"Senior Research Support Officer"

The Senior Research Support Officer is based within the School of Neuroscience and will primarily provide high-level research administration support to two departments: Basic and Clinical Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, on the Denmark Hill campus.

The role holder will work closely with researchers to manage the end-to-end grant lifecycle and is responsible for overseeing and actioning pre- and post-award processes to ensure awards are managed in accordance with funder and University policies.

The role would suit someone who has significant experience within research grant administration, with good attention to detail, able to effectively manage their time and is able to build and maintain effective working relationships across the School, Faculty and University.

The role will provide individuals with a wide variety of experience and skills working across research administration in a large and complex School and Faculty, supporting the individual to progress their career within research administration across the University.

This is a full time role and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

• Strong knowledge and skills of research support acquired through relevant posts, demonstrating development through progressively more demanding work/roles.
• Working knowledge and experience of grant management processes, systems, budget monitoring, HR processes, software, and regulations.
• Experience of Worktribe, Unit4 Business World and PeopleXD or other university equivalents.
• Proficient levels of numeracy and experience of budget management and costings.
• Relevant working experience of using Excel, Word and other Microsoft applications (e.g., SharePoint).
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills in order to receive, understand and relay complicated ideas or information to various groups of all levels.
• Effective at working independently, and as part of a team, able to take own initiative & decisions with minimal supervision.
• Exceptional organisational skills with an in-depth knowledge of a range of practices, methods and procedures to deliver effective and efficient support.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of managing staff, giving feedback on performance levels and providing training/coaching.

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our How we Recruit pages.

Grade and Salary: £39,076 - £43,909 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance

Job ID: 125206

Close Date: 05-Oct-2025

Contact Person: Deborah Cash / Sam Stewart

Contact Details: Deborah.cash@kcl.ac.uk / sam.stewart@kcl.ac.uk