Pre-award Support Officer

Applications are invited for the above full-time permanent post working in the Pre-award team in the Research, Enterprise and Development Directorate (REDD), supporting the delivery of the busy pre-award service. This will involve working closely with the Pre-award Research Development Manager and the Research Development Officer team and working directly with academics across the institution.

The role holder will be responsible for the successful administration of projects which require central support. This will involve working with the Research Development Officers, academics and other key individual across the University. As well as focussing on specific project deliverables the postholder will be expected to provide administrative support for operational procedures in REDD, as required.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. This role will be located on campus at Bangor.

Applications will also be considered to carry out this role on a part-time or job share basis.

Committed to Equal Opportunities

Overview

Research, Enterprise & Development Directorate REDD integrates the Research, Business and Strategic Development support portfolios of the University to offer resilience and enhanced cross-function working. Building on the strengths of the teams within the portfolio the teams will support and sustain research growth, research impact and combine that with business, commercial and skills oriented with an added emphasis on transformational change through integrating with the strategic Partnerships and Project functions. The Directorate will deliver against core day to day support requirements whilst adopting a strengthened emphasis on transformational change opportunities to ensure the University is ready to deliver against its strategy both in the current context and the essential future aspirations.

Purpose of the Job

The Post will be based in the Research, Enterprise & Development Directorate (REDD) at Bangor University supporting the delivery of the busy pre-award service. This will involve working closely with the Preaward Research Development Manager and the Research Development Officer team and working directly with academics across the institution.

The role holder will be responsible for the successful administration of projects which require central support. This will involve working with the Research Development Officers, academics and other key individual across the University. As well as focussing on specific project deliverables the postholder will be expected to provide administrative support for operational procedures in REDD, as required.

The Pre-award team supports bid development and submission and then working with Post award for the management of project funding once secured. This role will also provide support for research governance, ethics and integrity.

Main

**Responsibilities**:
Reporting to the Pre-award Research Development Manager, and working as a part of the REDD team, the role holder will be required to provide effective clerical support for the range of projects and deliverables in REDD. This includes:

- Ensure project procedure and paperwork are compliant with funder requirements.
- Support the administration of projects which have budgeted for REDD admin resource during the lifetime of the grant.
- Work with post award colleagues regarding financial monitoring and reporting for projects.
- Ensure different project promotional material is available and compliant with funder publicity requirements.
- Liaise with relevant parties to ensure external funding monitoring requirements, including quarterly reporting to funders.
- Provide administrative support to the relevant committees and weekly project team meetings.
- Manage incoming daily enquiries for the projects and process accordingly, including typing letters, reports, and documents electronically for the relevant programmes.
- Maintain the local filing systems for projects and ensure files required by staff members and other stakeholders are available when required.
- Maintain and update local systems and/or spreadsheets as requested by the relevant Project or Line Manager.
- Organise meetings, draft agendas, preparing papers, taking minutes and circulating as appropriate.
- Assist the pre-award team with due diligence checks and budget development for grants and wider research governance, ethics and integrity administration. - Support reporting outcomes requirements such as compliance with funder reporting using Researchfish.
- Assist with organisation project events and training.
- Liaison with external organisations as required in relation to the project(s).
- Undertake administrative responsibilities in the team as appropriate (e.g. acting as Secretary to committees or task groups as required).
- To be an active member of the REDD, undertaking other duties as may be required from time to time which are commensurate with the role and working collaboratively across the Directorate