Location: Central Birmingham,
Job Type: 6 month contract
Job Title: Research Administrator £14.16 per hour
We are delighted to be working with a well known and successful Universities in Birmingham in such of a diligent and capable administrator to support the Research team. As an administrator you will be checking important documentation and ensuring it is formatted correctly onto the teams new system.
- A review of Business Impact Analysis and Business Continuity plan documents, and transferring everything over into the new format
- Provide high-quality administrative support to academic research and innovation staff.
- Offer first-line advice to research support and academic teams, including coordinating CPD and training.
- Assist in managing research projects throughout their life cycle, from bid development to post-award processes.
- Support the use and maintenance of research information systems and databases.
- Arrange travel for research staff, particularly for international conferences and research trips.
- Look at standardisation of operational risk register content, and identification and sharing of good practice across existing risk registers
Criteria
- Previous experience in an administrative role, preferably in the public or education sector.
- A high level of literacy and numeracy
- Excellent IT skills including knowledge of web based solution, word processing,
- spreadsheet and presentation software packages, preferably Microsoft Word, Excel and
- PowerPoint.
- Experience in an administrative environment
- Excellent analytic skills
Randstad Business Support acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Business Support is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.