Administration & Research Officer

Aston University; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

Aston University invites applications for an Administration & Research Officer (Internal only) in the School of Law & Social Sciences. The role supports the AI.RDN+ project and related communications on a fixed-term, part-time basis. Location: Aston University Main Campus.

You will coordinate project consultations, contribute to maintaining the AI.RDN+ website and newsletter production, manage external enquiries and support data collection and analysis within the doctoral research ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Proven administrative support experience in complex interdisciplinary projects.
• Experience undertaking, writing up and presenting qualitative research results.
• Experience with data collection, especially relating to postgraduate researchers' use of generative AI tools.
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive administrative support for the AI.RDN+ project and interdisciplinary activities.
• Coordinate project consultations and meetings and maintain project communications.
• Produce the AI.RDN+ Newsletter and update the project website and related digital content.
• Liaise with stakeholders and manage external enquiries; support data collection and analysis.

Job description

Administration & Research Officer (Internal only)

School of Law & Social Sciences

Location: Aston University Main Campus

Grade: Grade 07

ContractType: Fixed Term(24 months)

Basis: Part Time(0.51)

ClosingDate: 23.59 hours GMT on Wednesday 28 October 2026

InterviewDate: Wednesday 18 November 2026

Reference: 1596-26

ReleaseDate: Wednesday 14 October 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an interdisciplinary project team working on a Research England-funded project called ‘Artificial Intelligence Researcher Development Network Plus’ (AI.RDN+). This four-year project is evaluating the take-up of publicly available AI tools for doctoral research, promoting their responsible use and creating training, support and guidance for stakeholders across the doctoral ecosystem.

You will provide proactive support for all aspects of the project, including servicing project consultations and meetings. You will co-ordinate the production of the AI.RDN+ Newsletter and other regular communications using digital media and will contribute to maintaining up-to-date information about the project on the AI.RDN+ website. You will liaise frequently with all project stakeholders and manage external enquiries. You will support data collection and analysis and contribute to the preparation of key project outputs.

You will have proven experience of providing administrative support for complex interdisciplinary projects and experience of undertaking, writing up and presenting the results of qualitative research. You will have proven experience of data collection, especially as this relates to postgraduate researchers’ use of generative AI tools. You will possess excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and demonstrable experience of working effectively with internal and external stakeholders in the doctoral research ecosystem.

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