Pre-Award Grants Assistant

Location: The Francis Crick Institute, London

Short summary

Research funding plays a vital role in making scientific discoveries possible and our Pre-Award Grants team helps researchers secure the funding they need to bring their ideas to life. 

In this role, you’ll provide essential administrative and operational support across a varied portfolio of research funding activities, helping to ensure that grant applications, records and processes run smoothly. 

You’ll work closely with Grants Managers, researchers and colleagues across the Crick, making this a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys working with people, managing information and keeping things organised.

Key Responsibilities 

These include but not limited to:

• Supporting the Pre-Award Grants team with the administration of research funding applications and related activities.
• Maintaining accurate records across our grants management and finance systems, including Worktribe and Workday.
• Tracking legal agreements, following up on actions and keeping colleagues informed of progress.
• Assisting with compliance checks on research funders and project partners.
• Responding to routine queries and liaising with researchers, funders and colleagues across the organisation.
• Ensuring records, correspondence and approvals are accurately documented and maintained.
• Helping to identify opportunities to improve processes, data quality and ways of working.

About you

You will have:  

• Experience providing administrative support in a busy, deadline-driven environment.*
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, particularly when managing data and records.*
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships.*
• A proactive approach to problem-solving, prioritising tasks and following up on actions.*
• Confidence using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook, and learning new systems.*
• The ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality and discretion.*
• A flexible, collaborative approach and enthusiasm for learning and developing new skills.*

About us

The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.

An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL, Imperial College London and King’s College London.

The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under one building in Europe.

The Francis Crick Institute will be world-class with a strong national role. Its distinctive vision for excellence includes commitments to collaboration; developing emerging talent and exporting it to the rest of the UK; public engagement; and helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy.

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