MARS Centre Administrator

Why join MARS? 

It is an exciting time to join the MARS team. We are recruiting academic and research staff, building our external profile, growing our partnerships, and rolling out innovative undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. As MARS Centre Administrator, you will play a key role in supporting us to achieve our ambitious goals. 

What you’ll bring to the team

We’re looking for an experienced administrator with a proven track record of supporting the delivery of large scale initiatives, and who has the ability to take a proactive approach to running MARS administrative processes. You’ll have excellent organisational skills, be able to strategically prioritise tasks and confidently take ownership of your workload. You’ll also be willing to contribute to creating a positive, inclusive and collaborative research culture.       

 Key elements of the role: 

• Organisation: Experience of coordinating logistics for project meetings and events, and the ability to support staff and student recruitment processes.
• Effective communication: Ability to work with accuracy and cultural sensitivity, tact and diplomacy across a range of communication types (face-to-face, telephone, electronic and written communications). 
• Relationship management: A track record of maintaining collaborative relationships across a range of activities and the capacity to engage with all MARS stakeholders both academic and non-academic.
• Financial management: Experience of managing complex budgets and financial processes.

This is a full-time, indefinite post and flexible working arrangements will be considered.  

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Dr. Zoe Bolton, MARS Project Manager, by email: z.bolton@lancaster.ac.uk.

About MARS

MARS is a UK Centre, which is funded by a £13m investment from Research England. It is based within the School of Mathematical Sciences, which is one of the highest-ranked maths departments in the UK with a well-deserved reputation for top-quality teaching and world-class research.

MARS will advance research and teaching at the interface of mathematics and artificial intelligence (AI), with a focus on real-world applications in four key areas: Cyber Security, Engineering, Environment and Health.

More information about MARS can be found at lancaster.ac.uk/mars

More information about the School of Mathematical Sciences can be found at www.lancaster.ac.uk/maths

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