Research Operations Support Administrator

1 week ago


Leeds, United Kingdom University of Leeds Full time

**Research Operations Support Administrator**:
**Salary: Grade 5 (£24,285 - £27,929 p.a. depending on experience)**

2 roles available

This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

**Are you customer focussed and excited about delivering an outstanding service across the whole range of the University’s research grant portfolio? Are you confident, flexible and adaptable and do you have experience of financial administration? Are you keen to learn and develop your skills? Do you want to join a University-wide team supporting academics with pre and post award research grant management?**

The University of Leeds is one of the top 135 universities in the world. We have a truly global community, with more than 39,000 students from 170 different countries and over 9,000 staff of 100 different nationalities. Established in 1904, we have a strong tradition of academic excellence, reflected in first-class student education, along with world-leading research that has a real impact around the globe.

As a highly motivated, proactive individual you will be responsible for providing research grant management support to academics. You will be part of the central Research Operations Team, but will be deployed across Faculty Research Offices (FROs); to work in an agile and flexible manner, to respond to peaks in workload or staff shortages, and occasionally working with the central team to develop new systems and processes.

Training will be given to develop your skills and a mentor will be assigned to help build understanding of the Universities systems and processes and Funder requirements.

You will need to show a high level of attention to detail and have the ability to organise, prioritise and work to tight deadlines. You will have a high level of interpersonal, communication and organisational skills and to be able to work on our own initiative, flexibly, proactively in a busy environment. We also require good problem solving skills to work through complex issues, and a positive attitude to change.

**What we offer in return**
- 26 days holiday plus 16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) - That’s over 42 days a year
- Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance
- Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
- Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.
- Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more

**To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact**:
Collis Robinson, Research Operations Manager (Audit and Risk)

**Please note you may be required to work on campus in this role. If you require any further information please contact the hiring manager.



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