Research Grants Coordinator

2 weeks ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom University of Cambridge Full time

The University of Cambridge is one of the world's oldest universities and leading academic centres. If you're looking for a new challenge and would like excellent benefits, extensive learning opportunities and a stimulating working environment in return for your skills and contribution, there could be a job here for you.

Are you an experienced Research Grants Coordinator looking for a new challenge? The Cross School Initiative Hub is a new team providing a range a professional services support to key academic programmes within the University's Academic Division.

In this exciting new role, you will work across the Universities key academic programmes, leading the administrative support for research grant funding, whilst ensuring University policies and procedures are followed.

Working alongside professional staff within all programmes, you will bring together existing support staff in the programmes and provide a range of advice and expertise to the programmes and deliver a high quality, responsive service.

**The Role**

Working alongside academic and professional services staff this is an opportunity to build resilience and create a high quality and responsive service for the University's high profile academic programmes.

You will be a key member of the new team, reporting to the Cross School Initiatives Hub Manager, working closely with the Finance Manager and colleagues in the Research Office.

**Location**

The University is supportive of hybrid working, where some work is undertaken on University premises and some in a remote working environment. The aim of our approach is to enable as many staff as possible to work in a hybrid way if they wish and where their role allows. The role requires some days per week onsite (exact days to be negotiated).

Closing Date: Sunday 17th March 2024

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.



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