Mrc Funding Administrator - Swindon, United Kingdom - Medical Research Council
Description
**MRC Funding AdministratorMedical Research Council
£20,129
Full time or Part time (minimum 30 hours per week)
Open Ended
Swindon (trialling hybrid working)**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.
Skills, Qualification and Experience
Essential:
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong organisational skills and experience of managing multiple activities
- Good 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
Specific tasks you will deliver include:
- Identifying and managing conflicts in peer review
- Collating papers for meetings
- 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
- Managing information and records on the inhouse filing system, ensuring that documents are filed correctly and updated as necessary
- Engage proactively with the crossmatrix resource model providing support for additional MRC funding calls and other projects
- Carrying out other administrative duties, as required
Close working relationships will be required with:
- Applicants for MRC funding
- Peer reviewers and those who select peer reviewers
- MRC staff, including:
- Board and Panel Management teams
- Research Funding and Policy Delivery team
- Heads of Themes and Programme Managers within the Board/Panel teams
- Board, Panel and Project Committee members
- UKRI staff
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