The University is in search of an enthusiastic and motivated particular person to guide the operational administration of the devoted EU and International crew inside the Analysis Operations Workplace (ROO), offering professional line administration help to colleagues, in addition to experience to candidates and the broader University in securing and managing funding from the European Fee and key worldwide funders.

The European Fee is a serious funder of analysis on the University, with the ERC and Marie Curie schemes being significantly profitable alongside the University’s massive portfolio of collaborative grants. However, the University goals to proceed to construct on these successes and additionally broaden and enhance its funding from abroad sources to assist preserve its place as a worldwide analysis chief. Reporting to (and every so often deputising for) the Head of EU and International, you’ll handle a devoted help crew, drawing in your professional information of the university analysis funding panorama, together with intensive administration expertise inside a financial-reporting, research-support capability. Your earlier expertise of efficiently managing a crew engaged in supporting large-scale proposal submissions and complicated monetary reporting, usually in a altering surroundings, can be utilised to finest help the University’s portfolio of EU and International proposals and awards. 

Constructing on work already begun, a major goal of the position can be to help the Head of EU & International in embedding a tradition of steady course of enchancment, with a view to planning and implementing any essential adjustments to make sure the crew is resilient, versatile, appropriately expert. To be actually efficient, we’re in search of candidates who can sensitively and proactively create and handle change ¿ each inside a crew and in its integration with the broader help networks. You’ll possess a variety of expertise from professional information in making use of for and administering analysis funding, to a capability to know and form efficient and environment friendly administrative processes, in addition to profitable line administration of groups working in a analysis help perform. An intensive information of EU funding schemes and their reporting necessities could be welcomed, however confirmed expertise of managing monetary reporting throughout a variety of complicated funding schemes, plus an actual need to shortly achieve experience on the intricacies of this key funder, are equally welcome. 

This difficult and rewarding position will offer you the chance to work inside one of many world’s main and most prestigious research-intensive universities; additional growing your efficient administration expertise via managing an expert crew; growing sturdy skilled hyperlinks with a broad vary of UK and worldwide establishments, sponsors and collaborators; and being on the forefront of reviewing service supply and serving to to form change in a dynamic and fast-moving surroundings.

You’ll ideally have an undergraduate diploma with a mix of related expertise in individuals administration, course of administration, and vital expertise in complicated grant administration, ideally in a university. EU Analysis and Innovation grant administration expertise is particularly welcomed.

Your utility ought to clearly set out the way you meet the standards listed within the particular person specification (the talents and expertise required for the position) together with related examples. Candidates can be shortlisted based mostly on these standards.

We’ve got embraced hybrid working and we’re at present trialling in-person working inside groups 2 days per week from Greenwich Home. This association is at present short-term. Some roles might require extra onsite working in response to enterprise want and that is topic to dialogue with the recruiting supervisor.

To use on-line for this emptiness and to view additional details about the position, please go to: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/33797.

Closing Date: fifteenth January 2023. Interviews can be held in early January, shortlisted candidates can be notified w/c 2nd January.

When you have any questions concerning the utility course of, please contact CROrecruitment@admin.cam.ac.uk.

Please quote reference EW30298 in your utility and in any correspondence about this emptiness.

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