Research Coordinator

**Research Coordinator**

**About Us**

King’s is a constituent College of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1441 by Henry VI as a place of education, religion, learning and research, the College comprises around 130 Fellows, 650 undergraduate and postgraduate students and 275 non-academic staff.

The College is internationally recognised as a leading academic institution, boasting among its former students and Fellows, no fewer than eight Nobel laureates, including Patrick Blackett, Frederick Sanger,

Sydney Brenner, Philip Noel-Baker and Oliver Hart, as well as influential figures such as Alan Turing, E.M.

Forster, John Maynard Keynes and Bernard Williams. Among its most prominent living members are the novelists Zadie Smith and Salman Rushdie, astronomer Martin Rees, sociologist Anthony Giddens, anthropologist Caroline Humphrey, former chair of the Bank of England Mervyn King, philanthropist David

Sainsbury, molecular biologist Lesley Anne Glover, entrepreneur and computer scientist Hermann Hauser, composers Judith Weir (Master of the King’s Music) and Errollyn Wallen, the first black woman to have a composition performed at The Proms.

The undergraduate and postgraduate community is vibrant and diverse, priding itself on a friendly and inclusive atmosphere combining academic commitment with political engagement and a lively social and artistic scene. King’s has long been leading the way in undergraduate recruitment from the state sector. The

College works very hard to attract the best applicants, regardless of background, and to encourage academically outstanding students from underrepresented communities to study at Cambridge. In 2018 it launched a transformational Student Access and Support Initiative designed to improve equality of access and opportunity, and to help combat entrenched social and economic disadvantage.

**The Role**

We are seeking a Research Coordinator to support the Research Managers in the development and management of research activities conducted by all senior members.
They will plan and organise projects involving research in the College in all disciplines and at all levels of expenditure.

Dealing with others is an important aspect of the work to be done, building relationships, and.collaborating with others in pursuit of their shared interests. They will write briefings, profiles, and reports, and occasionally share in the dissemination of specialist information and complex concepts.

**Key Responsibilities**

**Strategic**
- Management of the research budget in line with the agreed research strategy.
- Assisting in the development of the research strategy and associated budgets.
- Mapping research activity within the College
- Identifying research opportunities and shaping potential research projects in collaboration with the Research Managers, Fellows and the Development Office.

**Liaison**
- Liaising with the Graduate Tutors.
- Liaising with the E-Lab on research involved in new venture formation and on the

recruitment of E-Lab College Research Associates.
- Liaising with the Development Office in its work with prospective donors and supporting their work with past donors

**Administrative**
- Support with the recruitment and selection of Research Fellows and College Research

Associates.
- Secretary to the Research Committee.
- Support the Research Managers in their work on Committees where they are ex-officio members.

**Support**
- Support of Early Career Researchers (Stipendiary Research Fellows and College Research Associates) in their career development, and all Fellows in the pursuit of their research interests.
- Planning and delivery of College wide research events
- Support for the planning and delivery of research events organised by individual Fellows
- Conduct and further development of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme.

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties. The post-holder may be asked to take on different tasks as required, and all employees are expected with the agreed research strategy. to work collaboratively to support the overall work of the College.

**The Person**

We seek to appoint a talented individual to support the Research Managers in the development and management of research activities.

**Knowledge & experience**
- Education to doctoral level in any field or discipline (desirable)
- Experience of interdisciplinary projects
- Knowledge of different communication platforms
- Experience of community building (desirable)
- Post-doctoral employment as a Research Associate (desirable)
- Experience of budgeting and financial management
- Knowledge of funding, publishing and educational dynamics in Higher Education
- Excellent project management skills: management of time, ideas, work and people
- Knowledge of standard office software including spreadsheet and database packages
- Experience of non-academic report writing
- Experience of grant writing
- Experience of web page editing

**Personal skills & abi