Research Group Administrator

Department

The Department of Health Sciences is a large, multi-disciplinary and multi-professional department with over 370 academics, researchers and support staff engaged in delivering research & teaching. In 22/23 the department had annual research project income of £12.6 million raised almost entirely from external competitive grant funding from a wide range of funders.

This role is one of six Research Group Administrators in the Department of Health Sciences. These roles have been established across the Research Groups to support the work of the Research Group Lead, the Deputy Head of Faculty Operations (Health Sciences) and the Research Manager across many aspects of Department research related issues.

The main purpose of this role is to manage all aspects of the administrative process and the financial support service underpinning the activities of the Public Health and Society (PHS) Research Group.  You will be the main point of contact for the group, assisting team members with all aspects of research administration. The role holder will be part of the Health Sciences Research Finance Office and as part of the role you will provide pre and post award support for the Department of Health Sciences research grant portfolio including financial grant management, costing research applications, contract management, HR, staff planning, timesheets, and financial reporting to funders.

The University of York offers flexible working patterns and a number of family friendly initiatives. As a Department we are proud to foster a supportive culture that helps staff and students contribute fully, flourish and excel, to reach their full potential. We embrace equality, diversity and inclusion as well as the values of the Athena SWAN Charter in all our Departmental activities. 

Skills, Experience & Qualification needed

• You will need good IT and numeracy skills, experience of monitoring budgets and working with financial information, ability to manage projects and to produce consistently high-quality work.
• You will also need effective communication skills, an ability to work on your own initiative, experience of administrative processes in a busy office, organising events and diary management
• Experience of research administration and using University systems (e.g. Worktribe, Agresso, Pure) is desirable.

Interview date: To be confirmed

For informal enquiries: please contact Oliver Short on oliver.short@york.ac.uk 

The University strives to be diverse and inclusive – a place where we can ALL be ourselves.

We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University. 

We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff. #EqualityatYork

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