Post Award Finance and Project Officer - Durham, United Kingdom - Durham University

Durham University

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Durham, United Kingdom

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Post Award Finance and Project Officer

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Research and Innovation Services

Grade 6:

£27,929
£34,308 per annum

Open-Ended/Permanent - Full Time

Contracted Hours per Week: 35

Closing Date: 19-Mar-2023, 6:59:00 PM

Disclosure and Barring Service Requirement:
Not Applicable.

Durham University

Durham University is one of the world's top universities with strengths across the Arts and Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences.

We are home to some of the most talented scholars and researchers from around the world who are tackling global issues and making a difference to people's lives.

The University sits in a beautiful historic city where it shares ownership of a UNESCO World Heritage Site with Durham Cathedral, the greatest Romanesque building in Western Europe.

A collegiate University, Durham recruits outstanding students from across the world and offers an unmatched wider student experience.

It is expected that all staff within the University:

Contribute to our learning culture by engaging in mentoring, training and coaching.
Positively contribute to fostering a collegial environment; as well as demonstrating commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
Have due regard to Health and Safety requirements appropriate to grade and role.

Family key attributes

Roles in this family provide a comprehensive service and deliver the efficient administration and governance of the University.

Overall family purpose

Deliver direct and indirect services to stakeholders.
Provide advice and answer queries as part of an enquirydesk/helpdesk function.
Respond to and manage requests for information and resources.
Deliver services to meet regulatory requirements and procedures.
Plan and deliver a joinedup approach to University business and people services.
Align business processes and services to meet operational and strategic policy objectives.
Deliver business processes to ensure effective management, governance and the economic viability of the University.
Encourage, collaborate and participate in the development of productive crossinstitution relationships and working.
Provide excellent professional services that meet strategic and operational goals and business needs.
Carry out monitoring, analysis, development and planning to design new services and service updates for continuous improvement whilst meeting changes in regulations.
Engage with specialist professionals, consultants, and suppliers to exchange knowledge and facilitate partnership working.
Work collaboratively and network across the University with staff in other families to ensure a smooth, timely and highquality delivery of service.
Align and deliver programmes and activities to meet operational and strategic objectives to enhance the stakeholder experience.
Engage and encourage participation with external professionals, schools, alumni and donors.

Link to key strategic plan

An economically sustainable approach to delivering Professional Services across the University;
A joinedup approach to University professional services, regardless of location or line management;
A culture and practice of continuous improvement;
Design services that meet business need;
A stakeholderfocused orientation, offering satisfying careers to all staff;
Support and facilitate programmes that offer intellectual challenge, cohesiveness and a strong sense of progression;
Ensure that an increasingly diverse workforce is treated equally, fairly and with respect, and that all staff are demonstrably valued and actively engaged.

When appointing to this role the University must ensure that it meets any applicable immigration requirements, including salary thresholds which are applicable to some visas.

The Department and role purpose:

Research and Innovation Services (RIS) provides guidance, expert advice and hands-on support for all aspects of research and research-related work, including securing funding, working with partners, undertaking knowledge exchange, demonstrating impact, commercialising outputs, ensuring good research practice and supporting professional development.

As a Post Award Finance and Project Officer with a specialist focus on Regional and Economic Development, you will play a key role in providing high quality support and advice to academic staff.

You will take an active project management approach to the portfolio of projects you are responsible for, developing good working relationships with project staff, attending regular meetings to discuss progress against financial and reporting deliverables and will act as a source of expertise and advice to these teams assisting them in the delivery of their projects.

You will be based in the central office but will also be expected to spend time in the academic departments you support to provide a key link role between the academic community and the Research and Innovati