Research Grants Projects Administrator

2 weeks ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE05: £25,285.00 - £28,929.00 Per Annum.**
**Corporate Services Group / Edinburgh Research Office.**
**Open Ended Contract - Permanent; Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week.**

We are looking for an experienced and organised Administrator with excellent communication skills to provide research and project level support and expertise to research grants projects. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing and dynamic team.

**Edinburgh Research Office (ERO)**

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**

The Research Funding Team are seeking an **Administrator for Research Grants Projects **to provide project level support and expertise in administration to research project grants across the University. Working with project managers, other project administrator and profession service colleagues, you will play a key role in supporting the management and delivery of major cross-university projects through the Project Management Flexible Resource Centre.

The Administrator for Research Grants Projects will:

- Provide direct administrative support to project managers and project teams, and make effective operational administration decisions in your area of responsibility.
- Support reporting processes and other administration activities in the pursuit of meeting targets.
- Act as secretary and lead administrator to committees and co-ordinate the preparation of reports and other documents.
- Organise in person and overseas meetings and events and resolve logístical problems.
- Effectively manage information and act as the first point of contact for day to day correspondence.
- A degree or equivalent education/experience.
- An ability to work effectively as part a dynamic team and establish effective working relationships.
- The capacity and initiative to work independently and manage their own workload.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Effective organisation and time management skills.
- Good knowledge of Excel, MS office and other IT skills.

**Click to view 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 **.**

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

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