Assistant Research Manager (Postgraduate Researchers)

at  University of Sussex

With over 500 Postgraduate Researchers the Science PhD community is thriving. As Assistant Research Manager you will work closely with our four friendly Science research support teams to administrate an exceptional postgraduate researcher experience:

• Provide expert leadership to teams
• Take overall responsibility for the administration of science school research degrees
• Take personal accountability for the team’s financial management of PhD studentships, bursaries, and grants. Ensuring team members are trained, supported, and working with accuracy.
• Oversee an exciting array of research events. Promote staff, and student training, in line with university regulations and the Vitae researcher development framework
• Seek out and promote opportunities to increase science PhD success in line with strategic objectives
• Identify and implement opportunities to promote a positive research culture across science
• Deputise for the Senior Research Manager (Science) in postgraduate researcher matter

Are you an experienced administrator or manager with a proven track record of providing excellent research support?
The Schools of Engineering and Informatics, Life Sciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Psychology are delighted to be recruiting for this exciting post with huge potential.

With over 500 Postgraduate Researchers the Science PhD community is thriving. As Assistant Research Manager you will work closely with our four friendly Science research support teams to administrate an exceptional postgraduate researcher experience:

• Provide expert leadership to teams
• Take overall responsibility for the administration of science school research degrees
• Take personal accountability for the team’s financial management of PhD studentships, bursaries, and grants. Ensuring team members are trained, supported, and working with accuracy.
• Oversee an exciting array of research events. Promote staff, and student training, in line with university regulations and the Vitae researcher development framework
• Seek out and promote opportunities to increase science PhD success in line with strategic objectives
• Identify and implement opportunities to promote a positive research culture across science
• Deputise for the Senior Research Manager (Science) in postgraduate researcher matters

You will join a lively Science management team and enjoy peer support and collaboration within a vast network of colleagues, professional services and academic alike. You will represent the interest of science postgraduate researchers wherever you go, leading discussion and projects within science and at university level.
You will have excellent organisational and communication skills and be both a team player and confident to work on your own initiative, setting priorities and managing your workload.
You will be a conscientious and authentic colleague who prioritises wellbeing while achieving excellent results from and with the team.
Finally, you will have a solid understanding of postgraduate research finance, meticulous attention to detail and a systematic problem-solving style. Able to confidently advise senior colleagues on policies and procedures related to postgraduate researcher administration.
Please note, this exciting opportunity has arisen because of the partial internal secondment of the current Assistant Research Manager (PGR) who will retain 0.3 FTE (1.5 days) and provide continuity of line management for pre-existing staff in two schools. Freeing up the successful candidate to fully explore the potential of the role across science.
Please contact Gemma Harman G.Harman@sussex.ac.uk for informal enquiries.
The University is committed to equality and valuing diversity, and applications are particularly welcomed from women and Black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics (STEMM) at Sussex.
Please note: The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed from the UK