Project Administrator

About the Role
A part-time project administrator is required for a three-year AHRC/UKRI-funded research project focused on building connections between the academic, creative industry, and cultural heritage sectors in India and the UK. Key duties will include administering and coordinating project events, interactions and outcomes. The role will require flexibility in both time and responsibilities.

About You
An undergraduate or postgraduate degree in Film or a related area is desirable. Knowledge of the film history, heritage, culture, production and film festival sectors in India is essential. You will manage, coordinate, and administer project-related logistics, liaise with project participants, organise online, site-based, and hybrid events and symposia, write reports and maintain accounts. Social media, video conferencing, and website management skills alongside competency in Hindi and/or other regional Indian languages are essential.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project
The post is within the Department of Film in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film (SLLF).

Ranked joint 7th in the UK for the quality of its research in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, Queen Mary University of London, is one of the UK's leading research-intensive higher education institutions, delivering world class education and knowledge transfer across a wide range of subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Medicine & Dentistry and Science & Engineering.

The post is based at the Mile End Campus in London. It is a part-time (7 hours per week), fixed-term appointment for 3 years (until 30 September 2027), with an expected start date of 1 October 2024. The starting salary will be Grade 3, in the range of £31,421 per annum (pro-rata), inclusive of London Allowance.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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