"Postgraduate Research Programmes Officer"

About the Role

You will act as lead contact for all Postgraduate Research (PGR) activities for your allocated Institute(s), delivering an efficient and professional service for PGR and Associate Research programmes within the Institute. The role involves close working with the Institute Director(s) of Graduate Studies, the Research Degrees Office, the Doctoral College, the Research Services Directorate and Finance, in the administration of PGR programmes and provide support over a full range of activities to ensure a first-class postgraduate experience within the Institute.

About You

You will hold a degree or have equivalent professional experience. You should have experience working in the HEI sector or another large/complex organisation, with direct involvement in administrating PGR student programmes. You will be adaptable, able to respond creatively to change, and skilled in problem solving. You will also have a strong understanding of financial management, planning and budgeting and research funding that supports Medicine and Life Sciences disciplines.

This role will be supporting the William Harvey Research Institute (WHRI), whose primary research focus is within cardiovascular, endocrine and inflammation research. WHRI is the largest pharmacological research institute in the UK University sector and one of the largest in Europe, and since 2002 have grown from 140 people to over 530 clinicians and scientists from 45 countries.

About Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (FMD) is a significant constituent of Queen Mary University of London. It consists of 6 separate Institutes, with personnel of c400, financial turnover of c£60 million per annum, and research expenditure of over c£20 million per annum.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence, and we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

Queen Mary offers competitive salaries, a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ annual leave (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term).  Staff have access to season ticket loans, extensive personal and professional development opportunities, a wide range of family-friendly policies, campus facilities and flexible working options.

Queen Mary is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive community. Reasonable adjustments will be made at all stages of the recruitment process for candidates with disabilities.  Applications from candidates seeking flexible working are welcome.