Research Project Administrator
Grade UE06 - £32,982 - £38,205 per annum, pro rata
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences - Moray House, School of Education & Sport
Part time - 17.5 hours per week
Fixed term contract - 31 December 2026
The Opportunity:
The post-holder will provide administrative support to ensure the smooth running of Grasping Data and some broader activities for the Children, Interaction, and Design group. They will proactively undertake general administration, management of communications, event organisation, and financial administration including the management of transactions, procurement, team expenses. They will also support the collection of impact data and preparation of regular reports including documenting and uploading project outputs. They will maintain project finance records, monitor income and expenditure, forecast financial position and administer the research project grant in liaison with the relevant University of Edinburgh School Research, Knowledge Exchange and Impact (RKEI) Offices.
Applicants are encouraged to contact Professor Andrew Manches ([email protected] ) or Claire Conlon ([email protected]) for informal enquiries.
Your skills and attributes for success:
Strong background in providing administrative support, including financial administration, reporting and monitoring of complex projects
Possess a high level of initiative with evidence of proactivity
Previous experience of facilitating and advising on routine and complex procurement
Knowledge of best practice in maintaining external communications.
Proven record of successful event delivery
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Click to access our staff benefits page (opens new browser tab) for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
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On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
As part of your online application please provide a cover letter and CV detailing how you meet the essential criteria of the post.
Closing date fo applications is 1 October 2024.
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