Research Coordinator
- Employer
- KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
- Location
- London (Greater) (GB)
- Salary
- £34,502 - £39,333 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
- Closing date
- 16 Oct 2022
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- Job Type
- Research Related, Other Research Related
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Job description
The Research Coordinator will provide effective administrative support to the department’s academic and research staff, focussing predominantly on research grants and finances. This is a key post, and you will be responsible for providing information, advice, and assistance to principal investigators and researchers, assisting with the co-ordination of the financial, HR and administrative aspects related to research grants and contracts, from the initial costing stage through to grant closure.
You will also assist the Business Manager and work as part of a small administrative team providing support to the department, Head of Department, School, and college working groups.
The Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience is located in the Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute which is one of Europe’s largest centres for interdisciplinary neuroscience excellence. Located at the heart of King’s College London’s Denmark Hill Campus, it is home to a unique core of neuroscientists carrying out cutting edge research. The department is driving research that will translate molecular discoveries made in the laboratory into therapies for patients affected by disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, motor neurone disease, depression, schizophrenia, epilepsy and is an internationally recognised centre for brain research.
This post will be offered on an indefinite contract
This is a full-time post - 100% full time equivalent
Key responsibilities
Administration of the Department’s research grant finances (including Research Support Accounts) and subcontracts
Departmental contact for research costings; provide detailed, technical and specialist grants management information to investigators, pre and post award in conjunction with colleagues from the IoPPN RMID pre and post award teams.
Interpret funders costing policies and provide guidance to investigators in the costing of grant applications to ensure maximum cost recovery.
Supporting recruitment of staff to research grants and co-ordination of recruitment process for PhD studentships and fellowships
Processing of staff extensions, contract renewals, contract variations and leavers
Liaising with funders on grant alterations, extensions, and renewals; maintaining knowledge of Funders’ terms and conditions.
Process the setting up of awarded grants, supplements and extensions including set up of sub-contracts.
Liaise with investigators to monitor and discuss their grants portfolio, providing advice and contribute to decision-making to resolve problems, ensuring that the requirements of funding bodies are met.
Monitor salary budgets, re-modelling staff salary projections, when revised plans require it.
Analyse and present accurate breakdown of costings for multi-site grants
Assisting the Business Manager in reviewing business processes relating to all aspects of research grants management and implementation of improvements
In consultation with the Business Manager address non-standard casework to conclusion e.g. over and under spends, staff recruitment needs, extension requests, report requests from funder etc
Work with the Business Manager and KCL/IoPPN Professional Service leads to improve the management of research grants in the Department e.g. improving records management, communication tools, costing models etc
Providing local advice and guidance in use of both internal e.g. Worktribe, Business World, and external systems e.g. EAA and Je-S, systems.
Ensure local implementation of College/Institute/Departmental policies
This Job description reflects the core activities of the post. Day to Day activities and responsibilities will be determined by the School priorities and needs and will inform specific objectives and tasks to be undertaken. These School priorities and needs will be informed by the current IoPPN re-shaping. As a result, there may be changes in the emphasis of duties and it is expected that the post holder recognises this, adopting a flexible approach to work and willingness to participate in training.
Skills, knowledge, and experience
Essential criteria
1. Degree or equivalent experience in a related field
2. High degree of numeracy
3. Experience of managing research budgets and understanding of pre & post award administration processes, KCL and funder policies
4. Significant budget monitoring and finance skills/ running grant reports, analysing data and advising PIs on budgets/costings for new projects
5. Knowledge and experience of the research funding environment and of major funders guidelines, Ts&Cs
6. Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and adherence to deadlines
7. Strong verbal and written communication, interpersonal and influencing skills
8. Ability to work autonomously and within a core professional services team
9. Significant project management skills and the ability to co-ordinate multiple projects and workstreams
10. Capability to improve business workflow and facilitate change
11. Broad experience of research administration/ HR administration and general finance administration
12. To actively maintain professional knowledge by attending training workshops and networking with colleagues by participating in professional networking groups and forums
Desirable criteria
1. An interest in and understanding of scientific research
2. Willing to travel off site when required
3. Customer focused and a problem solver with an interest in improving business services
4. Interested in building effective working relationships across the School/Faculty
Company
King's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.
King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.
King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.
King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: www.kingshealthpartners.org.
King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at www.kcl.ac.uk/kingsanswers.
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