Senior Administrator; Research

The role will provide proactive and flexible advice, guidance and administrative support for RIDA.

On an average day, this may include: scheduling and servicing committee meetings; communicating and promoting activities; responding to queries; developing and maintaining online resources and developing and maintaining processes and procedures for the team.

You will work in a small team alongside the Director of RIDA, the Researcher Training and Development Manager and a Senior Administrator to support growth in Research, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (RIKE) capability and capacity through developing our RIKE people and culture.

The Researcher and Innovator Development Academy (RIDA) is an exciting initiative for all people involved in RIKE activities at all career stages at Sheffield Hallam University.

Working in partnership with our RIKE and research adjacent staff across the whole institution, RIDA’s aim is to enhance research culture, whilst developing a team of people capable of upskilling others.

RIDA provides a one-stop shop for university-wide coordinated training and development for anyone involved in Research, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (RIKE) activities, no matter their role or career stage.

You will be contractually enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), one of the largest and most generous defined benefit pension schemes in the country.

If you are currently a member of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), you can choose to opt out of the LGPS and remain in the USS. Please contact the Pensions team to discuss options available.

Sheffield Hallam welcomes applications from all candidates irrespective of age, pregnancy and maternity, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status.

For this job we particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority applicants who are underrepresented in this area/ this type of job at Sheffield Hallam.

The role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route so if you are an international applicant, you will need to ensure you have an appropriate visa to evidence the necessary right to work in the UK.

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