Research Development Officer

We are seeking to appoint an International Research Development Officer to work on the University’s International research portfolio, primarily supporting the facilitation of global research development through international collaboration and researcher mobility. This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly valued team based within the Division of Research, Enterprise and Innovation. 

You will assist the Research Development International Team in developing and promoting the University’s international research portfolio across all university faculties, under the direction of the Research Development Managers. The Research Development International team provides a wide-ranging service to the academic community, including scanning for funding opportunities, providing professional expertise in costing, pricing and writing research proposals, training for new and existing staff, and facilitating global research collaborations and researcher mobility as part of the research development pipeline.

This role will be primarily based in the International Research Development sub-team, which delivers a portfolio of activities focussed on research development in collaboration with international academics. The majority of the schemes involving bringing international scholars to Bristol to work with our academic community. This will be a varied role, with a range of different tasks.

Your role will involve supporting research funding calls, including preparing and updating call documents, promoting the schemes internally and externally, responding to queries from applicants, and administrating the panel review and grant award process.

You will also support logistics for the visitors coming to Bristol, including arranging accommodation, processing payments, and being a primary point of contact for visitors. Additional responsibilities may include coordinating and delivering events (both in person and online), horizon scanning work, placing orders and processing invoices, arranging meetings, taking minutes, collating data, and drafting reports. This is an exciting, evolving portfolio, and other tasks and opportunities may therefore emerge over time.

We are looking for someone who can work both in a team and on their own initiative and you will have a good honours degree or equivalent experience. Experience of working in the HE and/or funding sector would be particularly useful. Strong interpersonal, organisational and IT skills are essential.

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits include:

• Competitive salary with an annual increment in conjunction to the cost of living
• 23 days of annual leave per year plus 7 university closure dates and bank holidays
• Automatic entry to attractive pension scheme
• Life assurance cover of 6 x annual salary
• Inclusive culture, valuing the diversity of thought, beliefs and background

For any informal enquiries please contact Lauren Winch (ird-manager@bristol.ac.uk ) or Tiernan Williams (tiernan.williams@bristol.ac.uk )

We recently launched our strategy  to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values.

The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. We want to attract, develop, and retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives – particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people – because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution.

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We are seeking to appoint an International Research Development Officer to work on the University’s International research portfolio, primarily supporting the facilitation of global research development through international collaboration and researcher mobility. This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly valued team based within the Division of Research, Enterprise and Innovation. 

You will assist the Research Development International Team in developing and promoting the University’s international research portfolio across all university faculties, under the direction of the Research Development Managers. The Research Development International team provides a wide-ranging service to the academic community, including scanning for funding opportunities, providing professional expertise in costing, pricing and writing research proposals, training for new and existing staff, and facilitating global research collaborations and researcher mobility as part of the research development pipeline.

This role will be primarily based in the International Research Development sub-team, which delivers a portfolio of activities focussed on research development in collaboration with international academics. The majority of the schemes involving bringing international scholars to Bristol to work with our academic community. This will be a varied role, with a range of different tasks.

Your role will involve supporting research funding calls, including preparing and updating call documents, promoting the schemes internally and externally, responding to queries from applicants, and administrating the panel review and grant award process.

You will also support logistics for the visitors coming to Bristol, including arranging accommodation, processing payments, and being a primary point of contact for visitors. Additional responsibilities may include coordinating and delivering events (both in person and online), horizon scanning work, placing orders and processing invoices, arranging meetings, taking minutes, collating data, and drafting reports. This is an exciting, evolving portfolio, and other tasks and opportunities may therefore emerge over time.

We are looking for someone who can work both in a team and on their own initiative and you will have a good honours degree or equivalent experience. Experience of working in the HE and/or funding sector would be particularly useful. Strong interpersonal, organisational and IT skills are essential.

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits include:

• Competitive salary with an annual increment in conjunction to the cost of living
• 23 days of annual leave per year plus 7 university closure dates and bank holidays
• Automatic entry to attractive pension scheme
• Life assurance cover of 6 x annual salary
• Inclusive culture, valuing the diversity of thought, beliefs and background

For any informal enquiries please contact Lauren Winch (ird-manager@bristol.ac.uk ) or Tiernan Williams (tiernan.williams@bristol.ac.uk )

We recently launched our strategy  to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values.

The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. We want to attract, develop, and retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives – particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people – because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution.

Available documents