Research Finance Administrator

About us

Playing a key role in supporting the UCL research portfolio of 6,000 active research awards and contracts with an annual research income of £500M, Research and Innovation Services (RIS) supports and advances UCL’s position as a world beating research led University. Award Services, one of four teams within RIS, provides a range specialist advice to UCL's externally funded research and innovation portfolio through the departments of: Research Support & Development (Pre-award); European Research and Innovation Office; Finance and Compliance (Post-Award). The service is delivered in partnership with academic and professional services colleagues across UCL, collaborating organisations, and funders.

About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Award Services in Research & Innovation Services (RIS)! We are a Research Finance Administrator to join our Post Award team, and are seeking candidates who are driven, detail-oriented and passionate about delivering effective and efficient processes to support change and improve support for departments and academics.

The successful candidate will be responsible for a portfolio of academic departments and will lead in the management of the post award financial and administrative activities for their externally funded research and innovation projects.

They will apply a detailed and expert knowledge and understanding of Funder and UCL’s policies, procedures and processes, delivering a consistent and visible support service to the academic community, Professional Services teams and Funders.

About you

With previous financial administrative experience in a research and innovation environment, together with knowledge of the research funding landscape, you will have the ability to prioritise project workloads involving changing circumstances and conflicting priorities. Comfortable with rapid change, you are happy to be part of a close-knit team with shared objectives.

A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.

Please use the cover-letter upload option to address all the person specification points and demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits including 41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days), more information can be seen on our website.

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