Finance/research Grants Administrator

3 weeks ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom University of Cambridge Full time

The Department of Public Health and Primary Care has an expanding research grant portfolio, funded by a variety of sponsors including the UK Medical Research Council (MRC), the Wellcome Trust, the British Heart Foundation (BHF), Cancer Research UK (CRUK, the UK National Institute of Health Research, the European Commission, industrial partners and several other sources. It comprises of more than 350 members of staff and students.

The post holder will coordinate the management of grants held by more than 20 senior academics. The post holder will be responsible to the Departmental Finance Manager and may be requested to support any group or PI in the department.

Some of the key responsibilities of the role will include:

- Regular meetings and contact with PI's providing expertise regarding legitimate and efficient use of funding in line with the sponsor's terms and conditions.
- Presentation of financial management reports to PI's of their grants with budgeting and forecasting information. Alerting PI's to potential over/under spends on their grants. Advises on and implements plans for appropriate use of funds. Extract and analyse reports from University systems in order to provide detailed financial information to PI's and research staff as requested.
- Carry out monthly checks of the unit's grant portfolio, monitoring expenditure in line with the project budgets and ensuring ineligible costs are identified and where applicable met from other sources of funding. Investigate and resolve anomalies to ensure accurate reflection of expenditure.
- Advise HR on the requirement of staff recruitment and need for extensions to current staff contracts. Prepare CHRIS forms where necessary and send to the Human Resources Division.
- Act as the primary contact for the unit with written and telephone queries from sponsors, external partners, internal departments and PI's and when appropriate respond to sponsors on behalf of PI's. Use specialist knowledge of grant schemes and University procedures to effectively communicate complex explanations and provide advice to the enquirer in the most appropriate format.
- Reconciling expenditure against grant award on closing grants and ensuring appropriate measures are taken to ensure funds are maximised. Liaison with PI's and the ROO as appropriate to ensure costs queried by sponsors are managed efficiently.

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

The interview date for the role is: 29th November 2023

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