Project Administrator

About the Role

For further information or informal enquiries, please contact Professor Claire Blencowe (C.Blencowe@warwick.ac.uk).

We are seeking to appoint a Research Project Administrator to provide high level administrative and monitoring support to facilitate the smooth running of Professor Claire Blencowe’s newly awarded ERC Consolidator Grant ‘Religious Authority in Extractive Industry Struggles (RAIDS)’. This position will be hired at 0.5 FTE (18.25hrs per week) on a five year fixed-term basis, starting immediately. 

RAIDS builds on Professor Blencowe’s research on the role of religion in the expansion of extractive industries in 18th-19th C British Empire by investigating contemporary phenomena and multiple faiths. It breaks new ground in decolonial-feminist participatory research, offering new ways to centre voices and insights of communities who confront extractive industries on the ground. It addresses urgent questions about power and justice within land and labour disputes that are intensifying in the context of climate catastrophe and post-carbon transition.

By identifying and analysing the significance of religious authority within eight specific mining disputes located in India, Indonesia, Brazil and the USA (spanning multiple faiths) and theorising the role of religious authority in extractive industry struggles in general, the project will open new ways for scholars and activists to understand and challenge inequalities and injustice.

The post holder will lead on day-to day financial management and administration of the project, planning and organising activities and events and managing funder liaison. 

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here).

About You

The successful candidate will possess experience of administrative policies and processes, will take pride in providing high-quality support, and will be a positive and professional individual who enjoys interacting with a wide variety of people. The post holder will be responsible for managing the administrative processed of the RAIDS project funded by the ERC.

Closing Date: Sunday 8 November 2026, 11:59PM (UK) 

The interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the 'Apply' button.

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