Research Projects Portfolio Administrator

University of Birmingham – School of Social Policy and Society, College of Social Sciences 

Location: Birmingham

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £30,062 to £31,900, with potential progression once in post to £35,883 (pro-rata for part time positions)

Hours: Part Time

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract

There’s a possibility of extension of the end date, and increase of the FTE, during the post’s duration,
depending on additional funding becoming available for the post through new research project
grants. Any extension and FTE increases would be agreed between the role-holder and their line
manager.

The role holder will work across IDRIS’s portfolio of projects, providing dedicated administrative support on larger projects with the day-to-day duties and responsibilities varying from project to project. They will also be responsible for Centre administration, for example making bookings for Centre events and arranging and minuting Centre meetings. Co-production and external collaboration is vital to IDRIS’s research, and so the role holder will often be responsible for liaising with external individuals and organisations, particularly other higher education institutions, groups that represent people with intellectual disabilities and their families including charities, and healthcare organisations. You will be line managed by the Institute Manager and will work closely with them. 

As well as providing central Institute Support, the role holder will initially be supporting two projects; A Multicentre Two-arm Single-blind Parallel Superiority Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing A Behavioural Intervention For Anxiety Disorders And Treatment-as-usual To Treatment-as-usual With Adults With Moderate To Severe Intellectual Disabilities (BEAMS-ID Trial) & The SiblingGame project. The BEAMS-ID project will be assessing whether new anxiety therapy for adults with moderate to severe learning disabilities, called BEAMS-ID is effective. SiblingGame is researching the effectiveness of on online serious game called Broodles, in which siblings of people with learning disabilities will play the game to help them work through their needs and experiences as a brother or sister of a child with a learning disability.

Job summary

As a Research Projects Portfolio Administrator within a team/department you will provide support for a broad range of administrative duties, some of which may be complex. You may also be responsible for managing other staff or for supporting colleagues and sharing knowledge. You will be able to use your wide range of skills, both technical and administrative, and have the opportunity to lead on specific tasks within a team.  In order to flexibly use resource you may be given the opportunity to work in different areas of the department or wider University.

Informal enquires can be made to Alexander White at a.white.2@bham.ac.uk  

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