.
The successful candidate should possess excellent interpersonal skills, be self-motivated and have the ability to work independently and to tight deadlines within a dynamic team environment.
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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING & ENVIRONMENT (Energy House Laboratories)
Job: Design & Development Engineer
Salary: £27,000 - £30,000
Duration of contract: This is a full time, fixed term.
Closing date: 21 April 2022
Based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire (EnviroVent)
Overview
We are looking for a dynamic and ambitious individual to work as a Design and Development Engineer on a Knowledge Exchange project between EnviroVent Ltd and the University of Salford, to develop a new Novel Ventilation System.
Based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire (HG2) EnviroVent Ltd is a manufacturer and installer of domestic ventilation products with manufacturing heritage spanning back to 1998. The company is involved across a broad range of markets including social housing, private developers and domestic homeowners covering both refurbishment programmes and newbuild projects. It holds a dominant market position in the social housing marketplace, where it has been operating the longest.
The move towards the Government’s Zero Carbon Homes programme and the Future Homes Standard will pave the way for new technologies in the delivery of renewable or hybrid energy sources. It is hoped that this knowledge transfer project will make a significant impact to the company’s growth and vision if a renewable source of power can be easily installed onto an existing ventilation system.
This Knowledge Exchange Project will provide the catalyst to establish a new product skill set around externally powered products. While this may initially focus on lower powered items, this will provide EnviroVent with an opportunity to build this into future products ensuring they are low powered and environmentally sustainable.
The post holder should have a good understanding of control systems and the design and powering of electrical equipment, which may include some control programming experience. They should have some team working experience and, preferably have worked in a multi-disciplinary team as part of their studies or professionally.
The post holder will have the following benefits:
- Working on a joint research and commercial project
- Practical formal training
- £1500 personal development budget
- Free (fees waived) postgraduate qualification registration
The successful candidate will undertake an 18-month collaborative project between EnviroVent and the University of Salford (Energy House laboratories team). Based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire (HG1) you will be supported by the staff from the company and the academic team from the University of Salford whilst undertaking a research project. The post holder will also gain a deeper understanding of commercial project management, finance, business relations and marketing strategies. Some professional or commercial experience is preferred, although not essential, when applying for this role.
Skills required: Candidates should possess a degree with a minimum of a 2.1 (or working towards) in degree in product design, electrical engineering, electronics or cognate area.
A high level of numeracy is required as is experience of technical reporting. A master’s degree although desirable is not an essential requirement when applying for this post as the opportunity to study for a further qualification is available. The successful candidate should possess excellent interpersonal skills, be self-motivated and have the ability to work independently and to tight deadlines within a dynamic team environment.