Project Coordinator - INTERNAL ONLY

King's College London; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

King's College London is seeking a proactive Research Administration professional to oversee support for a five-year, multi-institution project. The role involves managing EC grant processes, EU-funded budgets and accurate reporting to funders, with strong cross-team communication.

You will work closely with investigators and researchers, ensuring smooth operations, financial oversight and compliance across sites, while leveraging tools like MS Office 365, Excel and King's systems.

Qualifications

• Significant knowledge and skills of research support gained through relevant posts.
• Experience with European Commission project management processes and reporting.
• Experience working with international research grants or clinical trials.
• Excellent financial management, budget oversight and expenditure summaries for EU funded projects.
• Proven strong communication and interpersonal skills to relay complex information.
• Ability to work with clinical and academic teams across institutions.
• Proficient IT skills including MS Office 365 and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth running of the study and timely reporting to the study team and funders, including financial management.
• Support the Chief Investigator, investigators and researchers in meeting programme objectives and adapting to project needs.

Skills

Research support

EC project management

International grants

EU funding budgeting

Communication skills

Time management

Cross-institution collaboration

Office 365 / Excel

Worktribe

PXD

KFIN

Problem solving

Tools

Excel

Worktribe

PXD

KFIN

Job description

We also study the genetics, epidemiology, psychopathology, neurobiology and psychopharmacology of autistic spectrum disorders and ADHD across the lifespan; conduct disorder and callous unemotional behaviour in children; and offending and antisocial personality disorder in adulthood. About the role: This is an exciting opportunity to be involved with a consortium of international Universities, SME's and Charities. It's a two-stage project. In Stage 1, working in collaboration with lived experience experts, the project will collect and develop Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) measures to explore the relationships between sensory experiences and the environment, arousal, anxiety/mood, and sleep. These measures will be evaluated and selected for inclusion as outcome measures in the Stage 2 trial. This is a full RCT of Arbaclofen/Placebo plus/minus biofeedback training to improve wellbeing in autistic adults (with sensory measures agreed by lived experience experts as secondary outcomes). The post-holder will play a major role in ensuring the smooth running of the study, including the effective communication amongst all parties and accurate and timely reporting to the study team and funders, including financial management. The post-holder is expected to be flexible in supporting the Chief Investigator, investigators and researchers in meeting the programme's objectives. This is a five-year funded study, and post-holder will be appointed at the beginning of the research and will have significant opportunity to help shape the administrative processes for the programme's effective management and reporting. This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an a fixed term contract for five years., The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension. We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination. When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King's guidance.

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

• Significant knowledge and skills of research support acquired through relevant posts, demonstrating development through progressively more demanding work/roles, and the acquisition of appropriate professional or specialist knowledge.
• Knowledge of European Commission project management processes and reporting requirements.
• Experience working with international research grants or clinical trials.
• Excellent financial management, budget oversight and expenditure summaries especially with EU funded projects.
• Proven strong communication and interpersonal skills to receive, understand and relay complex information to various audiences.
• Excellent task management skills and ability to work under pressure in a busy environment, either independently or as part of a team, with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail and ability to take initiative and decisions with a proactive approach to complex problem solving.
• Ability to work with clinical and academic teams across institutions in research environment.
• Knowledge of King's working systems such as Worktribe, PXD and KFIN (or their HEI equivalents) and highly proficient IT skills (including MS Office 365 and especially Excel).

Desirable criteria

• Experience in working with international research grants or clinical trials.
• Experience managing research meetings and stake-holder events.
• Knowledge of research governance procedures (including R&D and ethical approval processes).
  This post is based in the Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, School of Academic Psychiatry in the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London. The Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences (FANS) is one of Europe's largest research groups and one of the few teams in the world bringing together leading experts in brain development and pro and antisocial behaviours. We believe it is essential to investigate the determinants of normal development in order to understand abnormal behaviour (or illness)., At King's, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.