Research Culture Assistant

Research & Enterprise at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to recruit to the role of Research Culture Assistant.

The postholder will play a key role as part of a new and integrated Research Culture team, contributing to the implementation of institutional strategies aimed at fostering an inclusive, supportive, and collaborative Research Culture* at Queen’s. You will contribute to the successful delivery of key projects and initiatives, providing administrative and project management support.

* For these purposes, Research Culture is described using the Royal Society definition, which states: “Research culture encompasses the behaviours, values, expectations, attitudes and norms of our research communities. It influences researchers' career paths and determines the way that research is conducted and communicated.”

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following criteria:

• A minimum of 2 A levels or NVQ Level 3 in a relevant subject and significant relevant experience in a comparable role.
• Substantial recent experience of providing professional support for the delivery of key projects or initiatives, including:
• Responsibility for the management of project documentation or equivalent information.
• Manipulating management information and data to draft written and verbal reports for senior managers.
• Leading on the planning and delivery of significant meetings, events and workshops.
• Managing working groups and/ or committees, to include preparing agendas, papers and minutes.
• Administering budgets, maintaining basic financial records, and overseeing the allocation of resources.
• Ability to assess and organise resources, and plan and progress work activities, projects, changes within own work area, etc, using initiative and judgement with limited recourse to managers.

Please note the above is not an exhaustive list. For further information about the role including the essential and desirable visit our website.

This post is available on a fixed term contract for 4 years. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.

We offer an excellent employment package that includes:

• Great terms & conditions
• Pension schemes
• Flexible working by enabling you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager through a blend of remote and office working
• Family-friendly initiatives
• Career development opportunities
• Support for health & mental wellbeing
• Generous holiday entitlement of 8.4 weeks a year (made up of 23 days annual leave, 10 closure days and 9 bank holidays)

Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit our website.