Post-Award Research Operations Lead

Dunhillmedical; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension scheme

Flexible working

Discounts

Job summary

The University of Sheffield is seeking an Operations Officer (Post Award Research) to provide high-quality administrative support to academic staff across the School of Chemical, Materials & Biological Engineering. You will manage staffing, procurement, reporting, and events to ensure funded projects meet milestones and external deadlines.

You will collaborate with HR, RPI, Faculty Marketing, and Finance to optimise project delivery from award to completion.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent experience).
• Previous experience in a professional role, ideally within a Higher Education or similar environment.
• Experience motivating and communicating with a team of staff.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including ability to communicate with staff at all levels and explain complex information clearly.
• Ability to assess and organise resources, and plan and progress work activities within deadlines.
• Working knowledge of key funder guidelines (EPSRC, Innovate).
• Experience using project management software tools (e.g. Trello).

Responsibilities

• Support a diverse portfolio of research, consultancy and projects in line with guidelines.
• Act as interface between PI and RPI, Faculty Research Hubs, and Finance for funding management.
• Provide support to academic colleagues to plan and report on deliverables.
• Maintain records and management information for reports and audits.
• Assist with ethics review processes and liaise with colleagues as needed.
• Arrange and service research meetings, collate paperwork and take minutes.
• Support REF submissions and dissemination of research.
• Promote events and engagement with non-academic audiences.
• Coordinate visits from funding bodies or industrial partners.
• Coordinate promotion of research via social media, websites and events.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisation

Project coordination

Team supervision

Education

Degree or equivalent

Tools

Trello

Job description

The University of Sheffield is seeking an Operations Officer (Post Award Research) to provide high-quality administrative support to academic staff across the School of Chemical, Materials & Biological Engineering. You will manage staffing, procurement, reporting, and events to ensure funded projects meet milestones and external deadlines.

You will collaborate with HR, RPI, Faculty Marketing, and Finance to optimise project delivery from award to completion.