Funding Administrator
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- Apr 28, 2024 Post Date
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- 240000GI Requisition #
The Medical Research Council (MRC)
Funding Administrator
Grade: UKRI - Band B
Hours: Full time
Contract Type: Fixed Term until March 2025
Location: Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire.
Closing date: 20th May 2024
About the role:
As a Funding Administrator you will provide administrative support to the MRC’s Boards and Panels team which delivers funding through MRC research funding calls. As a successful candidate you will work closely with other administrative support colleagues, as well as wider team members, in a supportive and collaborative environment to contribute to team objectives. You will contribute to the MRC mission as a funder improving human health through world class medical research, by helping to deliver MRC funding.
Skills, Qualification and Experience:
Essential
· Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
· Good organisational skills and experience of managing multiple activities
· Strong prioritization skills and confident working to tight deadlines
· Experience of working independently
· Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and verbally, with a range of colleagues and external contacts
· Experience of working collaboratively as part of a team
· To work in a flexible way and be confident in managing change
· Ability to work proactively and use initiative to deliver results
· Working knowledge of Excel, Word and Outlook
· Literacy and numerical skills – e.g.4/C Grade in GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
Desirable
· Knowledge of UKRI and grant processing
· Knowledge of Siebel, Oracle, Zoom and Microsoft Teams
IMPORTANT - Please use the Cover Letter to articulate how you meet the essential/desirable criteria.
Specific tasks you will deliver include:
· Using in-house systems to undertake application processing
· Managing, processing and tracking the peer review process, by which applications for funding are assessed
· Identifying and managing conflicts in peer review
· Liaising with MRC staff to ensure smooth running of funding meetings
· Attending funding meetings (in person and virtually) to assist with logistics
· Responding to questions from the external research community
· Raising purchase orders
· Engage proactively with the cross-matrix resource model providing support for additional MRC funding calls and other projects
· Carrying out other administrative duties, as required
The role is based in the Swindon office however MRC are trialling hybrid office-home working. The role also offers:
· flexible working
· excellent pension scheme
· 30 days annual leave
· North Star nursey on site
The Swindon office is based in the Polaris House Campus and offers collaborative working space, staff canteen, free parking, bike sheds, changing rooms and 10-minute walk from Swindon town centre.
Please apply online, if you experience any issue applying, please contact Recruitment@ukri.org
About the Medical Research Council (MRC)
Within UKRI, the MRC seeks to improve human health through world-class research. With an annual budget of over £800 m, MRC provides support both to individuals, through fellowships and grants, and to institutions, such as the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Biology and the Francis Crick Institute. The outcomes of our research span discovery science, improvements in public health and the development of new treatments for common diseases.
For more information about MRC, please visit https://mrc.ukri.org
About UK Research Innovation (UKRI)
UKRI is an organisation that brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England and Innovate UK. Together, we build an independent organisation with a strong voice and vision ensuring the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation.
Supporting some of the world’s most exciting and challenging research projects, we develop and operate some of the most remarkable scientific facilities in the world. We are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge through fundamental research and delivering benefits for UK society and the economy through world-class research, skills and business-led innovation.
More information can be found at www.ukri.org.
Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme, excellent holiday entitlement, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. For more details, visit benefits of working for UKRI.
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How to apply
Online applications only preferred for this role. Please submit a CV and covering letter which clearly outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified along with your motivation for UKRI and the role. Ensure that the job reference number is included in the filename description of each document uploaded. Note that failure to address the above criteria or submit an application without a covering letter may result in the application not being considered. Assessment will only be based upon the content of your submitted covering letter and CV and not the ‘experience’ section of the application.
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