Global Challenges Support Officer
- Employer
- ROYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
- Location
- Egham, United Kingdom
- Salary
- £35,333 per annum pro rata - including London Allowance
- Closing date
- 9 Sep 2019
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- Job Type
- Professional Services, Administrative
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Part Time
Job Details
Research Services
Location: Egham
Salary: £35,333 per annum pro rata - including London Allowance
Closing Date: Monday 09 September 2019
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Part-Time, Fixed Term (0.6 FTE 24 Months)
Applications are invited for the post of Global Challenges Support Officer in the Research and Innovation Department.
Are you looking to use your excellent administrative skills in a role that supports the delivery of research impact in developing countries?If so, this an opportunity for you to help us deliver a Global Challenges research strategy in a newly developed role that will underpin our GCRF focused activity.
We are looking for a candidate with extremely strong interpersonal and administrative skills, with the ability to provide high level professional support. You will directly support Overseas Development Aid (ODA) focused research events, workshops and associated activities. You will also co-ordinate the College’s due-diligence and monitoring processes for assessing and managing risk when working with research partners.Experience of undertaking risk assessments and due diligence activity would be an advantage.
In return we offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Training and Development opportunities
- Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
- Various schemes including Cycle to Work, Season Ticket Loans and help with the cost of Eyesight testing.
- Free parking
The post is based in Egham, Surrey where the College is situated in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London.
For informal queries about the role, please contact Hilary Lynch, Global Challenge Strategy Manager, at hilary.lynch@rhul.ac.uk
To view further details of this post and to apply please visit https://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk. For queries on the application process the Human Resources Department can be contacted by email at: recruitment@rhul.ac.uk
Please quote the reference: 0819-307
Closing Date: Midnight, 9 September 2019
Interview Date: TBC
Please note that it will not be possible for the College to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for successful candidates as this role does not fall into one of the standard occupational codes deemed eligible for sponsorship by UK Visas and Immigration. Successful candidates will therefore need to be eligible to work in the UK or have limited leave to remain in the UK and associated right to work for the duration of their employment with the College, in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
Company
One of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities.
Royal Holloway is one of the UK’s top 20 universities, ranked 129 globally (Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 2015-16). We sit within the top 25% of UK universities for research that is rated world leading or internationally recognised and at 89%, our 2015 National Student Survey satisfaction rating is the highest of the University of London institutions.
The university has 21 academic departments and schools spanning the arts and humanities, sciences, social sciences, management, economics and law. We combine our world-class research and excellence in teaching with a global perspective, creating a close-knit community that inspires success. With some 9,000 students learning from internationally renowned academics and researchers, ours is a unique culture, where our students and colleagues feel recognised as individuals. We have a unique best-of-both-worlds location; a safe, leafy campus in Egham, Surrey, less than 40 minutes by train from central London and just seven miles from Heathrow airport, creating the environment where our community thrives.
- Mini-site
- ROYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
- Telephone
- +(44)01784 434455
- Location
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EGHAM HILL
EGHAM
SURREY
TW20 0EX
United Kingdom
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