Administrator (PenARC Community Engagement and Involvement)

This new full time post is available from immediately on a fixed term basis until 31 March 2026 (with a possibility of further extension, dependent on funding).

We welcome applications from candidates who are interested in working part-time hours (minimum 0.8 FTE) or job-sharing arrangements.

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.

Summary of the role

The post will work within the National Institute for Health and care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South West Peninsula, usually referred to as PenARC, in the University of Exeter’s Faculty of Health & Life Sciences.

The role will provide general and specialist administrative support across varied activities within the South West Peninsula's Applied Research Collaboration (PenARC). One of 15 Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) funded by the National Institute for Health and care Research (NIHR), PenARC is a large research group based across a number of organisations. We work closely with health and social care professionals, members of the public and local communities in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset to address immediate issues facing the health and care system through applied research and ensure the needs of our regional population are met.

Key responsibilities for this role include: providing the PenARC Patient and Public Involvement Team and stakeholders (patients, carers and community members) with support relating to meeting attendance, thank you payments and travel arrangements; communications and information sharing about research involvement opportunities; and arranging meetings and events (online and offline) with patients, carers and members of the public. The role requires strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work and communicate successfully with a broad range of stakeholders and audiences.

While the primary focus of the role will be to support PenARC’s programme of involvement and engagement activities, the post holder will also be providing administrative support to the wider PenARC teams as appropriate and when needed.

About the team

This post is situated within the Project Support Team of PenARC. The team, which includes colleagues from the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, provides operational, programme management, administrative and communications support to the wider PenARC research group. The post will have a strong affiliation with PenARC’s Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Team and the Engaged Health Research Group at the Department for Health and Community Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School https://medicine.exeter.ac.uk/health-community/research/engagedhealth/.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).  

Further information

Please contact Kate Boddy (Research Fellow) email k.boddy@exeter.ac.uk

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