Research Administrator (Fixed Term)

Location: University Park

Interview date: To be confirmed

Applications are invited for the post of Research Administrator, within Stroke, AU1 Mental Health & Clinical Neuroscience. You will be based at the QMC, Nottingham University Hospitals and will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team coordinating multi-centre UK and international stroke trials.

You will be a highly motivated and personable individual, who works well as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, as well using your own initiative. The successful candidate will support the stroke trials team to set up new trials and close down completed trials. Support will include processing trial payments, maintenance of trial information in the databases and trial files. Your role will also entail arranging face to face meetings, teleconferences, investigator meetings, conference attendance, and national/international travel booking.  

At the University of Nottingham, we are committed to providing competitive employment packages whilst supporting the well-being of our staff to help them reach their full potential. As a University employee, you will have access to a range of benefits and rewards, including leading fitness and health facilities, staff discounts and travel schemes, along with a generous holiday allowance and pension scheme. 

The post is offered on a full-time basis, fixed-term contract until 30th September 2026. 

What we offer

• A friendly, diverse, and supportive working environment
• A hybrid working arrangement with the blended approach of home and office working each week
• Generous holiday entitlement of 27 (30) days (or pro rata) plus standard bank holidays and five university closure days including closure between Christmas and New Year.
• Our reward scheme grants bonuses of numerous values for excellent work
• We are committed to staff development through the provision of training, continued support, and career progression opportunities
• You will have access to a range of benefits and rewards, including fitness and health facilities, staff discounts, travel schemes and many more. To find out more about what we can offer you, follow the link to our benefits website

To apply for this vacancy please click ‘Apply Now’ to complete your details. Further information is available in the role profile. For informal inquiries, please contact stroke-STM@nottingham.ac.uk 

Further details:

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We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) employer. Increasing the diversity of our community is extremely important to us and we are committed to the aims of Disability Confident Scheme. 

We are the first university to have achieved Athena Swan Gold Award.

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This position does not fulfil the UK Visas & Immigration sponsorship criteria for Skilled Worker, therefore we can only accept applications from candidates who already have the right to work in UK.

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