Job Description

As a highly motivated, proactive individual you will be responsible for providing research grant management support to the academics and research manager within the Faculty with a focus on pre award and grants management.

The team deals with a large volume of research grant applications and awards. You will work closely with the academics and senior finance administrators / research managers to assist with costing to obtain funding for research and Knowledge Transfer (KT) activity within the Faculty. In particular you will be the contact and source of knowledge on all matters relating to costing of projects, liaising with funders and day to day grant management and operational matters.

This vacancy is within the Finance Service but it is based in the Faculty of Medicine and Health with your work location at the Clinical Sciences Building in St James’s Hospital. However, should the business need arise, and after full consultation with you, you may be deployed elsewhere within Finance Service.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

You will need to show a high level of attention to detail and have the ability to organize, priorities and work to tight deadlines. You will have a high level of interpersonal, communication and organizational skills and you will be able to work on your own using your initiative in a busy environment. You will also have good problem solving skills to work through complex issues.