Research Administrator

The Role and the Department

Dynamic and vibrant, Durham University Business School is one of Durham University’s four Faculties and is comprised of four research-intensive departments: Accounting, Economics, Finance, and Management and Marketing.  Known for its global reputation, its impact on policy and practice and its strong focus on ethics, responsibility and sustainability, the School aims to be a leading European business school with a strong global presence by 2027.

The School currently has 180 academic and teaching staff, with plans and resource commitments to grow to 230 by 2027.  The School has a high-quality portfolio of programmes at undergraduate, masters and doctoral level, across all subject areas.  The School’s student population is around 4000, across undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes, attracting a talented and diverse student intake (with over 130 nationalities). 

Our vision is to lead business thought and practice to improve global wealth and well-being. Our associated mission is to create, share and use knowledge to deliver equitable and sustainable futures around the world. We pursue this mission by advancing world changing knowledge and securing global impact through increasingly collaborative research across disciplines and around the world. Further information on the School can be found at http://www.dur.ac.uk/business/. 

The successful applicant will be a member of the Business School Research Hub Team providing administrative support to the research environment in departments across the Faculty and supporting our 14 Research Centres. This represents an exciting opportunity to contribute to the active research environment within the Faculty. The successful applicant will be working directly with senior members of the Faculty including the Deputy Executive Dean (Research) and the Directors of Research in each of our four departments. We have recently moved into the new Waterside building where most of the Research Hub's work is undertaken, there will be times when the successful applicant will be expected to work at our other site located at Mill Hill Lane.

The successful candidate must be able to: work independently; act effectively on their own initiative, have an excellent personal manner and keep calm under pressure. The post holder must liaise confidently with staff at all levels throughout the University, including the University Library, Research and Innovation Services (RIS) and with other external stakeholders and contractors both orally and in writing.

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