About the Role
The purpose of this role is to provide a professional service with respect to a range of financial and partnership management, including project and budget set-up, project staff and student appointment authorisation, and compliance to funder and organisational terms and conditions.
The post holder will also be expected to provide guidance and support to other colleagues within the Joint Research Office when necessary, along with the oversight of research administrators who will support with invoicing, reconciliation, and credit control.
About You
The post-holder will work as an Assistant Manager, working closely with the Research Support Officers and Invoicing Assistants to provide a high level of client support. They will provide advice on funder terms and conditions, allowable costs, financial planning, and QMUL financial regulations. They will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a flexible approach to work, being able to prioritise a demanding programme of work to meet set deadlines.
This specialised role will act as a key contact point in order to deliver a superior level of service to both internal and external customers. The post holder will have a high level of professionalism and extensive experience in post-award administration. Above all, the post-holder will have a keen desire to meet targets and deadlines and to pursue excellence in all that they do, looking for continuous development and personal growth.
About the Department
The Joint Research Management Office (JRMO) supports researchers across Queen Mary, University of London and Bart’s Health NHS Trust.
Our highly trained team is on hand to support a diverse range of research activities, from getting a project off the ground to ensuring its smooth running and future development. The team members understand where their work fits into the strategic plans and goals of the organisations.
About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable. Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.
We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.
Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme, and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work-life balance and family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.
Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.
Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality
£43,305 to £50,685 per annum
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