Research Coordinator - Environment, Development and Pre-Award

Overview

A new, integrated structure for the University’s research support services has recently been established that creates a single, interconnected institution-wide community of practice, delivering operational research services through a line management structure that links back to the RIKE directorate. The new structure is built around three faculty-facing teams that provide end-to-end operational support for externally-funded research, throughout the project lifecycle.

This end-to-end support includes:

• Pre-Award (working with academics to create budgets, handling internal approvals processes and project management of submission process)
• Post-Award (accepting awards, setting up budgets and managing finances throughout lifecycle of grant)
• Environment (supporting strategic thinking around funding, helping academics to engage with new opportunities, and supporting the creation of a strong departmental research environment)

Role

As part of a Faculty team, work collaboratively to share best practice, develop faculty wide approaches, provide support for team members and cover for absences.

Environment and development: Support strategic thinking and the development of new research and related activities within a portfolio of departments/schools. Identify and engage with opportunities to maintain and develop departmental research strengths, and foster new ones. Work with management and support teams at departmental and faculty level to create and maintain a positive and supportive research culture.

Pre Award: Work flexibly to provide a responsive service in the preparation and submission of research and research related grant applications, in line with university and funder requirements. Provide advice on regulations and processes, and produce accurately costed project budgets. Liaise with colleagues and proactively coordinate processes, for example for match funding and letters of support, and ensure internal deadlines for sign-off are met. Check all documentation and use funder online portals to submit applications in a timely fashion.

This role is available on a part time (29.6 hours per week) basis.

Skills, Experience & Qualification needed

• Knowledge of the current and emerging national research policy priorities in relation to Universities. (Essential)
• Knowledge of higher education research, and the mechanisms for supporting research and the requirements of major sponsors of research activity. (Essential)
• Experience of navigating research culture, policies and processes in an organisation. (Essential)
• A demonstrable track record of developing large scale funding bids and in assisting others to secure research funding from a variety of sources. (Essential)
• Experience of interdisciplinary research activities. (Essential)
• Ability to communicate effectively and build good working relationships with a variety of staff, within and outside the University, face-to-face, by telephone and in writing. (Essential)
• Knowledge of the pathway for academic research in the faculty, from inception to impact. (Essential)
• Knowledge of routes to funding and application procedures for research. (Essential)
• Ability to manage teams. (Essential)
• Ability to effectively organise and prioritise your own and other's workloads and follow procedures to produce work to a high standard and to deadlines. (Essential)
• Proactive approach to solving complex problems. (Essential)
• Excellent numeracy skills, competent working with complex project budgets, demonstrating accuracy and attention to detail. (Essential)

Interview date: To be confirmed

For informal enquiries: Ed Kirby, Head of Faculty Research Operations Social Sciences (ed.kirby@york.ac.uk).

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