Location: | Bath |
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Salary: | £37,099 to £44,263 Grade 7, per annum |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Permanent |
Placed On: | 8th August 2024 |
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Closes: | 1st September 2024 |
Job Ref: | CC11963 |
Join the Pre-Award team in Research and Innovation Services!
Research and Innovation Services (RIS) is responsible for advancing the University's international reputation for research and knowledge transfer by:
Our department is the primary conduit for government, business, charity and other funders to access the research expertise and knowledge of the University of Bath.
About the role:
Working as part of a small but collaborative team, Pre-Award Development Officers play a crucial role in providing authoritative advice to academic researchers across the university applying for external research funding. If successful in your application to this post, you will ensure all research applications and awards are reviewed and developed to improve their quality and meet university and funder rules.
This role requires excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills along with a good understanding of the research funding landscape for the higher education sector, and some familiarity with costing systems used to support funding applications.
You will also have:
Further information
This is a full-time position (1 fte) but there is some flexibility that it could be reduced to 0.8 fte for the right candidate. You will be eligible for hybrid working (with a priority for working on campus on Wednesdays). Please feel free to contact us to discuss this prior to applying, if it's important to you in deciding whether or not this role might be right for you and your personal circumstances.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Emma Dowden, Pre-Award Manager (ed251@bath.ac.uk) or Lizzie Hope-Dyer, Head of Research Funding (erh23@bath.ac.uk), however, please ensure that your application is submitted via the University website.
What we can offer you:
Find out more about our benefits.
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
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