University Services
Research & Innovation Services
Research Services Administrators
Vacancy Reference: 162411
Salary: UofG Grade 5, £26,038 - £30,505 per annum.
This post is full time (35 hours p/w) and open-ended.
The University of Glasgow has been changing the world for more than 573 years, and today we are one of the world's top 100 universities. We are delighted to have been awarded Scottish University of the Year by the Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024, demonstrating that we are not only one of the best universities in the United Kingdom, but one of the best universities for the world. Our people have always been at the forefront of innovation, and our past achievements inspire our current world changers.
This is a great opportunity for two Research Services Administrators to join the University’s Research & Innovation Services.
These roles operate in a matrix management structure and will report to colleagues in Research Culture and Researcher Development, Glasgow Changing Futures or other portfolios within Research Services for specific areas of work.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the University’s central Research Services Directorate, working in a varied role across the diverse portfolios in the Directorate. We are looking for two administrators who will collaborate on streamlining and professionalising our operational processes across our substantial and varied remit, enabling us to support activity across the research ecosystem.
The two Administrator posts will sit in the Research Services Operations Team. These are varied and responsive posts, working with colleagues across the full remit of Research Services to deliver professional services support essential to the operations of the Directorate. This includes all aspects of administrative support, finance administration, communications, and events organisation as well as tasks specific to individual portfolios, such as the delivery and evaluation of a comprehensive framework of events, programmes and initiatives for PGRs, research staff, research professional staff and research leaders (working with the Research Culture and Researcher Development Team) or providing expertise and operational support to the Glasgow Changing Futures leadership team. These roles underscore the ambitions of the University’s Research Strategy and support our commitment to the University of Glasgow’s five Research Culture Priorities that support the University of Glasgow to achieve its ambition of being the best place to develop a career for all members of the research ecosystem.
Within the Research Services Directorate we take a collaborative approach, working together across the areas of research culture and researcher development, in research impact, knowledge exchange, communications and engagement, in research governance, policy and integrity and in strategic research development. These areas of focus are enhanced through the Mazumdar-Shaw Advanced Research Centre (ARC) which provides a unique creative and collaborative space to bring people together. Beyond the Research Services Directorate we work in partnership with the Vice Principal (Research & Knowledge Exchange) and Vice Principal (Economic Development & Innovation), with colleagues in other central services, researchers and professional staff in each of Glasgow’s four academic Colleges, and with peers across the sector. Our activity is informed by the University research and innovation strategies.
At the University of Glasgow, we believe that research thrives when researchers and research professional staff feel that they are part of a stimulating, fair, and inclusive environment in which colleagues help each other to succeed. The post holder will work collaboratively with people across the university and externally in line with the Glasgow Professional Behavioural Framework, and the University of Glasgow Values.
Please contact Senior Operations Manager, Rachel Smillie (rachel.smillie@glasgow.ac.uk) for more information about these posts.
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Closing Date: 3 January 2025
As part of Team UofG you will be a member of a world changing, inclusive community, which values ambition, excellence, integrity and curiosity.
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