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Research Support Administrator

Employer
LANCASTER UNIVERSITY
Location
Lancaster, Lancashire (GB)
Salary
£26,715 to £32,817
Closing date
22 Nov 2019

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Job Details

The Research Services office is part of the university’s Research and Enterprise Services Division and provides expert advice, guidance and administrative support to Lancaster University’s research community in the development of bids for externally funded research and the administration of successfully awarded grants and contracts. The team provides a range of research support activities at both pre- and post-award including advice on funders’ terms and conditions, proposal preparation, costing and pricing, ethical approval and post-award grant administration for research grants and contracts from a diverse range of researcher funders.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised individual to join the Research Services pre-award support team to take on a varied and demanding role. The post provides financial administrative support in relation to the preparation of research costs and submission of research funding applications and tenders to all forms of research funding across a wide spectrum of external funders working with staff across the university. This role works closely with the Research Development Officers to finalise financial information, and to co-ordinate the internal approval system. The team also provide support to our academics and advises them on funders terms and conditions and eligibility.

You should have experience of providing administrative support in a research or project administration role, in a higher education institution. You should have excellent numerical skills, good financial awareness and a good understanding of costing and pricing research grants.

You should also have experience and be confident using computer packages to complete tasks quickly and accurately within short deadlines and with regular re-prioritisation. 

Excellent communication skills are essential, as is a commitment to providing high levels of accuracy and the ability to plan your own workload. You should be self-motivated and keen to develop new skills which will be supported by peers and managers.

This is a full time post until December 2020 to cover temporary staff absence (secondment).

An informal opportunity to look at what the role entails is offered to all candidates interested, please contact Sarah Brown or Helen Brace.

We welcome applications from candidates wishing to work part time and internal secondment opportunities (please discuss with your manager before applying).

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Sarah Brown on 01524 595214 or Helen Brace 01524 595179. 

We welcome applications from people in all diversity groups.

Company

Student Wellbeing Services are looking for a highly motivated and organised person for the role of Digital Transition Officer within the Transitions team.  

You will contribute to the digital development and co-ordination of a broad package of pre- and post-entry student support programmes, events and services.  Support will be focused on improving the transition to University and the student experience of specific Widening Participation (WP) groups including disabled students and mature students.  You will need experience of developing on-line training or support, and of developing and designing attractive web content.  You will need the ability to work independently as well as the skills to collaborate with colleagues to develop effective schemes and services.You should have experience of collection and analysing data, as well as excellent organisation and problem solving skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines.  

You will need to be able to communicate and work with a wide variety of people including students, staff, parents, external organisations and colleagues within Student and Education Services. You should have experience of preparing written reports and the ability to present evaluation data in a meaningful way for a variety of audiences. Knowledge and understanding of disability would be an advantage.  Occasionally working out of normal office hours including evening and weekends will be required.     

Please note: previous applicants need not apply.

This is a fixed-term, full-time post until the end of July 2020 (with the possibility of further extension). 

We welcome applications from people in all diversity groups.

Company info
Mini-site
LANCASTER UNIVERSITY
Telephone
+(44)0152465201
Location
BAILRIGG
LANCASTER
LANCASHIRE
LA1 4YW
GB

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