Senior Research Support Officer

About us:

The Senior Research Support Officer will join the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience’s (IoPPN) research support team. The role is based within the School of Academic Psychiatry and will provide high-level administrative support to the school’s departments.

About the role:

The post holder will work closely with academics and researchers to manage the end-to-end grant lifecycle. You will be responsible for overseeing and actioning pre- and post-award processes to ensure awards are managed in accordance with funder and University policies.

This post will suit someone who has significant experience within research grant administration, good attention to detail, is able to effectively manage their time and can build and maintain effective working relationships across the School, Faculty and University.

The role will provide you with a wide variety of experience and skills working across research administration in a large and complex School and Faculty. In return, you will be supported to progress your career within research administration across the University.

This is a full-time post, and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About you:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Strong knowledge and skills of research support acquired through relevant posts, demonstrating development through progressively more demanding work/roles.
2. Working knowledge and experience of grant management processes, systems and budget monitoring.
3. Working knowledge and experience of HR processes, software, and regulations.
4. Experience of Worktribe, Unit4 Business World and PeopleXD or other university equivalents.
5. Proficient levels of numeracy and experience of budget management and costings.
6. Relevant working experience of using Excel, Word and other Microsoft applications (e.g., SharePoint).
7. Effective communication and interpersonal skills to receive, understand and relay complicated ideas or information to various groups of all levels.
8. Effective at working independently, and as part of a team, able to take own initiative & decisions with minimal supervision. Exceptional organisation skills.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of supporting staff; providing advice, training and coaching.

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information:

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

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