Research Administrator (Part Time, Fixed Term)

The ATTEND trial aims to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy as a second-line treatment for adolescent depression.

You will provide a comprehensive administrative service to the ATTEND trial under Professor Tamsin Ford, academic and research staff, postgraduate students, and others within the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry group.

This will involve providing excellent administrative support across a range of functions, being responsible for making many arrangements on behalf of the Professor and her team, working efficiently and effectively and communicating with the team and others in the department in the appropriate manner. Sometimes rigid deadlines need to be met in an accurate, timely and organised fashion.

This role will encompass direct communication with a wide variety of staff, visitors, and students throughout the department as well as the NHS, funders, research collaborators across different institutions, and participants along with other University colleagues.

Providing advice and guidance in relation to procedural and administration matters in an approachable, accurate and efficient way, recognising when to refer problems on.

Assisting with financial aspects of grant management, including liaising closely with finance and HR regarding grant costings and expenditure, and preparing expense and finance claims.

Communicating via email, telephone and face-to-face with funding body contacts, ethics committees, participants and visitors, which require high levels of tact, diplomacy, confidentiality, accuracy and organisational skills.

Induction of new staff, students and visitors into the group.

Primary point of contact for a variety of administrative procedures within the department and will also work closely with the other members of the administration team and the Business and Operations Manager, to provide the highest level of administration and support with general queries and enquiries.

This is a part time position of up to 3 full days per week. We welcome flexible working, therefore the allocation of the hours across the week (3 full days or more shorter days) to be negotiated. Whilst we hybrid-work, the post-holder would be expected to work from the office at least two days per week.