REF Coordinator

About the Role
The REF Coordinator provides proactive and high-quality operational and administrative support to the preparation of our submission to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029. REF is a national exercise that assesses the quality of research in UK universities, and allocates funding based on its results.

The REF Coordinator will ensure that our REF preparations are delivered smoothly and on schedule. They will work with colleagues across the university (including senior leaders) and play a key role in ensuring that the quality of the submission is reflective of our research excellence.

About You
The postholder will have significant experience of providing excellent operational support in a complex organisation, ideally in higher education or a research organisation. With excellent organisational skills, sound judgement, and discretion, they will be adept at managing competing priorities and delivering to tight deadlines. An eye for detail and an ability to work accurately at pace are essential.

The postholder will be confident in working and communicating with a range of stakeholders, including senior stakeholders and able to explain complicated information clearly. They will have experience of working with data, strong IT skills, committee servicing experience, and the ability to support projects and compliance activities.

About the Department
The Research and Innovation Services (RIS) Directorate provides dedicated, specialist support throughout the research and innovation lifecycle to help sustain and advance Queen Mary’s position as a world-class, research-led university.

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.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

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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