Senior Research Administrator

About us

Set within UCL’s Faculty of The Built Environment, The Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources (BSEER) is comprised of four world-class Institutes, providing the expert knowledge collaborative research and teaching of UCL Energy Institute, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage and UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources. The role of the school is to facilitate the Institutes and help them establish themselves and grow, enabling them to focus on and develop their academic direction and strategies. BSEER serves two principal functions. It provides a framework for administrative support to the four Institutes, combining expertise in, amongst other things, management and delivery of research proposals, multi-disciplinary projects and teaching programmes.

The School also provides a collaborative and flexible environment for the four Institutes to share knowledge and resources. Staff have the opportunity to move between disciplines and engage with the School’s shared problem domains of Energy, Environment, Resources and Heritage. BSEER allows staff to participate more easily in multidisciplinary research to solve real-world problems, both at The Bartlett and in the wider UCL community.

About the role

Working closely with the Research Manager the postholder will have responsibility for the delivery of pre award support for research proposals. Typically BSEER submits around 180 research proposals per year valued at approx. £70m. The postholder will work with Academics to prepare funding applications including providing costing for proposed project that adhere to the funder’s terms and conditions and are compliant with UCL policies and financial regulations. They will have oversight of research proposal processes, setting and communicating timescales, and providing advice and guidance to maximize proposal success rates. The post-holder will line manage the one or more grade 6 Research Administrator(s), including setting objectives, monitoring performance, conducting appraisals, offering guidance and assisting with developing knowledge and skills.

This permanent post is available immediately.

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About you

We are looking for an experienced line manager who is able to lead a sub-team of post-awards colleagues to provide efficient and streamlined project management and financial services in a research intensive department within the Bartlett Faculty where we ranked at World No.1 in Architecture and Built Environment according to the QS World University ranking in 2024.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits - refer to our job pages to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.

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