Research Funding Specialist - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Grade 6 £31,396- £36,024

Edinburgh Research Office, Corporate Services Group

Full time (35 hours per week), Permanent

The University of Edinburgh Research Office is looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Research Funding Specialist to join the Research Funding Team.

The post holder will proactively facilitate, support and contribute to the submission and award of externally funded research activity, through expert guidance on content and administrative structures, in or led by their portfolio of schools or funders.

The Opportunity:

You will be given opportunities to work agilely across all teams to support the delivery of business-critical objectives, for example: key projects, major deadlines, and other time sensitive initiatives.

Whilst participating in one of these initiatives you will be under matrix management.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Process-driven, great attention to detail and problem-solving ability
Demonstrable knowledge of the UK research environment
Demonstrable ability to analyse and summarise complex issues in research funding
Team player with good interpersonal skills, a collegial and customerfocused approach to the delivery of services

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As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

The University of Edinburgh
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success.

You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits
pension scheme ,
staff discounts, family friendly initiatives
, flexible working and much more.

Access our staff benefits page
for further information and use our reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Edinburgh Research Office

Working in Edinburgh Research Office you will be part of a professional, supportive, and friendly team ; at the heart of University research support, working in collaboration with academics and research support professionals across the institution.

The breadth of our remit means you will get an overview of research support activity while you build your skills in your specialism.

Gaining new knowledge and skills to help you develop in this role and progress in your career is a priority.

We offer colleagues a stimulating working environment based on our values of integrity, expertise, community, and collaboration.

Our work is fast-paced and intense; you will thrive here if you are motivated, customer-orientated, and passionate about providing an excellent service to enable our researchers to do amazing work.

Interviews:

Interviews will be held in October.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our
right to work webpages **(opens new browser tab).

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role.

International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.