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Durham University - Administrative

Location: Durham
Salary: £22,630 to £24,144
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 22nd March 2023
Closes: 5th April 2023
Job Ref: 23000448

The Role and the Department

The Department of Biosciences is composed of 62 academic staff and research fellows; around 50 research and technical support staff; over 90 Research Postgraduate students and over 500 Single Honours undergraduate students, and also teaches students from the Natural Sciences programme. The Department is committed to an ethos of research-led teaching at both BSc and MBiol levels, and was ranked 5th in the UK for Biological Sciences Departments in the Complete University Guide 2023.

You will join a large busy and ambitious lab, the newly established Centre for Programmable Biological Matter, led by Professor Jonathan Heddle. We are a large, multidisciplinary and well-equipped laboratory with a grand vision to design, develop, understand and build novel biological nanomachines. We expect that our research will lead to break throughs in new materials and therapeutics. These will all be biocompatible, biodegradable and highly sustainable. You will assist the PI in all administrative matters, helping the scientific team to focus on their core research goals. This will include handling scheduling, responding to internal and external requests for information and handling lab finances.

The post is full time, fixed term for 60 months. Funding is available from 1st September 2023.

Essential criteria

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Good digital skills including experience in using core digital tools including internet, email, digital communication tools, Microsoft 365 applications, digital booking system.
  • Five GCSE’s at least Grade C or level four (or equivalent) including English Language and Mathematics (or equivalent experience or qualifications).
  • Post-16 qualification or equivalent experience.
  • Evidence of relevant personal development to maintain skills.
  • Relevant administrative experience in a busy office environment.
  • Experience of working on the front line with service delivery, and the ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines without compromising on quality.
  • Ability to solve problems as part of a team and resolve straightforward issues.
  • Experience of working in a team and associated skills of communication and time management.

Desirable criteria

  • Demonstrable experience of tracking and managing finances within a small workgroup
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