CRDC Senior Administrator

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £29,647 to £31,460, with potential progression once in post to £35,388

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to April 2032

Background

The University of Birmingham is excited to support the NIHR Central and North West Midlands Commercial Research Delivery Centre (C&NWM CRDC), working across the region we will support the growth of commercial research, increasing access to clinical trials for our patients.

As a new high-profile regional programme, there will be significant work to establish the programme systems and processes, across a variety of organisations. This post is employed by the College of Medicine and Health at the University of Birmingham but working closely with the host organisation (Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital) and other partners/ collaborators across the region. 

The post holder is key to supporting coordination and delivery of these activities through providing administrative support to Senior Managers, and a variety of related committees – significant experience of remote/ digital ways of working will be essential i.e. Microsoft Teams, SharePoint or Google Drive and Sites. 

As a regional programme it is anticipated that this is a hybrid role, working on site and remotely in line with the University’s hybrid working policy, but with a flexible approach to programme delivery i.e. supporting face-to-face events/ meetings across the region as required.

Main Duties

• You will be able to deal with complex systems and procedures and will be expected to offer advice on these, including deciding on the response to more complex queries. 
• You will be expected to exercise your judgment on the answer to queries or on the direction of work within parameters set by your manager. On a day to day basis you will be expected to resolve more complex queries without necessarily referring to your manager. 
• You may be involved in organising events including booking a venue, sending invitations, arranging refreshments, liaising with speakers, manage bookings, co-ordination of colleagues, advertising, collating feedback and reporting back.
• own behaviour to avoid unfair discriminatory impact or bias on others.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience

• Educated to A Level standard, or equivalent level 3 qualification such as a Level 3 NVQ, or level 3 national diploma or relevant work experience evidencing the skills and ability to undertake the role. 
• Minimum of grade C/4 in Mathematics and English at GCSE or equivalent.
• Highly proficient IT skills, in particular the ability to handle complex electronic diaries and emails, the wider MS Office suite of programmes including Excel and PowerPoint, The post holder should also be confident and able to quickly learn new IT skills and software packages as required.
• Proven ability to plan ahead and anticipate requirements, proactively planning own (and sometimes others’ workloads) to manage time effectively, progress tasks concurrently and work to deadlines.

Informal enquiries can be made to Amy Smith a.smith.23@bham.ac.uk

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