Research Administrator

3 months ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**Grade UE05 - £25,742 - £29,605**

**School/Department - College of Science and Engineering, School of Biological Sciences**

**Contract Type - Open-ended, Full time - 35 Hours Per Week
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated person to provide Research Administration within the School of Biological Sciences

**The Opportunity**:
The post-holder will provide guidance to the Schools academic client base on all matters relating to research administration including the provision of management accounting type support. Costing and pricing of proposals, managing a research award portfolio and having a full understanding of terms and conditions of various research projects are key elements of this post

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- Well-developed organisational and planning skills
- A methodical and flexible approach to tasks, including effective forward planning and prioritisation, attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure and to tight timescales
- Capacity to manage own time effectively and deliver quality Flexible and adaptable in approach to work routines, ability to adapt quickly to change; open to working with different teams/individuals as the business demands

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**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 **(opens new browser tab).



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