Senior Research Officer

Job Description

Senior Research Officer£19.32-£23.32London - Currently WFH - Then Hybrid Role 3 Months Advantage Resourcing are working in partnership with a prestigious Research University based in Central London. We are currently looking for an enthusiastic Training & Clinical Support Librarian to join our fantastic team!Main purpose of the role:

• As Senior Research Officer you will lead on all grant and funding administration, any consultancy activity and the general management and monitoring of current and proposed research projects.
• You will be instrumental in delivering the departments research administration by supplying to the development and implementation of strategies to improve the departments research output and promote teamwork between subject areas, external researchersand industry.
• The relationships you build will be intrinsic to the success of your role. This will include engaging with Faculty and Central research services colleagues to improve opportunities for the department, as well as working alongside other members of the professionalservices team so that together we can support our academic colleagues and students.
• The Department is committed to providing development opportunities for all its Professional Service staff and this role is an opportunity to consolidate your research administration experience
• Disseminate information on new funding initiatives and deadlines.
• Organise the provision of financial data to advise costings for funding and proposals.
• Prepare funding applications in conjunction with Principal Investigators including providing costing for proposed project.
• Ensure that accounts and budgets for new awards are set up quickly and efficiently.
• Supervise expenditure against grant budget and alerting relevant people on under and over-spends.
• Work alongside academic and research staff to set and enforce to proposal deadlines as well as meet the sponsors funding guidelines.
• Supervise the proposal process and support senior colleagues in research management as needed.
• Monitor proposal budgets to ensure financial viability and report to senior colleagues for approval as needed.
• Organise contract set-up for newly awarded research projects.
• Generate account codes in collaboration with senior research managers, UCL Business and Contracts Research Office.
• Maintain post-award support, advising grant holders as needed.
• Work with grant holders to record outputs and assess impact.
• Provide financial reports for grant activity.
• Co-ordinate internal research funding by sending out and collecting application forms then circulating the forms around committee members for consideration. Once decisions have been made, the post holder will advise successful applicants.
• Maintain minutes of funding committee meetings and records of awards distributed.

What we are looking for in you:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent or having acquired meaningful experience in running financial processes.
• Knowledge of research funding processes and regulations within a Higher Education /research environment.
• Experience of working within a Higher educational setting or similar research environment.
• Proven experience of working as a proactive member of a team.
• Experience of providing administrative assistance in the preparation of research funding applications.
• Confirmed effective service in a customer service environment.
• Experience of using online financial systems such as MyFinance and Worktribe.

If you match the above criteria, please apply directly or call for a further details.We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disabilitystatus. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation throughout the process. Advantage Resourcing is a service driven recruitment consultancy.

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