Mrc Funding Officer

4 weeks ago

Swindon, United Kingdom Medical Research Council (MRC) Full time

The Medical Research Council (MRC)

MRC Funding Officer

**Salary**: £25,702
Grade: UKRI - Band C
Hours: Full time or Part time (minimum 30 hours per week)
Contract Type: Open Ended
Location: Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire.
Closing date: 12th March 2023
Interview date: 30th and 31st March

**About the role**:
The role is based in the Swindon office however MRC are trialling hybrid office-home working. The role also offers:

- Flexible working
- Excellent pension scheme
- 30 days annual leave
- North Star nursery on site

The MRC Swindon office is based in the Polaris House Campus and offers collaborative working space, staff canteen, free parking, bike sheds, changing rooms and 10-minute walk from Swindon town centre.

**Skills, Qualification and Experience**:

- Essential_:

- Literacy and numerical skills - e.g. 4/C grade in GCSE Maths and English or equivalent (shortlisting)
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy (shortlisting & interview)
- Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills with evidence of effective teamwork (shortlisting & interview)
- Experience of managing multiple activities to tight deadlines (shortlisting & interview)
- Excellent communication skills, both in writing and verbally, with a range of colleagues and external contacts (shortlisting & interview)
- Good analytical skills, experience in querying databases (interview)
- Good working knowledge of the MS Office Suite (inc. Outlook, Excel, Word) (interview)
- Experience in delegation and upwards management (interview)
- Self-motivation and be proactive in using initiative to deliver results (interview)
- Resilience, working in a flexible way and managing change (interview)
- Desirable_:

- Knowledge of UKRI and grants processing (shortlisting)
- Experience of resource planning and line management, or supervisory experience (interview)

**Specific tasks you will deliver include**:

- Respond to questions from the external research community through a shared mailbox
- Produce agendas and supporting documents for funding meetings
- Act as point of contact for MRC Board and Panel members throughout the funding process
- Co-ordinate attendance at funding meetings including applicants, Board and Panel members and MRC staff
- Attend funding meetings (in person and virtually) to provide administrative support, manage scores and logistics
- Process decisions from funding meetings, communicate notifications and feedback to applicants
- Engage proactively with the cross-matrix resource model providing support for additional MRC funding calls and other projects
- Collaborate with colleagues to review and identify opportunities for improving grant processing
- Line Management with responsibility for attendance and performance management, supporting career development and training, completing yearly appraisals.
- Support other administrative duties, including project work as required

**Close working relationships will be required with**:

- Applicants for MRC funding
- Peer reviewers and those who select peer reviewers
- Board and Panel members
- MRC staff, including:

- Board and Panel Management teams
- Research Funding and Policy Delivery team
- Events and Committees Team
- Heads of Themes and Programme Managers within the Board/Panel teams
- UKRI staff

**About the Medical Research Council (MRC)**

Within UKRI, the MRC seeks to improve human health through world-class research. With an annual budget of over £800 m, MRC provides support both to individuals, through fellowships and grants, and to institutions, such as the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Biology and the Francis Crick Institute. The outcomes of our research span discovery science, improvements in public health and the development of new treatments for common diseases.

**About UK Research Innovation (UKRI)**

UKRI is an organisation that brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England and Innovate UK. Together, we build an independent organisation with a strong voice and vision ensuring the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation.

Supporting some of the world’s most exciting and challenging research projects, we develop and operate some of the most remarkable scientific facilities in the world. We are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge through fundamental research and delivering benefits for UK society and the economy through world-class research, skills and business-led innovation.

Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme, excellent holiday entitlement, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. For more details, visit benefits of working for UKRI.

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