Administrator; NIHR ARC South West

About The Role

Administrator, NIHR ARC South West

This part-time (0.5 FTE) post is immediately available.

This post is offered on a permanent basis and is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South West between 1st September 2026 and 31st March 2031, in the first instance. In line with the University’s fair employment for all principles, our goal is to create more opportunities for career growth and stability for each employee.

Applications for secondments will be considered subject to agreement from your current line manager.

Salary will be £30,878per annum pro rata on Grade Dsubject to knowledge, skills and experience.

This role is office based.

Interviews are expected to take place on Tuesday 10th November 2026.

We welcome applications from candidates interested in working part-time hours or job-sharing arrangements.

This role will provide general and specialist administrative support within the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South West. Key responsibilities for this role include providing colleagues and stakeholders with information relating to finance and budgets; communications and marketing; making travel, accommodation and room bookings, and arranging meetings and events (online and offline). The role requires strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work and communicate successfully with a broad range of stakeholders and audiences.

The post-holder will be expected to work flexibly and with initiative in an evolving environment, within a supportive team. Excellent numeracy and literary skills, as well as attention to detail and good time management are essential. This post is situated within the Project Support Team of the NIHR ARC South West. The team, which includes colleagues from the Universities of Exeter, Plymouth and Bristol, provides operational, programme management, administrative and communications support to the wider research group.

NIHR ARC South West is a large research group based across a number of organisations. We work closely with health and social care professionals, members of the public and local communities to address issues facing the health and care system through applied research and ensure the needs of our national populations are met. At the University of Exeter, staff sit within the Departments for Health and Community Sciences and Public Health and Sport Sciences, in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences.

This role is within the NIHR ARC South West Project Support Team. This is a team which provides support to all NIHR ARC South West researchers and affiliated partners. On a day-to-day basis the Administrator NIHR ARC South West will be managed by NIHR ARC South West Research Manager with input from NIHR ARC South West Senior Administrator and the Research and Communications Administrator.

Please contact

Charlotte Hewlett , Research Manager NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South West (NIHR ARC South West), email  or Cath Hopkins Senior Administrator, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South West, email

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