Research Administration Assistant

6 months ago

Harrogate, United Kingdom Yorkshire Cancer Research Full time

**Research Administration Assistant**

**Harrogate, with occasional travel across the Yorkshire Region.**

We offer hybrid working and we are committed to paying the Real Living Wage.

**About Us**

Yorkshire Cancer Research is the largest independent regional cancer charity in England. With an ambitious goal of saving 2000 lives a year, it is an exciting time to be joining the charity. Every week in Yorkshire almost 600 people are told they have cancer, by working for Yorkshire Cancer Research you are helping to protect and save these lives.

Yorkshire is big, beautiful and diverse and, as an inclusive employer, our aim is that our workforce reflects the rich diversity of our region. We believe a diverse workforce is central to us achieving our strategic goal of saving more lives in our region. We offer equal opportunities regardless of race, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnerships.

Yorkshire Cancer Research is entering an exciting period in its development. As part of this we are expanding our team at our Head Office and a number of new roles are being created. As such, we are now looking for a Research Administration Assistant to support our Research, Services and Policy team.

**The Benefits**

We offer all our employees a wide range of benefits including an enhanced contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service), flexible working arrangements, private medical insurance, enhanced maternity leave, career progression, learning and development, wellbeing initiatives, offices within walking distance of Hornbeam Park train station, free onsite parking and a whole lot more.

**The Role**

As a Research Administration Assistant you will provide administration support for the Research and Services Team to ensure that Yorkshire Cancer Research supports high quality research and services that directly impacts the people of Yorkshire.

Supporting the Research Grants Manager, you will assist in running aspects of Award funding rounds, co-ordinating workshops to support wider initiatives and ongoing Awards management including accurate maintenance of records.

Specifically, you will:

- Work with the wider Research Funding team to provide administration support for all phases in research funding process to ensure we fund high quality and impactful research.
- Foster good relationships with the applicants, keeping them informed of further requests for information and changes as they occur.
- Provide the administration support for a portfolio of research Awards, and where required service Awards. Co-ordinating award progress reporting and maintaining accurate records across the Award Management systems, ess to ensure we fund high quality and impactful research.
- Develop strong relationships with funded Award holders and serving as the main point of contact for any issues with Research Awards.
- Work across the Research and Services team to deliver successful meeting and workshop with external partners to support research funding initiatives and Patient and Public involvement (PPI).
- Support a variety of initiatives across the Research and Services Team as required.

**About You**

To be considered for this role, you will need:

- To be educated to A-Level or equivalent, or experience working in a similar position at a similar level.
- To have demonstrable evidence of continuing professional development
- To have administration experience and experience of maintaining accurate records is essential.
- To have experience co-ordinating meetings, preparing paperwork and taking minutes.
- To have experience extracting information from a variety of sources to prepare suitable reports.
- To have a high level of attention to detail, particularly in respect to maintenance of records.
- To have the ability to engage with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- To have excellent organisational skills, including time management skills, the ability to prioritise workload to meet deadlines and coordinate multiple complex projects.
- To have IT skills including use of MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams) and databases.

**Application**

Before applying, please visit our Careers Page to view the full role profile and find out more about working for Yorkshire Cancer Research.

The charity is a responsible and flexible employer. We welcome any discussion for flexible working at the interview/offer stage where we will consider an individual’s circumstances against the needs of the charity.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £23,088.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Free fitness classes
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical in

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