Research Grants Administrator

2 months ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE06 £30,619 - £35,308 Per Annum**

**Corporate Services Group / Edinburgh Research Office**

**Full Time, 35 Hours per Week**

**Fixed Term Contract for 24 Months**

**We would welcome and facilitate a secondment opportunity for a colleague who is interested in this post within the Research Grants Team
Colleagues in Edinburgh Research Office work in partnership with researchers to develop and deliver world-leading research. We work across the research lifecycle - growing ideas into proposals, projects and impact. We are enablers and connectors, networked across the University, able to provide the best advice to researchers and research leaders in all disciplines. We are part of a wider ecosystem of over 300 colleagues providing research support across the University of Edinburgh - linking through our Schools, Colleges and Service Groups.

**The Opportunity**

We are seeking colleagues who will embody our values of expertise, community, integrity and collaboration.

Research Grants Team work closely with the University of Edinburgh research and professional service communities, partners and funders, to maximise the research academic colleagues can undertake for the funding they receive.

The Research Grants Team are looking for Research Grants Administrators to join our expert team in delivering financial management and post award administration of the University’s 3,500 research grants.

You will work collaboratively across the Research Grants team and with colleagues across a range of departments to ensure effective stewardship of research finances and provide specialist knowledge on all aspects of research grant management and reporting.

**A Research Grants Administrator will**:

- manage the delivery of their portfolio of grants in a fast paced, deadline driven environment
- provide a high quality of service through compliance will funder terms and conditions and University policy
- work with colleagues to find solutions, manage issues and risks, enabling academic colleagues to maximise their research funding
- help us continually improve our processes and procedures and train others in new ways of working
- be passionate about using finance as an enabler to support colleagues in their goals
- be highly self-motivated and thrive in constantly changing environments

**Development Opportunities**

**Click here for a copy of the full job description.**

**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits **pension scheme **, **staff discounts, **family friendly initiatives **, flexible working and much more. Access our **staff benefits page **for further information and use our **reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work **webpages



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