Research Grant Administrator

3 weeks ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom University of Cambridge Full time

The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute is seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated Research Grants Administrator (part-time 0.5FTE).

The Institute is internationally renowned for its research into developmental biology and cancer and has been in existence for more than 30 years. With core funding from Wellcome and Cancer Research UK, the Institute is a friendly, vibrant and exciting place to work. There are around 250 people in its self-contained building, comprising 12 research group leaders, 200 scientific staff including PhD students, and 45 support staff.

Training will be provided on the University's grant costing tool and financial administration systems.

Benefits of working at Cambridge include:

- Competitive rates of pay with automatic service related pay progression and annual cost of living increases;
- Generous annual leave allowance of 36 days paid leave (including bank holidays);
- Flexible and hybrid working opportunities;
- Generous maternity, adoption and shared parental leave entitlement and other family friendly schemes
- An auto-enrolment pension scheme, with a generous employer contribution;
- Travel benefits and retail discounts at over 2,000 local and national stores.

The position is available as soon as possible.

The interviews will be held on site w/c 17th April 2023.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 31 May 2024 in the first instance.

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



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