Finance and Research Administrator

About us

The Department of Anthropology at UCL is a research-led department with an international reputation, offering innovative teaching programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in both Bloomsbury and UCL East.

The department is one of only a few broad-based anthropology departments in the UK comprising five sub-sections: Evolutionary and Environmental Anthropology, Social Anthropology, Material Culture, Medical Anthropology and Public Anthropology.

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance and Research Administrator to join our friendly professional services team in the Department of Anthropology. The post holder will be supporting the department's day-to-day financial processes and support grant applications and administration of successful grants.

For informal enquiries, please contact the Finance Manager, Wendy Chandler ().

About you

We are looking for a professional with proven experience in providing effective finance and administrative support, as well as a strong knowledge of Excel, including the ability to understand and use numerical formulas. You will have a high level of numeracy, with the ability to understand and interpret figures and statistics, meet tight deadlines, and effectively prioritise your workload.

Please ensure that you submit a supporting statement as part of your application in addition to a CV, and that you address each of the essential criteria in your application. When we shortlist, applications are scored according to how they meet each of the essential criteria.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit Rewards and Benefits to find out more. A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. 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 currently underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include: people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled people, LGBTQ+ people, and women (for our grade 9 and 10 roles).

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