Research Governance Administrator (FM12149)

Job title Research Governance Administrator

Department Vice-Chancellor's Office

Salary Starting from £26,038, rising to £29,659

Grade Grade 5

Contract Type Part Time, Open Ended

Placed on Friday 18 October 2024

Closing date Sunday 10 November 2024

Interview date To be confirmed

Reference FM12149

Applicant Visa Guidance Skilled Worker visa: guidance for applicants (bath.ac.uk)

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We are seeking a motivated and efficient Administrator to join our Research Governance & Compliance Team. You will provide crucial administrative support across a broad range of research governance areas, including Trusted Research, Human Tissue, Research Integrity, Research Ethics, and more.

In this varied and fast-paced role, you'll act as the first point of contact for shared inboxes and offer seamless assistance to internal and external stakeholders, including researchers, professional service teams, and committee members.

Your key responsibilities will include:

Administrative support for research governance areas

Efficiently manage shared inboxes, responding to queries and directing communications.

Provide high-quality, friendly service to staff, student researchers, and external partners.

Support meetings, committees, and steering groups with excellent attention to detail.

This role is part-time at 0.5 FTE. A work pattern covering core hours across 3 days per week will be agreed.

About you

Our ideal candidate will:

be comfortable working under pressure

have excellent communication skills

be able to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment

be a strong team player with a proactive attitude and a passion for supporting research activities.

thrive under pressure

enjoy collaborative work

Training will be provided across the range of governance areas identified.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Dr Filipa Vance, Head of Research Governance and Compliance, at [email protected].

What we can offer you:

a very generous employer contributory pension scheme

generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance

we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements

an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce

a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities

a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

Find out more about our benefits.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.