4389 - Faculty Senior Research Officer

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FES Professional Services
Location:  Greenwich and Medway Campuses
Salary:  £30,487 plus £5269 London weighting (subject to campus location)
Contract Type:  Fixed Term
Release Date:  Wednesday 20 March 2024
Closing Date:  Wednesday 03 April 2024
Interview Date:  To be confirmed
Reference:  4389

The Faculty of Engineering & Science is one of four faculties at the University of Greenwich, split across two campuses – the Medway Campus in Chatham Maritime, Kent, and the Greenwich Campus in Greenwich, London. Dedicated to inspirational learning, combining teaching with work placements and impactful research and is a complete hub for all STEM subjects within the University. 

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and proactive individual to join our Professional Services Team as a Faculty Senior Research Officer, fixed-term to 31st March 2025. The successful candidate will be responsible for the smooth operation of a wide range of Faculty Research activities, including the Postgraduate research community.  They will also be responsible for the daily secretarial and administrative functions of the Faculty Research office which includes data collection, preparation of documents and forms, maintaining databases and spreadsheets, organising and servicing meetings and groups across both campuses, as well as other key administrative functions. 

The successful candidate will have previously worked in an FE education environment (ideally in HE), have substantial secretarial/administrative experience, with extensive experience in servicing and minute-taking at a variety of meetings. Excellent project management skills, as well as IT skills with experience of Microsoft Office (particularly Word and Excel) and other tools such as Microsoft Teams and SharePoint is an essential requirement. The successful candidate must have experience of collaborating and liaising with a wide variety of individuals and organisations as well as being able to communicate effectively with a diverse range of colleagues and students.

This role holder can choose to be based at our Medway or Greenwich campus, reporting to the Faculty Administrative Services Manager.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Faculty Administrative Services Manager – Nicola Twist [email protected]  

Should you have any recruitment related queries please contact the People Operations Team on [email protected]

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values.

Further details of the fantastic benefits and what we offer can be found here: Our benefits - what we offer | Jobs and careers | University of Greenwich and information on the university’s working principles: Working Principles and Guidelines | Documents | University of Greenwich

To apply, please visit the University of Greenwich vacancies page and complete all details, including the supporting statements (please note attached CVs and personal statements will not be seen by the recruitment panel at the application stage): Current Vacancies - Jobs at Greenwich  

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values.

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We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge /Mentally Healthy Universities , we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion. 

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