Please see advert below sent on behalf of Prof Peter Jones (UCL).

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*UK Transport Research Centre
Centre Co-Coordinator and Assistant to the Director*

*Duties and Responsibilities*
The postholder will provide major support to the Director across the 
range of his developmental, co-ordinating and promotional 
responsibilities; he/she will assist him in researching current issues 
and preparing presentations, will play a pivotal role in the development 
and running of UKTRC, and provide a primary point of contact with 
interested parties in other universities, the transport profession, 
pressure groups, the public, and the media. He/she will also run the 
Director's office and ensure the day-to-day co-ordination of UKTRC 
activities across the various partner universities, working with the 
UKTRC Co-Directors and others.

The postholder will also work closely with a part-time UKTRC 
Communications Manager, and will be assisted in his/her duties by a 
part-time secretarial post, both to be appointed and to be housed with 
the postholder in the Director's offices at UCL.

The post is initially funded for 4 years and 6 months. The expected 
start date is 1 April 2010

*Key Requirements*
The postholder will work closely with the Director, contributing ideas 
and advice, at times dealing with confidential and sensitive issues. 
He/she will be required to keep the Director updated on progress across 
the full range of UKTRC activities, and any external national and 
international developments relevant to the work of UKTRC. He/she must be 
well organised, flexible, articulate, enthusiastic, knowledgeable about 
transport research, policy and practice, and be able to produce briefing 
notes and other documents in a clear writing style. He/she should 
complement the knowledge and skills of the Director, and be able to take 
tactical decisions and be able to work on his/her own initiative.

Since this is a new kind of research centre, which is strongly policy 
and practice oriented, working practices will need to be established and 
adapted in the light of experience. He/she will be the everyday outward 
face of UKTRC, and so needs to have demonstrable skills in working well 
with a wide range of organisations and individuals, including academics, 
practitioners and the media. A background in the social sciences and 
existing knowledge of the transport sector in the UK is essential.

*Further Details *
If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application 
process, please contact Mark Fairweather [log in to unmask] 
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Tel 020 7679 2740/
More information about UKTRC can be found at: 
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The closing date for applications is 29 January 2010