Senior Administrator - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

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Position Details
College of Medical and Dental Sciences

Location:
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £28,397 to £30,210, with potential progression once in post to £33,938

Grade: 5

Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to November 2025

Closing date: 6th March 2024

Our offer to you
People are at the heart of what we are and do.

The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university.

We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential.

With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate.

We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements.

We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working.

In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme.

We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site.

On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham

Background

The post of Senior Administrator will sit within the Experimental Medicine Pillar of the Research Programmes and Infrastructure team which is a part of the Research Office (RO) in the College of Medical & Dental Sciences (MDS).

The Research Office provides responsive and comprehensive project and programme management support for health-related research, upholding the University's reputation of research excellence.

The post will support the Rheumatology Research Group (RRG) which is a substantial multidisciplinary team of over 75 staff, including academic/clinical rheumatologists, general practitioners, biological/behavioural scientists, allied health professionals, MSc/PhD students and patient research partners.

The RRG works closely with University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) and Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals (SWBH). They will also support Translational Brain Science (TBS) research, which has a similar reach and scope.

With a research portfolio value in excess of £20 million, the overarching aim of the Rheumatology Research Group is to improve clinical outcomes for those with, and at risk of developing, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren's syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus.

The TBS portfolio includes research into concussion, and idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH).

In addition to a number of UK-based funders, they have recently secured a $15.5 million grant to support some areas of this work.

Role Summary

As a senior administrator within the department, you will provide support for a broad range of administrative duties, some of which may be complex.

You may also be responsible for supporting colleagues and sharing knowledge.

You will be able to use your wide range of skills, both technical and administrative, and have the opportunity to lead on specific tasks within a team.

In order to flexibly use resource, you may be given the opportunity to work in different areas of the department or wider University.

Senior Administrators may work in any area of the University; with large groupings in HR, Finance, and School/College Hubs

Main Duties

You will be able to deal with complex systems and procedures and will be expected to offer advice on these, including deciding on the response to more complex queries.
Inputting publication data to PURE.
Research Fish updates.
You will be expected to exercise your judgment on the answer to queries or on the direction of work within parameters set by your manager. On a daytoday basis you will be ex