Costing and Contracts Officer

About the Role

This role will be part of a team providing support for academics in Schools/Institutes for pre-award financial and contractual requirements where this can vary based on any particular aspects required. 

This role will is key in ensuring fast and efficient research support administration, with a focus on quality and responsiveness. 

Additionally, this role will be responsible for meeting service level agreements for standard grants or agreeing response timeframes for non-standard grants or contracts. 

It is expected the post holder will keep up to date with changes in that funders positions and to share knowledge amongst relevant central and school/institute based teams.

About You

You will be experienced in UK HEI Research Project Costings, and have an understanding of Research Contracts, and willing to develop within these areas. Educated to Degree level with experience of fEC and financial costing IT systems. A strong communicator, with a proactive approach, looking to support our Researcher, Academics and Clinicians through the Research Funding application process.

About the Department

The Joint Research Management Office (JRMO) supports researchers across Queen Mary, University of London and Bart’s Health NHS Trust.

Our highly trained team is on hand to support a diverse range of research activities, from getting a project off the ground to ensuring its smooth running and future development. The team members understand where their work fits into the strategic plans and goals of the organisations.

Our services include:

•  Accurate project costing.
•  Tender/application preparation and advice.
•  Assisting with the approvals process.
•  Ongoing financial management of grants and awards.
•  Consultancy and research contracts.
•  Assistance with ethics applications.
•  Support with Research Integrity matters.
•  Assistance with Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency applications.
•  International Research and Innovation Partnership Support including Export Control, Trusted Research and Partner Due Diligence.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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