Executive Assistant / Operations Officer (Research)

Job title:

Executive Assistant / Operations Officer (Research)

Company

King’s College London

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences at King’s College London. The School is one of six schools in the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine (FoLSM) at King College London. The School drives translation of world-leading basic science into advances in clinical practice in cardiac, vascular and metabolic medicine. The School also hosts activities of the MRC/BHF Centre of Excellence for Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics (REACT) and the BHF Centre of Research Excellence at King’s, for which the Director and Co-Director, respectively, is Professor Mauro Giacca. The Giacca research group includes approximately 20 staff, post-docs, PhD students and technicians.About the roleThe post holder will work closely with Professor Giacca, his wider team, and School Core Professional Service Team to provide efficient operational support to staff and students, acting as executive assistant to Prof Giacca and first point of contact on research administration, HR enquiries and ordering for the Giacca group. The post holder will provide diary management and administrative support to Prof Giacca and will be responsible for supporting research administration through the whole life cycle of research grants (from application to closure, pre- and post-award) as well as order items necessary for the research.The successful candidate will support research and non-research financial transactions within the Giacca group, monitoring budgets and processing invoices and expense claims, and support other school/department-wide projects as required. The post holder will work closely with colleagues to provide high quality general administrative support.This role is highly varied and will suit a candidate with excellent organisational skills who can work accurately, with close attention to detail in a busy environment with tight deadlines. They will have excellent communication skills and be able to develop good working relationships with the School’s academics and researchers as well as colleagues across the University.This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.About youTo be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:Essential criteria * Educated to degree level or relevant experience

• Experience of a wide range of administration processes including HR and/or grant research management
• Highly numerate with proven financial management and analytical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience of building an effective network across a complex organisation
• Experience and good knowledge of using complex databases, management information systems and Excel
• Experience of managing large laboratory groups
• Accuracy and attention to detail with ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to work under pressure in a busy environment, multitask and deal with competing demands.

Desirable criteria * Experience of working in a higher education institute or research environment

• Experience of managing research grants and/or university finance and an understanding of the HE funding environment
• Experience of implementing Human Resources processes
• Experience of Committee servicing, events organisation

Downloading a copy of our Job DescriptionFull details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.Further informationWe pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King’s. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘ ‘ pages.Interviews are due to be held on 20th November.We are not able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.CompanyKing’s College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King’s has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.King’s has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.King’s has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King’s Health Partners. King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world’s leading research-led universities and three of London’s most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: .King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at .Company info Mini-site Telephone +(44)02078365454 Location STRAND
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Expected salary

£38232 – 42999 per year

Location

Central London

Job date

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 23:41:45 GMT

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