RaKE Administrator - Internal Only

University of Brighton; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Brighton is seeking candidates to join the Research and Knowledge Exchange Administration Team in Brighton, supporting research and COREs. You will provide administrative support across departments, including meetings, budget monitoring, financial processing, events, communications (website, blogs, social media) and REF submission administration.

The role is full-time with agile hybrid working, requiring occasional office attendance and flexibility within UK-working patterns.

Qualifications

• Experience working in an office environment.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Experience planning and prioritising a range of work activities, meeting sometimes conflicting work deadlines.
• Good communication skills, and to be able to communicate complex procedures and information clearly.
• Good attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Servicing meetings, including preparing agendas and minuting where required.
• Budget monitoring and basic financial transactions processing.
• Processing financial transactions and supporting financial administration.
• Support for events and communications, including website, blogs and social media updates.
• Providing admin support to REF submissions and related reporting.

Skills

Teamwork

Planning

Communication

Attention to detail

Office experience

Job description

Research and Knowledge Exchange

Location: Brighton - Moulsecoomb

Salary: £29,354 to £31,861 per annum

Closing Date: Tuesday 17 November 2026

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Reference: RK5084-26-254

We are seeking candidates to recruit to the Research and Knowledge Exchange Administration Team who support our research and knowledge exchange activities for our Colleges and our Centres of Research and Knowledge Exchange Excellence (COREs).

You will be part of a team providing support to a portfolio of Departments within the Colleges and/or COREs from across the University. Activities include, but are not limited to, servicing meetings, budget monitoring, processing financial transactions, support for events and communications including website, blogs and social media, and providing admin support to our REF submission.

To Be Successful, You Should Have

• previous experience of working in an office environment
• the ability to work as part of a team
• experience of planning and prioritising a range of work activities, meeting sometimes conflicting work deadlines
• good communication skills, and to be able to communicate complex procedures and information clearly
• good attention to detail

This post is advertised as full-time (37.0 hours per week) and we welcome applications from candidates seeking to job share.

This role is eligible for our agile working policy, meaning that you will be able to work a maximum of 60% of the time remotely (after an initial training period), however you will need to attend the office on Wednesdays.

We reserve the right to close the applications window early, giving 24 hours' notice if we receive a high number of applications.

Further Details

Job Description

The University is committed to an inclusive environment which embraces equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment. We particularly encourage male applicants and all those from Minority Ethnic backgrounds. The university is underrepresented by these groups at this job grade.

For the vast majority of our roles, we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.