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The Senior Research Support Officer will join the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience's (IoPPN) research support team. The role is based within the School of Academic Psychiatry and will provide high-level administrative support to the school's departments.About the role:The post holder will work closely with academics and researchers to manage the end-to-end grant lifecycle. You will be responsible for overseeing and actioning pre- and post-award processes to ensure awards are managed in accordance with funder and University policies.This post will suit someone who has significant experience within research grant administration, good attention to detail, is able to effectively manage their time and can build and maintain effective working relationships across the School, Faculty and University.The role will provide you with a wide variety of experience and skills working across research administration in a large and complex School and Faculty. In return, you will be supported to progress your career within research administration across the University.This is a full-time post, and you will be offered an indefinite contract.About you:To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:Essential criteria * Strong knowledge and skills of research support acquired through relevant posts, demonstrating development through progressively more demanding work/roles.

• Working knowledge and experience of grant management processes, systems and budget monitoring.
• Working knowledge and experience of HR processes, software, and regulations.
• Experience of Worktribe, Unit4 Business World and PeopleXD or other university equivalents.
• Proficient levels of numeracy and experience of budget management and costings.
• Relevant working experience of using Excel, Word and other Microsoft applications (e.g., SharePoint).
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to receive, understand and relay complicated ideas or information to various groups of all levels.
• Effective at working independently, and as part of a team, able to take own initiative & decisions with minimal supervision. Exceptional organisation skills.

Desirable criteria * Experience of supporting staff; providing advice, training and coaching.Downloading a copy of our Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click Apply Now. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.Further information:We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our 'How we Recruit' pages.Interviews are due to be held in March 2025.Grade and Salary: xc2xa342,999 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Job ID: 108405
Close Date: 17-Mar-2025
Contact Person: Katie Chamberlain
Contact Details:CompanyKing's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King's was ranked 6th nationally in the 'power' ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King's was deemed 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent' (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than xc2xa3684 million.King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: .King's xc2xa3600 million campaign, World questions|KING's answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King's has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children's Hospital; established the King's Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy's Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King's Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at .Company info Mini-site Telephone +(44)02078365454 Location STRAND
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