Grant Coordinator

Diamond Light Source; East Hagbourne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Job summary

Diamond Light Source in the United Kingdom is seeking a Grant Coordinator to support the Project Lead in the scientific coordination, administration and delivery of the CoMPaSS project. The role involves coordinating activities, monitoring milestones, and ensuring funding requirements are met through collaboration with investigators.

The postholder will oversee finances, travel information, and outputs related to impact while liaising with multiple partners within a cross-institutional network.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating complex projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to monitor milestones and financials for grant-funded work.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project activities and communications across partners.
• Monitor progress against milestones and manage project finances and travel logistics.
• Ensure compliance with contractual, funding and reporting requirements.

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Financial monitoring

Education

Science or project management qualification

Job description

Fixed Term Contract until of 31st March 2029.

As standard this role requires a fully onsite working arrangement

About Us

Diamond Light Source is the UK’s national synchrotron, serving scientists and researchers from around the world. It is a not-for-profit joint venture, providing academic and industry researchers access to facilities that enable world-changing science.

The machine generates extremely bright light that is directed into laboratories known as beamlines. Scientists use the light to find solutions to humanity’s most critical challenges, from health, food security and biotechnology to energy, climate change and advanced materials.

Diamond is in the process of upgrading to a fourth-generation synchrotron, generating a brighter and more coherent light. This will provide enhanced imaging and analysis capabilities, helping the UK to remain at the forefront of scientific discovery.

About The Role

We now have an opportunity for a Grant Coordinator to support the Project Lead (PL), Dr Chris Nicklin, in the scientific coordination, administration, and delivery of the project. Working across a complex network of partners, the postholder will coordinate project activities, facilitate effective communication and collaboration, monitor progress against agreed objectives and milestones, and help ensure that contractual, financial, and funding requirements are met. It will involve supporting and liaising with the other investigators to ensure progress of the project in addition to monitoring and evaluation. Other activities will include overseeing the finances, coordinating travel information (visas, tickets etc..) and collating outputs relating to impact from the project.

The CoMPaSS partnership brings together leading South African researchers and synchrotron scientists from Diamond Light Source (UK) to address global scientific challenges through collaborative, world-class research. Supported by the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), the partnership is committed to developing the next generation of research leaders while strengthening long-term scientific capacity in both countries. Through a co-created vision, CoMPaSS seeks to establish a sustainable collaboration focused on four research themes: Decarbonisation and Renewable Energy; Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Security; Global Health and Disease Biology; and Food, Environment and Agricultural Stability. These themes encompass the study of next-generation materials, including those for hydrogen storage, advanced batteries and catalysts, alongside research into protein crystals and solutions, to drive innovation in emerging technologies and deepen understanding of the causes and treatment of disease.

About You

You will hold a qualification relating to science or project management and strong experience managing projects and matrix working.

Monitoring financial information, milestones and working with multiple stakeholders is desirable but not essential

Benefits

Diamond offers an exceptional benefits package to support staff in achieving a positive work/life balance. This includes 26 days annual leave plus Christmas closure, public holidays, 2 annual volunteering days and flexible working hours. We also offer an excellent defined benefit pension scheme with a 2.3% accrual rate. A relocation allowance may also be available where applicable.

Our campus-based location, with open green space, offers sports pitches, an outdoor gym, as well as a network of cycle, running and walking routes. Staff also have access to a range of onsite amenities including cafes, restaurants, a daycare nursery and free on-site parking.

As standard this role requires a fully onsite working arrangement

The initial closing date for applications is 27th September 2026, however applications will be reviewed and interviewed on an ongoing basis until this vacancy is filled.