Research Grants Coordinator

Location: West Cambridge

The Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology has a research grant income of £11.3 million per annum in 2024/2025. Key funders are UKRI, especially EPSRC, industry and ERC.

This post is dedicated to the coordination of new grant funding opportunities with over 30 academics within the department. The post is vital to the research objectives of the Department and will focus on pre-award co-ordination. We are seeking a proactive and highly organised Research Grants Co-ordinator who will provide comprehensive administrative support to academic staff applying for funding. This will involve coordinating the work on developing large grant bids, contributing to writing parts of the bids, liaising with pre-award and post-award grant management teams in the Department and in the Research Operations Office of the University. The role works closely with the Finance Co-ordinator in the preparation of bids as well as liaising with the Department's Finance Manager. 

The Research Grants Co-ordinator provides expert support and guidance to Principal Investigators (PIs) and Department based research staff, with an outcome of timely, accurate and risk-mitigated research grant applications. The role holder works in collaboration with PIs and project support staff to enable effective and efficient grant management of active research grants across the School across the full grants lifecycle. The role will use University systems such as Worktribe and CUFS. The ability to communicate with confidence to a wide range of people and an effective flexible team player is key. You will need to possess a high level of organisation and prioritisation skills with the ability to take initiative and balance a varied workload to meet deadline. 

You will require some understanding about grant development: structure of grants, coordination of multiple partners, interactions with funding bodies and understanding of requirements and specifications of different funding calls, interactions with University's pre-award team of the Research Operations Office. The postholder will work with the Deputy Head of the Department (Research) in supporting the Research Committee, and has the primary aim of increasing grant income for the department. 

You will be educated to degree level or an equivalent level of practical experience.

Experience of a similar role in research grants/finance along with managing budgets is essential. Competent use of Microsoft Office is also essential.

Applications will be rapidly reviewed after the closing date and interviews will be shortly after.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a health assessment.

We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for flexible working arrangements.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click 'Apply' above.

Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be directed to Dr Tom Matthams, Business & Operations Manager at tjm16@cam.ac.uk. If you have questions on the application process, please email Vito Candela, HR Administrator at hr@ceb.cam.ac.uk. 

Please quote reference NQ49385 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

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