Research Operations Coordinator
Centre for Environmental Policy, Faculty of Natural Sciences
Salary: £38,614 – £47,373 per annum
Location: South Kensington Campus
Job Summary
The Centre for Environmental Policy (CEP) provides a unique interface between science and technology and the economic and policy context in which it is developed and applied. Its focus is on environmental and development issues, including energy, pollution, conservation of natural resources, food and health security and poverty reduction. The Centre seeks to integrate the College's outstanding science and technology research with a leading team of engineers, natural, social and policy scientists, creating exciting interdisciplinary research programmes.
As a result, the Centre actively collaborates with UK and international governments, Research Councils UK, the European Union and other international agencies.
We are seeking a Research Operations Coordinator to provide efficient administrative and research management support for Academic and Research staff at the Centre for Environmental Policy.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Advise Departmental Operations Manager of internal or external issues that might affect the financial and operational strategy of the Centre and provide relevant data and information.
- Liaise with academic staff submitting proposals and provide proposal costings and related budgetary information
- Manage expenditure on research grants and contracts and advise Principal Investigators accordingly.
- Ensure that all research grants are managed in accordance with sponsors terms and conditions.
- Provide assistance to Academics with research staff appointments
Essential Requirements
- Appropriate academic qualification or equivalent vocational qualifications, or equivalent experience in a similar role
- Previous experience of managing research grant budgets, financial reporting and providing sound financial management advice to budget holders
- Knowledge of pre-award and post-award research management
- Proven ability to establish and maintain administrative systems to ensure efficient and effective running of department
- A high standard of numeracy, ability to interpret financial information and communicate it to academic and research staff
Further Information
This role is full-time and open ended, and will be based at South Kensington Campus.
Should you have any queries please contact: Anca Gourlay – a.gourlay@imperial.ac.uk.
The College is a proud signatory to the San-Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions, we evaluate applicants on the quality of their work, not the journal impact factor where it is published. For more information, see https://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/about-imperial-research/research-evaluation/
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex, or sexual orientation. We are an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Disability Confident Leader and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
Closing date: 27/06/2021