Research Administrator

UCL AI Centre; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

UCL AI Centre seeks a Research Administrator for a permanent role in London. The successful candidate will support research activities, requiring strong organizational and communication skills, as well as proficiency in key office applications. Competitive benefits package offered, including hybrid working options.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

Final salary pension scheme

Season ticket loan

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption pay

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy office environment with competing priorities.
• Computer literacy including Microsoft applications.
• Excellent numeracy and data analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Support department’s research endeavours.
• Work with Senior Research Administrator on tasks.
• Adapt to a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Computer literacy

Excellent oral communication

Attention to detail

Numeracy and data analysis

Interpersonal skills

Prioritization and organization

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Ref Number B04-06188 Professional Expertise Administration and Business Support Department UCL BEAMS (B04) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary £35,930-£41,255 Contract Type Permanent Working Type Hybrid Available for Secondment No Closing Date 25-Jun-2025

About Us

UCL Physics and Astronomy is among the top departments in the UK for this subject area: UCL is consistently placed in the global top 20 across a wide range of university rankings – and is currently 8th in the QS World University Rankings 2020 and 4th in the UK for Physics and Astronomy.

The department has a very expansive and diverse research portfolio. This will be a busy role in a fast-paced environment and the post-holder will be expected to quickly assimilate information as well as being adaptable and flexible with regards to their workload. The post-holder will work with the Senior Research Administrator to provide support for the department’s research endeavours.

About The Role

This is a permanent, open ended role. The full Job Description and Person Specification can be found in the “Available Documents" section below. To apply for the vacancy please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button. Informal enquiries regarding the vacancy can be made to Rebecca Martin [e-mail]

About You

Experience of working in a busy office environment with competing priorities. Computer literacy, including competency in desktop applications including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook as well as ability to use spreadsheets with formulas. Excellent oral and written communication skills including spelling, punctuation and grammar and attention to detail. Excellent numeracy and data analysis skills with the ability to deal with high volumes of processing while maintaining accuracy Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop effective relationships with internal and external staff at all levels including existing and potential commercial, industrial and research partners. Ability to independently prioritise and organise own workload in a proactive manner to meet time-critical schedules.

What we offer

At UCL, we offer a competitive benefits package including 27 days annual leave plus six days (bank holidays are in addition), hybrid and flexible working, final salary pension scheme, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, enhanced maternity/ paternity/ adoption pay, workplace nursery, employee assistance programme and much more! For more information on our benefits, please visit our staff benefits webpage. We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible. The UCL Ways of Working for professional services supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work – please see www.ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/ We particularly welcome female applicants and those from an ethnic minority, as they are under-represented within UCL at this level. Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.

Available documents

Attached documents are available under links. Clicking a document link will initialize its download.

• download: Research Administrator - JD+PS.pdf