About this role
We have an exciting opportunity for a proactive and collaborative professional to help transform operational support for research funding applications within the fast-paced, customer-focused Pricing & Awards Team.
In this multifaceted role, you will help create a new central repository of operational information relating to external funding application processes, systems and funder rules. This role will be a key contact for other research support colleagues, providing operational guidance and training to ensure compliance and consistency whilst maximising cost recovery. You will be required to interpret complex funder rules, processes and systems; setting up funding schemes in our internal database and maintaining institutional accounts on external grant systems.
You will also handle other technical aspects of research funding administration, from verifying budgets for accuracy, submitting applications and supporting the transfer of successful awards to Finance. Additionally, you will step in for the Pricing & Awards Team Leader as required, assisting with workload distribution and resolving challenging queries.
We are seeking candidates with relevant experience in research support and an ongoing dedication to continuous improvement and operational excellence.
What We Offer The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.
We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.
We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.
Find out more at sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/benefits and join us to become part of something special.