Pre-Award Development Officer

Join the Pre-Award team in Research and Innovation Services!

Research and Innovation Services (RIS) is responsible for advancing the University's international reputation for research and knowledge transfer by:

• Increasing the volume of externally funded research
• Improving grant application success rates
• Enhancing strategic and operational support to academic departments

Our department is the primary conduit for government, business, charity and other funders to access the research expertise and knowledge of the University of Bath.

About the role: 

Working as part of a small but collaborative team, Pre-Award Development Officers play a crucial role in providing authoritative advice to academic researchers across the university applying for external research funding. If successful in your application to this post, you will ensure all research applications and awards are reviewed and developed to improve their quality and meet university and funder rules.

This role requires excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills along with a good understanding of the research funding landscape for the higher education sector, and some familiarity with costing systems used to support funding applications. 

You will also have:

• Skills to scrutinise sophisticated documents and draw out relevant information, with excellent attention to detail
• Good numeracy and IT skills
• Self-confidence and the ability to stand your ground, remaining calm under pressure
• Good self-motivation and time-management
• A good Honours degree or equivalent experience

Further information

This is a full-time position (1 fte) but there is some flexibility that it could be reduced to 0.8 fte for the right candidate. You will be eligible for hybrid working (with a priority for working on campus on Wednesdays). Please feel free to contact us to discuss this prior to applying, if it's important to you in deciding whether or not this role might be right for you and your personal circumstances.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Emma Dowden, Pre-Award Manager (ed251@bath.ac.uk) or Lizzie Hope-Dyer, Head of Research Funding (erh23@bath.ac.uk), however, please ensure that your application is submitted via the University website.

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 a university where difference is celebrated, respected and 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, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

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