Project Administrator

Research Services

This part-time (0.4 FTE) post is available immediately 23rd January 2023 on a fixed term basis until 21 September 2025.

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.

Summary of the role

You will provide administrative support to the 3 externally funded grants listed below.  This includes travel bookings, event organisation, expenses processing, budgetary support and grant record keeping. You will have excellent administration and organisational skills, and prior experience of providing administrative and ideally project admin support. The ability to prioritise a demanding workload and to work independently is crucial.

• FTE – GEMINI - Genetic Evaluation of Multi Morbidity towards Individualisation of Interventions headed by Professor Tim Frayling, made up of a team of lead researches based within Exeter, working closely with other scientists in Barcelona, Oxford, Leicester and Norwich.

0.1FTE – US National Institute of Health (NIH) grant ref 1R01HD101669. Integrating genomic studies of gestational duration and birth weight to understand maternal and fetal causes of adverse pregnancy outcomes and links with later diseases, headed by Dr. Rachel Freathy in Exeter, working closely with other scientists in the USA and Sweden. Birth weight and the length of gestation are important pregnancy outcomes. Extremes of birth weight and preterm birth are associated with poor health outcomes for mothers and babies in both the short and long term. The goal of this study is to bring together genomic analyses of gestational duration and birth weight, to identify maternal and fetal genetic influences on gestational duration and birth weight, and to understand better the links between these pregnancy outcomes and later life diseases. The research team will analyse large data sets collected from US, UK and Northern European countries.

0.2FTE - Alzheimer’s Research UK South West Network headed in Exeter by Dr Jonathan Witton. The role will involve working with members of the ARUK Network across its partner universities (Exeter, Bath, Bristol, Plymouth, and University of the West of England) to assist and ensure that network engagement and collaboration remains within scope and on track.

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The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 150 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2017.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

With over 27,000 students and 6,400 staff from 180 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. Reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 39 days leave per year
• options for flexible working
• numerous discounts at leading retailers
• onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a new Fertility Treatment Policy
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

Further information

Please contact Roz Harrison: [email protected]