Research Operations Officer

King's College London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

King's College London is seeking a Research Operations Officer within the School of Neuroscience to provide research administration support across two departments on Guy's campus. The role focuses on managing post-award activities and the day-to-day administration of research awards, working closely with researchers to ensure funding lifecycle milestones are met.

The post is hybrid, requiring three days per week on campus, and is a full-time, indefinite contract.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable knowledge and skills of research support acquired through previous roles.
• Good numeracy skills and experience of supporting and monitoring financial transactions; experience with Excel and Word.
• Knowledge and experience of HR processes, systems and policy regulations.
• Experience using Worktribe, Unit 4 Business World and PeopleXD or equivalent university systems.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills to relay day-to-day operational ideas or information.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team to contribute to broader goals.
• Good organisational and time management skills, with ability to manage competing priorities.
• Good accuracy and attention to detail, with ability to follow and adapt to new procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide research administration support to the Centre for Developmental Neurobiology and Wolfson SPaRC.
• Manage day-to-day administration of awards across the grant lifecycle (post-award).
• Support researchers to progress their career within research administration.
• Build and maintain effective relationships across School, Faculty and University.
• Work across post-award activities and financial transactions as needed.
• Hybrid role with three days on campus per week.

Skills

Research administration

Excel

Word

Communication

Time management

Attention to detail

Independent worker

Teamwork

Tools

Worktribe

Unit 4 Business World

PeopleXD

Job description

Our academic and research staff are integral to our school. Their work is supported by a group of Professional Services staff members within the departments as well as at the school level. We support staff members requiring flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments. Upon consultation at the points of recruitment and onboarding, we will strive to provide the best adjustments for you. We strongly encourage our staff to dedicate time to their professional development through training courses and participation in working groups and networks. We also encourage our staff to seek mentoring outside their direct line management. Mentoring, both via formal and informal arrangements, allows individuals to fully explore their career situation and development. Our weekly school circular regularly captures and promotes opportunities open to all staff., The Research Operations Officer is based within the School of Neuroscience and will primarily provide research administration support to two departments: Centre for Developmental Neurobiology and Wolfson SPaRC, on Guy's campus. The role holder will work closely with researchers to support the grant lifecycle, primarily working across post-award, and will be responsible for the day-to-day administration of awards. The role would suite someone who is able to effectively manage competing priorities, has good attention to detail and is able to build and maintain effective working relationships across the School, Faculty and University. The role will provide individuals with a wide variety of experience and skills working across research administration in a large and complex School and Faculty, supporting the individual to progress their career within research administration across the University. The post is hybrid with an expectation of 3 days per week on campus. This is a full-time post (35 hours per week) and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable knowledge and skills of research support acquired through previous roles.
• Good numeracy skills and experience of supporting and monitoring financial transactions and experience of using Excel and Word
• Knowledge and experience of HR processes, systems and policy regulations.
• Experience of using Worktribe, Unit 4 Business World and PeopleXD or other university equivalents.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills in order to receive, understand and relay day-to-day operational ideas or information to various groups.
• Able to work independently, and as part of a team to contribute to broader team's goals and objectives.
• Good organisational and time management skills, with ability to organise workload and manage competing priorities.
• Good accuracy and attention to detail, with ability to follow and adapt to new procedures and processes.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within the Higher Education or research sectors

The School of Neuroscience is UK's 2nd largest Neuroscience school with over 500 researcher and 200 PhD students. It is one of three schools at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. We are ranked 4th in the world for the total number of publications in neuroscience, 4th for the number of publication outputs in top 5% citations in neuroscience, and 4th for top 5% citations in neurology., 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.