Research Systems Coordinator

We wish to appoint a Research System Coordinator, based within the Research and Impact Services (RIS) team.

RIS support the University's academic community throughout the life cycle of research projects, from the initial research idea to applying for and securing funding, to assessing the impact of the research on the wider world. 

About the role

Over the next two years, the University will implement a new grant application and award costing system (Worktribe), move its finance system (Agresso) to the cloud, rewrite system integrations, and review its approach to reporting on research management data. RIS are looking for a hardworking individual with excellent interpersonal and project management skills to support these projects, lead on smaller system-related projects and coordinate daily running of the research information systems (Pure, Worktribe, parts of Agresso).

This post will directly contribute to the institutional capability to capture, store, report on and analyse the data about University's research to enable strategic decision making. You will be involved in identifying new ways of collecting and reporting data effectively, and improving and automating existing processes where possible. The role will be multifaceted, with multiple tasks and projects on the go. Your ability to organise and prioritise own workload will be crucial.

About us

This is a small team who look after RIS system development and improvement, data quality, and reporting on the data held in the systems. The team supports University's internal and external reporting, including reporting on funding outcomes to ResearchFish and the University's submission to Research Excellence Framework (REF). The team works closely with other colleagues within RIS and wider University (especially from the Digital, Data and Technology department, Library, Vice-Chancellor's Office, and research managers in the Faculties and School).

About you

The ideal candidate will

• be tenacious, with a can-do attitude
• have excellent interpersonal and project management skills, with strong ability to prioritise workload
• have a good understanding of systems and data, and with interest in process improvement
• able to understand, translate and communicate complex processes and guidance to different audiences
• be able to report, analyse and present data to different audiences

Further information

The post is offered on a full-time basis (36.5 hours per week) for a fixed-term period of 2 years.

The team follows a hybrid model of working, with a minimum of two days based on the University's Claverton Down campus. 

For an informal discussion about the role please contact:

Dace Rozenberga (dr573@bath.ac.uk), however, please submit your application via the University website. 

What we can offer you

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.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence & supporting disabled staff.

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