Section Manager

Job description
Job summary

The School of Public Health is seeking an excellent administrator to take up the role of Section Manager, supporting principal investigators, researchers and initiatives that are based both overseas and in the UK, within the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. This is an exciting opportunity to gain valuable experience in a broad range of administrative processes within the School.

The School has an established culture of supporting and developing staff. You will be provided on-the-job training and rewarded with generous benefits and strong career prospects within well-defined and achievable career paths at the forefront of scientific advancement.

Duties and responsibilities

The Section Manager role is the primary point of contact for all academic and research staff for administrative and operational issues. The role will be responsible for supporting research grant applications and ensuring that resources required for projects are costed accurately. They will also manage a portfolio of existing grants, monitoring and approving spend, and advising academics on best use of funds, ensuring this is in line with College and funder policies. In addition, the Section Manager will support their academics with completion and processing of HR paperwork. They will work closely with colleagues in the Joint Research Office, HR, Finance, and the Education Team in order to effectively resolve administrative issues.

Essential requirements

This multifaceted and challenging post requires a strong and diverse skills comprising excellent communication, financial management, organisation, and problem solving skills. In addition, you will need the ability to develop effective working relationships with colleagues at all levels and the ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure.

You will have a passion for providing high quality administrative services and will have experience of working with senior academics. You will be highly numerate with experience of providing financial management advice to budget holders. Experience of full economic costing and of interpreting research funder regulations will be beneficial, as will knowledge of and experience with HR procedures such as recruitment and selection.

Further information

This is a part-time post at 0.7 FTE for a fixed-term of 12 months. The post is based at our St Mary’s or White City campuses initially, moving to White City permanently from late 2023.

The successful candidate will be expected to be on Campus for 60% of their working week, in line with Imperial’s work location framework .

For further information and informal discussion please contact Elizabeth Hayes e.hayes@imperial.ac.uk

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