About the role

  • Research Projects Administrator managing budget tracking and transactional finance for research projects. Ensuring smooth operations under supervision of the Research Projects Coordinator.

Responsibilities

  • Perform a mixture of budget tracking and transactional finance duties to ensure the smooth running of externally funded research projects.
  • Review expenditure on research grants to reconcile actual costs incurred against the awarded budget.
  • Provide a range of transactional finance support including standard procurement, processing non-PO payments to partners, and processing non-staff expense claims.
  • Provide a high level of customer service when dealing with enquiries from project leads, internal stakeholders, or external collaborators or suppliers.
  • Investigate and resolve queries within a timely fashion.
  • Advocate a positive, supportive research culture in the School.

Requirements

  • Aptitude for routine procurement administration.
  • Awareness of/interest in the management of budgets on externally funded research projects.
  • Confident communication and relationship-building skills.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • A strong sense of shared service delivery and customer-focused approach.
  • High degree of numeracy and awareness of financial/budget modelling.
  • Strong time-management skills, with the ability to deal with conflicting demands and prioritise tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

  • A competitive salary.
  • An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
  • To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
  • Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives.

Job title

Research Projects Administrator

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£29,588 - £33,951 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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