Research Administrator

The opportunity

Do you want to play a key role in a small, friendly team, supporting research staff and students at a world-leading arts college?

 

We are looking for an organised and collaborative Research Administrator to join our team. This varied post combines two areas of work: supporting the wider Research Team and providing administrative support to The Abundance Project. The Abundance Project is exploring how Black, minority ethnic and refugee communities can engage more effectively with cultural, green and community assets, including galleries, museums, natural spaces and community organisations.

 

As part of the Research Team, you will help keep a busy research environment running smoothly. Your work will include finance processing and budget monitoring, data collation and reporting, supporting research funding schemes and opportunities, administering events, coordinating bookings and meetings, and maintaining internal research communications. You will work closely with colleagues across Research, Finance, HR, Legal, IT and Estates, helping to ensure that processes are efficient, accurate and responsive.

 

Your support for the project will span day-to-day administration, budget monitoring and financial records, organising project and Advisory Board meetings, coordinating workshops and public engagement activities, liaising with partners and stakeholders, maintaining the project website and helping to collate research materials and project outputs.

Your profile

You’ll be motivated by process-driven work, with a natural flair for organisation and task management. You’ll have experience of general administration, excellent attention to detail and confidence managing competing priorities. Experience of finance processing and budget monitoring is important, while knowledge of Agresso Business World (ABW) or similar finance software would be an advantage.

 

You will be a confident and inclusive communicator, comfortable working with research staff, students, colleagues across different professional teams and external partners. You should also be approachable, responsive and able to use initiative to resolve problems as they arise. Experience of research administration, or an understanding of practice-based research, would be advantageous, as would an interest in research across fine art, design and performance.

Should you have any questions about the role, please contact Ellie Pitkin / e.pitkin@arts.ac.uk.

Should you have any questions about the application process or require reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact ccw.staffrecruit@arts.ac.uk.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

As a University, we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.

Application process

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement/answer some competency questions to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: Application, Shortlisting, Interview and Assessment, Offer, Onboarding.

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