Project Administrator

About the role

We are seeking a Project Administrator to join the Department of Chemical Engineering and support the GW-SHIFT project.

You will provide research project administration for GW-SHIFT: ‘Great Western Supercluster of Hydrogen Impact for Future Technologies’, an EPSRC funded project exploring low carbon hydrogen.

You responsibilities will include:

• Administering meetings
• Making travel arrangements
• Board and committee work
• Project manager support
• Updating of web pages and social media channels

Where opportunities arise, you will input into data collection to support the production of reports and communications, seeking to improve the administrative processes around these tasks where necessary.

Further responsibilities of the role may include assisting the academic lead and GW-SHIFT project manager with other professional services as needed, such as IP and Legal, Post Award Finance, Marketing and Events teams.

The role involves dealing with a wide range of matters and may include interaction with high profile internal and external collaborators.

You will benefit from a collaborative co-working environment in the new Hydrogen Support Hub on campus and sharing project administration duties. You will tap into advice streams with experienced IAA and Research Services teams at Bath and Exeter and with collaborators at SETsquared and the GW4 Alliance.

This position is offered full time, on a fixed term basis until 31^st December 2027.

About you

Our ideal candidate will:

• Have experience in an administrative support role, ideally within an academic environment
• Be able to prioritise effectively and work to tight deadlines on their own initiative
• Learn new systems and procedures rapidly
• Have excellent organisational and communication skills

Further information

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Professor Tim Mays at cestjm@bath.ac.uk or Hannah Dennis, Assistant Director of RIS, at prshld@bath.ac.uk. Please ensure you submit your application through our website.

GW-SHIFT is a unique, two country impact programme covering South West of England and South Wales that will connect and consolidate disparate interests and activities in low carbon hydrogen (H2). The project brings together ambitious civic organisations, industry partners, including foundation industries in South Wales and aerospace in the South West of England, and world class academic institutions. The successful candidate will work closely with, and report directly to, the GW-SHIFT Deputy Director.

What we can offer you:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected & encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, & communities, particularly from under-represented groups.

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