Senior Research Portfolio Administrator (Maternity Cover)

Location: University Park

Interview date: To be confirmed

Applications are invited for the above post to work in the Faculty of Engineering across the various UK campuses (mainly University Park).

The successful candidate will join a team providing professional administrative support to members of academic and research staff within a number of Research Groups.

Duties will involve carrying out a range of administration activities, monitoring budgets, collation and interpretation of data, dealing with emails enquiries and general office based tasks.

Candidates should have experience in a relevant role, they should also have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work on their own initiative.

Excellent IT skills are essential (MS Office, including Excel, Word and Outlook), experience of other Enterprise (ERPs) would also be an advantage, such as UniCore, SAP or Agresso.

Working for the University of Nottingham 

• 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 days (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

This is a full time (36.25 hours), Maternity Cover post until 31/12/2026; but applications from individuals seeking job share arrangements are welcome.

Requests for secondment from internal candidates may be considered on the basis that prior agreement has been sought from both your current line manager and the manager of your substantive post, if you are already undertaking a secondment role.

If you have any informal inquiries, please contact Hamzah Sikander at hamzah.sikander@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this e-mail won't be considered.

Further details:

Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. Visit our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion website.

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.

To help you succeed, we published Candidate Guidance to provide support on the application and interview process.

Discover our benefits, visit Your Benefits website.

We welcome applications from UK, Europe and worldwide and aim to make your move to the UK as smooth as possible. Visit the Moving to Nottingham page for details.

Your application will be considered on an equal basis, subject to the relevant permission to work in the UK as set out by UK Visas & Immigration.

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