Research Project Administrator

Devon Air Ambulance; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 25 days

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Pension scheme

Sick pay scheme

Counselling & financial wellbeing

Job summary

Devon Air Ambulance is seeking a Research Project Administrator to support the IMPACT centre across projects and programmes. The role includes coordinating meetings, travel, committees, events, and communications, plus contributing to data collection for reports and ethics/journal submissions.

The candidate should communicate well, manage administrative duties, and be proficient with standard IT tools and social media, demonstrating organisation and attention to detail.

Qualifications

• We need a good communicator with excellent customer support for internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience with standard IT packages and social media for audience communication.
• Organised, methodical and with high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Administer meetings, plan travel, manage committees, events and communications.
• Provide project administration support and maintain communications across platforms.
• Contribute to data collection for reports and support ethics/journal submissions.

Skills

Communication

Administrative tasks

IT literacy

Social media

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Salary: £28,083.89 FTE

Hours: 37.5 hrs per week (part-time will be considered, min 22.5 hrs per week)

Location: Hybrid working, with regular attendance at Head Office, Exeter, plus occasional travel to support centre events.

Duration: Permanent

The Role

We have an opportunity for a Research Project Administrator to support the administrative functions across the projects and programmes at IMPACT: The Centre for Post-Collision Research, Innovation and Translation. The role will include administering meetings, travel arrangements, committee work, event planning and organisation, project administration support and updating and maintaining communications across multiple platforms. Where opportunities arise, it will input into data collection to support the production of reports and communications, seeking to improve the administrative processes around these tasks where necessary. Research focussed administration will include supporting the preparation and submission process of ethics applications and journal publication submissions.

The Candidate

We’re looking for a good communicator who can provide excellent customer support to the centre's internal and external stakeholders and partners. You will have demonstrable experience of strong administrative duties and excellent working knowledge and experience of standard IT packages and social media to communicate with a range of audiences. The ideal candidate will be organised, methodical and have a high attention to detail.

The Package

Salary: £28,083.89 FTE

As a valued member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata)
• Maternity/Paternity & Adoption leave
• Pension scheme
• Occupational sick pay scheme
• Free counselling and financial wellbeing services

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

Devon Air Ambulance are a Disability Confident Level 1 employer, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. We encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and will make reasonable adjustments to support candidates throughout the recruitment journey. If you require any accommodations, please let us know.

We recognise that candidates may use AI tools to support their application, for example to improve clarity, structure, or presentation. However, we value authenticity and expect candidates to retain accountability for the content of their application, and for all submissions to reflect the candidate’s own experience and skills and be an honest representation of their capabilities. Please be assured that we do not use AI to make shortlisting or hiring decisions.

Due to the nature of this role, offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory basic DBS check and references.