The School of Computer Science is seeking to recruit to the position of Research Administration Officer.
The role is based in the School’s Research Support Team and is primarily focussed on providing administrative and financial management support to research activity to the school’s research groups. The role holder will act as main point of contact for administrative queries and will be expected to liaise with others both within and external to the University to ensure tasks are completed.
This role works closely with academic colleagues to manage the budgets of the School’s portfolio of research grants, ensuring spend is within budget and adheres to funders’ specific terms and conditions, with support from Research and Innovation. The role holder will be expected to provide accurate financial information to inform management decisions and assist in reporting. The successful candidate should be comfortable managing a wide and varied workload, often working to tight deadlines, with minimal supervision.
This is a full-time post (36.25 hours per week), offered on a fixed-term or secondment contract until 23 October 2020. Job share arrangements may be considered.
Requests for secondment from internal candidates will be considered on the basis that prior agreement has been sought from both your current line manager and the manager of your substantive post, if you are already undertaking a secondment role.
Our University has always been a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. We welcome applications from UK, Europe and from across the globe. For more information on the support we offer our international colleagues, visit; https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/applyingfromoverseas/index2.aspx
Informal enquiries should be address to Kathleen Fennemore, Research Administration Manager (Kathleen.fennemore@nottingham.ac.uk). Please note, applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.
Closing Date: 10 Nov 2019
Category: Administrative, Professional and Managerial (APM)
