School Research Grants Assistant

Applications are invited for the role of School Research Grant Assistant within the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

This is an exciting and varied post primarily dedicated to supporting research grant administration and research related objectives in the Department of Sociology and Department of History and Philosophy of Science, whilst also supporting other institutions across the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences as part of a wider, flexible team of School Research Grant Assistants.

The School Research Grant Assistant provides expert support and guidance to Principal Investigators (PIs) and Department based research staff, with an outcome of timely, accurate and risk-mitigated research grant applications. The role holder works in collaboration with PIs and project support staff to enable effective and efficient grant management of active research grants across the School.

The School Research Grant Assistant will:

• provide financial and administrative support and guidance across the full grants lifecycle to academic, research and administrative staff, to enable effective and efficient grant management.

• create and circulate accessible information about grant opportunities; work with relevant staff to support the development of grant applications and to support grants post award, maximising income and mitigating risk, using University systems such as Worktribe, CHRIS and CUFS.

• be an excellent communicator with the confidence to relate to a wide range of people and to be an effective team player with a proactive and flexible approach.

• possess high level organisation and prioritisation skills, with the ability to take initiative and prioritise a varied workload to meet deadlines.

This a 1.0 FTE role, based at a combination of the Department of Sociology, the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, the Humanities and Social Sciences School Office, and remotely. Hours and working pattern can be discussed at interview.

Temporary cover: This post is fixed-term for 12 months or the return of the post holder, whichever is the earlier.

Applications are welcome from internal candidates who would like to apply for the role on the basis of a secondment from their current role in the University.