Project Administration and Finance Officer - Aberystwyth, United Kingdom - Aberystwyth University

Aberystwyth University

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Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

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Description

Faculty/Department

Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
Salary Scale

- £25,285 - £28,131 per annum (pro rata)

Contract Type
Fixed Term
Duration
Until 30 April 202
Fulltime / Parttime
Part-Time
Weekly Hours
0.6 FTE 3 days per week
Employment Visa
Nonsponsorable
Posted Date
05/06/202 Closing Date
02/07/202 Ref No
4997

The Role
What you'll do
Who you are - Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills required
How to apply

Benefits:

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The role

An opportunity has arisen for a Finance and Administration Officer to support delivery of the UKRI/STFC funded_ Living Coasts_ project in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences (DGES), Aberystwyth University.

_Living Coasts _is an ambitious and exciting initiative that is investigating how Earth observation (primarily satellite) data can be used to inform proactive planning of coastal zones around the world such that short to long-term needs and requirements of humans and nature can be better addressed.

As well as staff from Aberystwyth University, the _Living Coasts_ Team includes partners from Australia (CSIRO, Geoscience Australia, Newcastle University) and the research is focusing initially on sites in Oceania, the UK and South America.

Appointments are normally made within 4-8 weeks of the closing date.

Further Particulars

About Living Coasts

Encompassing ~ 4 % of the Earth's total land area, the coastal zone typically consists of mosaic of interconnected land and seascapes.

However, many coastal zones are threatened by increasing population growth and urbanisation, poor upstream land practices, conversion and modification of habitats, and environmental impacts from industry, pollutants and over
- exploitation of resources. Informed management and use of the coastal zone is therefore becoming increasingly critical, particularly given the additional pressures arising from climate change.

Living Coasts_ will adapt existing capacity (developed jointly by Australia and the UK) that allows landscapes to be consistently characterised, mapped and monitored from satellite data to support the codesign and implementation of plans for maintaining, recovering and/or enhancing major components of the coastal zone (natural resources, biodiversity) and monitoring progress towards goals and ambitions_._ This information will be used to inform decisions relating to the planning of future landscapes, including within a transformational framework that focuses on imagining, harmonizing viewpoints, valuing different landscape components, and informing the realism of visions. A major output will the provision of generic capacity to spatially visualise proposed or predicted landscapes and components (values) under a range of economic and/or climate scenarios, quantify associated benefits and risks, and monitor progress towards codesigned plans primarily through Earth observations.

User engagement is critical to the success of the proposed project, and will be undertaken in association with international organisations, national governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), academic and research organisations, business and commerce, space agencies and citizens.

Approaches will vary depending on whether these are directing, leading, initiating or funding or assisting and responding.

This complex project requires an experienced Project Administration and Financial Officer to facilitate implementation and support management to ensure _Living Coasts_ delivers its specific outcomes and to support the project team (and particularly the coordinator) through the lifetime of the project.

What you'll do

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Administrative and other Duties:

Providing support to the project coordinator to ensure continuity in general and specific project management tasks associated with _Living Coasts_, including assisting the management of pressures from other aligned projects (e.g., _Living Wales_).
Actively liaising with the academic lead/project coordinator and project partners, taking and reporting minutes of meetings and compiling progress reports that will be submitted to internal and external advisory boards and STFC/UKRI in line with the claims.
Compiling necessary evidence to monitor project deliverables against targets and indicators.
Supporting the organisation of workshops, conferences and other events (including internationally).
Managing correspondence, collating, organising, preparing, editing and amending material (e.g., powerpoint presentations for international conferences, reports, scientific papers, website material and other written products) in line with the specific needs of the project.
Organising travel nationally and internationally, including in relation to field work (including internationally), and other activities outside of the university campus.

Financial Management: