Assistant Project Co-ordinator

Job Objective – 2 mounted time period positions out there

To be the principle level of contact and help for a variety of Principal Investigators (tutorial analysis leads) throughout the faculty for pre- and post-award analysis administration, together with utility and costing help and publish award undertaking monitoring and reporting for UKRI funded tasks solely.

To liaise with different groups inside the Faculty Analysis Assist Workplace and College Providers to make sure that efficient communication takes place and a seamless analysis administration help service is delivered to Principal Investigators.

To work with different school Undertaking Coordinators in relation to college-wide analysis administration help exercise, in addition to interdisciplinary exercise between schools and with exterior companions.

Essential Duties and Duties

1.  Present pre-and post- award recommendation and help to Principal Investigators, as required, from the preliminary identification of the funding alternative by way of to the closure of the undertaking. This can embrace utility growth, costing, bid writing help the place acceptable, milestone planning and publish award reporting and monetary administration for UKRI funding solely.

2.  Liaise with Faculty analysis growth workers to determine and actively handle the pipeline of funding alternatives with UKRI and with the College Providers Analysis Assist Workplace concerning funder phrases and situations and different specialist recommendation, eg, for authorized, insurance coverage and contractual issues.

3.  Develop and keep acceptable relationships with UKRI and supply skilled recommendation to potential candidates.

4.  Undertake threat and feasibility evaluation of proposed funding functions to mitigate threat and optimise funding.

5.  Coordinate, plan, prioritise and execute utility, costing and submission actions (together with bid writing help the place relevant) for UKRI grants, leading to sturdy functions for approval and well timed submission to funders.

6.  Progress utility outcomes and course of awards from UKRI, sourcing suggestions from UKRI the place out there and updating system accordingly. Keep and make sure the integrity of all related undertaking information on College techniques.

7.  Present publish award help, together with that for ethics functions, undertaking co-ordination, portfolio administration (the place acceptable), monetary administration and undertaking change processes and management.

8.  Assist UKRI audits, making certain enough audit information are maintained and attend conferences with auditors, as required.

9.  Present administration data and analyse information to tell each daily choice making and likewise school analysis budgeting and technique. Assist the enter to future Faculty submissions to the Analysis Excellence Framework (REF).

10. Be actively concerned in acceptable cross-college collaborative working to construct networks, share finest follow, develop internet primarily based assets and supply coaching.

11. Work with Principal Investigators and different Faculty groups to make sure that the Faculty maintains an correct and full document of workers publications. Promote an understanding of Open Entry and help the method for acquiring open entry rights for all doable publications.

12. Work with Analysis Assist Directors, delegating duties as acceptable and offering help and training to make sure efficient analysis administration help to Principal Investigators.

Data, {Qualifications}, Abilities and Expertise

Data/{Qualifications}

Important:

A1 Diploma or equal in a related self-discipline/enterprise space with proof of continued skilled growth in an space related to the function.

A2 Data of the Greater Schooling analysis atmosphere.

A3 Data and understanding of interrogating and sustaining databases.

A4 Data and understanding of knowledge integrity and its significance.

Fascinating:

B1 Data and expertise in a topic related to the Faculty.

B2 Data of the regulatory framework which governs analysis in a specific Faculty space.

B3 An understanding of UKRI grant utility processes together with costing and funder pointers.

Abilities

Important:

C1 Undertaking administration – each short-term deadline pushed and long run involving a number of conflicting deadlines and coordination throughout a number of organisational items.

C2 Wonderful oral and written communication abilities with the flexibility to speak in any respect ranges.

C3 Wonderful organisational and planning abilities and the flexibility to work to tight deadlines.

C4 Excessive diploma of numeracy.

C5 Wonderful eye for element and accuracy.

C6 Excessive stage of influencing and negotiating abilities.

C7 Extremely developed IT abilities, significantly database and excel associated.

C8 Potential to community successfully.

C9 Potential to train initiative and work independently but additionally as a part of a group.

C10 Potential to work flexibly and adapt to altering environments.

C11 Potential to interpret complicated pointers and put together studies and budgets consistent with the necessities set out.

C12 Potential to evaluate dangers and monetary implications.

Expertise

Important:

E1 Expertise of related monetary administration in an analogous or associated function.

E2 Expertise of processing, analysing and presenting information.

E3 Expertise of efficiently overseeing the work of workers.

E4 Expertise of making ready costing fashions and monitoring budgets.

E5 Expertise in delivering a buyer targeted service.

E6 Expertise of working efficiently in a posh matrix organisational construction.

Fascinating:

F1 Expertise of Greater Schooling atmosphere and supporting the work of teachers.

F2 Expertise of analysis in academia.

F3 Expertise of offering top quality recommendation and steerage on analysis administration.

Please Notice: The College would contemplate a secondment alternative for this publish. Candidates ought to search clearance for launch for secondment from their employers / line supervisor earlier than making a proper utility.

Phrases and Situations

Wage might be Grade 6, £32,332 – £36,024 every year.

These posts are full time (35 hours per week).  The posts are to cowl maternity go away and one publish is out there for as much as 12 months or till the substantive postholder returns and the second publish is out there for as much as 7 months or till the substantive postholder returns.

As a part of Crew UofG you’ll be a member of a world altering, inclusive group, which values ambition, excellence, integrity and curiosity.

As a valued member of our group, you possibly can count on:

1 A heat welcoming and interesting organisational tradition, the place your skills are developed and nurtured, and success is widely known and shared.

3 A versatile strategy to working.

We imagine that we are able to solely attain our full potential by way of the abilities of all. Equality, variety and inclusion are on the coronary heart of our values. Purposes are significantly welcome from throughout our communities and particularly folks from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) group, and different protected traits who’re under-represented inside the College. Learn extra on how the College promotes and embeds all facets of equality and variety inside our group

https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/

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