Job title: Research & Innovation Administrator
Job reference: 0000019699
Date posted: 21/11/2022
Application closing date: 04/12/2022
Salary: £27,929 – 33,314 (Grade 4)
Package: Excellent Benefits Package
Contractual hours: 36.25
Basis: Full Time
Job description
Research & Innovation Administrator, Research, Innovation and Enterprise Office – Full time, Permanent
A permanent opportunity has arisen for a Research and Innovation Administrator to join our Research and Innovation Office on a full-time basis.
Research, Innovation & Enterprise is an expert professional service in all matters pertaining to research activities working proactively to support our academics and PGR students to achieve and surpass the University’s strategy for success.
The Role
The Researcher Development team provides support across the university to our research community. The team has two part-time Researcher Developers and a Public Engagement manager, alongside the Head of Researcher Development. The team has a broad and varied portfolio; running development events, supporting researchers to engage with different publics, and working with the schools to ensure we have a strong research culture that supports our researchers at all stages of their career.
As Research and Innovation Administrator, you will be responsible for providing professional support and advice for colleagues across the University in the areas of Researcher Development including for Early Career researchers and PGR students, Ethics and Governance, and Public Engagement.
Some key aspects of the role are:
- Organisation, advertisement, and event management of workshops and conferences as part of our researcher development programme
- To clerk the University Research Integrity Committee as required including assisting with agenda setting, follow up action points and assure business continuity
- To respond to researcher development and research ethics and governance queries
- Provide support to Researcher Development, ethics and governance, and public engagement activity including clerking working groups
- Project administration of internal initiatives
- To assist with the co-ordination, compilation and submission of cross-school and cross-sector applications and reports
To find out more, please review the full role profile here.
We can support hybrid working model where duties allow in agreement with your line manager, however normally the role holder will be based at our Merchiston campus.
What we are looking for
- Degree level or equivalent and have demonstrable experience of University administration.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication (verbal and written) and organisational skills
- Ability to work on your own initiative, to work on multiple activities and to meet deadlines.
You will also be highly computer literate with extensive experience of Microsoft Office, data management and transformation.
We particularly welcome candidates with previous knowledge of research environment in Higher Education and with familiarity of policy / research.
Benefits we offer:
Edinburgh Napier University is a forward-thinking institution, home to forward-thinking people, inspired by the world around them. Join us and you will find that we offer support and recognition wherever due, as well as fantastic benefits such as an attractive pension with employer contributions of 20.8% and a minimum of 36 days holiday.
There are professional development opportunities, discounted access to onsite sports facilities and a wide range of other staff discounts. For more information about our wide range of benefits, click here.
- Salary: £ 27,929 – 33,314 (Grade 4)
Additional Information
- Application closing date: 4th December 2022 @ 11:59 pm
- Interview date: 13/14th December 2022
Further information about our benefits can be found here.
Edinburgh Napier is committed to creating an environment where everyone feels proud, confident, challenged and supported and are holders of Disability Confident, Carer Positive and Stonewall Diversity Champion status. Please see here for more information.