About the Role Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) Strategy 2030 aims to double research income and impact. Achieving this requires streamlined, effective systems and processes aligned with competitor benchmarks. Progress has been made in restructuring and improving approaches, but ongoing enhancement is vital. Clear communication of decision trees to academic colleagues is essential, ensuring they know the right contacts for various tasks. Additionally, clear roles and responsibilities among Professional Services (PS) are crucial for providing efficient support. An experienced Research Administrator/Analyst is needed to identify, capture, and evaluate changes, delivering tangible improvements. This role offers the chance to work with diverse academic and PS teams, including academics driving innovation and commercialisation, business development staff, and those managing technology transfer and grant costings. By fostering collaboration, the role ensures Schools and Institutes have the support needed to excel in research and innovation. 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. Our services include : Accurate project costing. • Tender/application preparation and advice. • Assisting with the approvals process. • Ongoing financial management of grants and awards. • Consultancy and research contracts. • Assistance with ethics applications. • Support with Research Integrity matters. • Assistance with Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency applications. • International Research and Innovation Partnership Support including Export Control, Trusted Research and Partner Due Diligence. 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. Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. 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. £43,305 to £50,685 per annum