Research Culture Administrator

Location: Leeds - Main Campus

Interviews are expected to be held week commencing 28^th October 2024

This position in the Research Culture Team is for a fixed term to complete specific time limited work and is due to end on 30^th September 2025. The successful candidate will be appointed on an ongoing contract with the University and therefore when this activity comes to an end, will be deployed into another role within the University.

We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Are you an advocate for a collaborative, inclusive, and enabling research culture? Are you an enthusiastic, well-organised, and flexible person with experience of providing administrative support in a research management or finance role? Do you want to apply your excellent administrative, organisational, and people skills to a new challenge? Do you thrive on working in a fast-paced but rewarding and supportive environment?

The University of Leeds is one of the top 80 universities in the world. We have a truly global community, with more than 39,000 students from 170 different countries and over 9,000 staff of 100 different nationalities. Established in 1904, we have a strong tradition of academic excellence, reflected in first-class student education, along with world-leading research that has a real impact around the globe.

The University’s Strategy 2020-2030 states that we can only achieve our ambitions in research, education, and societal impact through a collaborative, diverse, inclusive, and supportive culture. In line with changing research practices across the sector, the University is focusing its attention and resources on fostering a more positive research culture for its current and future generations of research teams.

In 2023, the Research Culture team at Leeds launched their institutional Research Culture Strategy. We are looking for an enthusiastic, efficient, and well-organised individual to provide administrative support to the Research Culture team in order to deliver our strategy. You will join a highly collaborative and collegiate team led by the Dean for Research Culture. You will provide administrative and financial management support for research culture projects funded by a range of internal and external sources.

You will have experience in professional administrative support in the areas of finance or research management, and a familiarity with institutional financial processes. You should be a good problem solver with strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to work to competing deadlines. You should demonstrate equity, diversity, and inclusion practices. The ability to work alone and within teams is essential, as are strong organisational and interpersonal skills.

What we offer in return

26 days holiday plus 16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!

Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance.

Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.

Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.

Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

Please note that due to Home Office visa requirements, this role is not suitable for first-time Skilled Worker visa applicants. Information on other visa options is available at: www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Dr Emily Ennis - Research Culture Manager

Email: e.s.b.ennis@leeds.ac.uk

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