Research Project Administrator

UNIVERSITY OF SURREY; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading university in the UK is seeking a part-time research project administrator to support an exciting international research project on worm infections. You will organize project meetings, assist with reports, and raise the project's profile online. Ideal candidates have strong administrative skills and experience working with diverse teams. Flexibility in working hours is available.

Qualifications

• Effective administration is essential to delivery of the research project.
• Knowledge and understanding of infectious disease biology and transmission is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Organise project meetings, communicate with project partners and book travel.
• Assist with drafting project reports.
• Contribute to raising the external project profile.

Skills

Excellent organisational and time management skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience of working with colleagues from different countries

Knowledge of infectious disease biology

Job description

Organisation/Company UNIVERSITY OF SURREY Research Field Educational sciences Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) First Stage Researcher (R1) Country United Kingdom Application Deadline 2 Dec 2025 - 00:00 (UTC) Type of Contract Other Job Status Part-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The University of Surrey is a global community of ideas and people, dedicated to life-changing education and research.

We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve - shaping ourselves into one of the best universities in the world, which we are achieving through the talents and endeavour of every employee.

Our culture empowers people to achieve this aim and to collectively, and individually, make a real difference.

The role

We are seeking an enthusiastic and organised individual for fixed-term part-time (0.2 FTE) research project administrator post. Working with a team of researchers in the School of Veterinary Medicine you will be providing administrative support for an exciting new research project funded by the Medical Research Council, which aims to investigate emergence of resistance to deworming drugs in Southeast Asia and identify alternative strategies for intestinal worm infections. The project involves collaboration with partners in Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.

In the role you will:

• Organise project meetings, communicate with project partners and book travel.
• Assist with drafting project reports.
• Contribute to raising the external project profile through establishing a project webpage and posting on social media channels

About you

Effective administration is essential to delivery of the research project. As such you will have:

• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience of working with colleagues from different countries
• Knowledge and understanding of infectious disease biology and transmission is desirable

Working hours can be discussed based on your availability and the needs of the project.

Informal enquiries about the role can be made to Dr Martha Betson, Associate Professor in Veterinary Parology ([e-mail] ).