Research Grants Officer

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**About the Role**





We are looking to appoint a Research Grants Officer to join the department’s
administrative team. You will be a member of the Research Grants team that
provides administrative support to researchers wishing to engage with external
research funding, spanning the whole cycle from application support and
approval, financial management through to grant closure.





The post will be primarily focused on the administration of grant applications
and awards, which includes the costing of research projects using the costing
tool, setting up awards, interpreting of the terms and conditions of a wide
range of funding bodies, including the European Commission and monitoring the
ongoing progress. This work demands day-to-day interaction with academic
colleagues, external bodies and other administrative sections of the
University.





This is a permanent full time appointment.





**About the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine**





The Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine (NDM) is one of the largest
departments of the University of Oxford and is part of the Medical Sciences
Division, with responsibility for a significant part of the teaching of
clinical students within the Medical School.





What We Offer





• Flexible working



• An excellent contributory pension scheme



• 38 days’ annual leave (including bank holidays)



• A comprehensive range of childcare services



• Family leave schemes



• Cycle loan scheme



• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans





**About You**





You will have a good standard of education to A level or equivalent and
demonstrate high level of numeracy, and attention to detail combined with the
ability to work on routine matters with minimum supervision. You should have a
pro-active and customer-orientated approach with the ability to support a
large and complex research grants portfolio. Previous experience of working in
a university environment would be advantageous, as would experience of working
with computer based accounting systems within a busy office such as the Oracle
Financials accounts system and X5. Appropriate training will be provided as
required.





**Application process**





Only online applications received before midday (UK time) on Thursday 15th
August 2024 can be considered.



You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV and
the details of two referees as part of your online application.