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Impact Acceleration Account Administrator

£40,774 - £40,774
 

Job Description

Queen Mary has ambitious plans to grow the reach and impact of our research, making a difference locally, nationally and internationally. The Impact Acceleration Accounts Officer (IAA Officer) plays an important role in this through providing high-quality and responsive administration of Queen Mary Impact Fund, ensuring the university’s IAA funding is managed effectively and used to respond to impact opportunities in novel and creative ways, generating impact aligned to Queen Mary’s Strategy 2030. The role sits within the growing Research Impact team, part of the Office of the Principal.



The purpose of this role is to support the delivery of the Queen Mary Impact Fund, which currently includes IAA funding from EPSRC, BBSRC and MRC. The post-holder will support the Impact Acceleration Account Officer who is responsible for the overall fund management and you will be responsible for the administration. This includes managing calls for funding, tracking successful projects, monitoring spend and compiling internal and external reports.



This may also include supporting applications for new IAAs. The role will work across Queen Mary, building on the work of several previous IAA awards. This will involve working closely with professional services colleagues in related teams (e.g. business development, technology transfer), external partners and academic researchers to assist in identifying and facilitating the economic and societal impact of Queen Mary’s UKRI research.



The post-holder will support the Research Impact team’s other activities, for example producing materials to communicate Queen Mary’s impact, delivering impact training and supporting initiatives to increase Queen Mary’s impact through policy, public and community and business engagement. 



 



Main duties and responsibilities:



Manage and administer internal funding rounds for IAA monies. This will include: ensuring calls are well publicised, capturing funded activities/projects, supporting the assessment process and liaising with successful project leads to ensure timely spend and reporting.



Working with Impact Engagement Officers, deliver a flexible, agile and responsive service to academics and external partners in facilitating queries about the IAA and the work it supports, with referral and/or escalation where appropriate.



Attend and act as secretary for IAA steering groups. Prepare board reports, agendas, papers and minutes for the steering groups.



Track and monitor the IAA budget, and projects it supports, identifying potential underspends and issues as appropriate, and providing advice on mitigations.



Collect data for draft interim and final reports for the IAA to be submitted to the relevant funder, including requesting regular reporting from those staff members funded through the IAAs.



Provide administrative support to Queen Mary’s institutional initiatives to increase impact from its industrial and community engagement such as sandpit events and workshops.



Support the Research Impact team in its other activities, for example supporting the delivery of training sessions.



Support with other related tasks as required. The above list of responsibilities is not exhaustive, and the jobholder may be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the level of the role, as reasonably requested by their line manager.



 



Qualifications

Degree or equivalent. 



Skills

Demonstrable experience of undertaking project type work, planning and progressing to completion, including monitoring and reporting.



Experience supporting academics and non academic partners.



An understanding of research and engagement projects.



Demonstrable ability to use initiative and judgement and refer up as needed.



Ability to prioritise workload effectively and to work independently to progress long and short term activities to ensure delivery.



Accuracy and attention to detail



Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels, bringing different groups of people together with positive results.



Good administrative IT skills including spread sheets, email, word processing, maintaining web pages and databases used as management tools.



The ability to meet UK ‘right to work’ requirements.

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COMPASS-MS Therapist



Qualifications

MSc in Health Psychology



Skills

Experience in CBT therapy

Library Student Ambassadors - six roles available to work 15 hours between February and June 2025 

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated students - at all levels- to become Library Student Ambassadors to help improve the student experience in the Library. We want to increase the student voice and focus on library developments and improvements that are most important to students.  We need you to tell us!

Library Student Ambassadors will be actively involved in a number of library projects, take part in user experience research or focus groups, attend some Library Working Group meeting, and take forward suggestions for improving and developing library services and help promote library services and resources.

The hours will be worked between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday and we will try to be flexible around your studies and other commitments.  Some weeks it will be 2 or 3 hours and other weeks, no hours - making a total of 15 hours worked between Feb and June 2025



Qualifications

Current London Met student 



Skills

Excellent communication skills in order to act as a sounding board for ideas, talk to other students, and give suggestions for improvements in Library Services and Special Collections

How to apply - PLEASE send letter of interest

Email Laura Simmons (l.simmons@londonmet.ac.uk), Head of Library Operations, with heading LIBRARY STUDENT AMBASSADOR detailing your course and School and what year you are in and no more than 300 words outlining why you think you would make a good Library Student Ambassador in terms of your skills and interests and a suggestion of one thing you would like to see improved or developed in the library either online or in the physical library.  Thank you!

 

THIS ROLE IS NOT SUITABLE FOR CURRENT STUDENTS

 

To act as a point of contact for the Health and Lifestyle Research Unit and it?s projects, responding professionally and courteously to enquiries in person, by email and by telephone, whilst escalating more complex queries to the Stop Smoking Advisors and Research Team.  Required to provide an excellent standard of customer service and convey a helpful, positive image, both within and external, to the unit

To work as a member of the Unit?s administrative team, being mutally supportive and covering duties as necessary during colleagues absenses and at times of additional pressure, as directed.

 

Main duties and responsibilities

Operations

  • Assist the Stop Smoking Manager and Stop Smoking Teams in maintaining the efficient running of the busy Stop Smoking Services; this will include first line support for telephone and email enquiries, servicing interviews, arranging appointments, preparing starter packs for new staff and dealing with internal and external correspondence including dissemination (as requested) of any Institute, Faculty or University information to staff within the unit.
  • Support the organisation of meetings (booking rooms, audio-visual equipment, catering where agreed as required) and the organisation of travel and accommodation for overseas conferences for colleagues attending these.
  • Provide support for meeting/event/conference organisation (including training and outreach events) and any requirements on the day(s) including registration of those attending etc.
  • Maintain, develop or enter any data on relevant databases/spreadsheets used in conjunction with unit activities.
  • Provide administrative support for the unit team whennecessary (sickness/holiday cover, project deadlines).

Finance 

  • Assist in raising purchase orders for relevant activities undertaken.
  • Process colleague expenses claims and liaise with Finance for payment of these.

Facilities 

  • Maintain office equipment (photocopiers, printers etc.) and arrange servicing and repairs when necessary.
  • Assist with Health and Safety inspections.

Receptionist Duties

  • Manage the reception area of the Health and Lifestyle Research Unit, providing a professional, courteous and effective reception service, responding to enquiries from patients, staff and external visitors to the Unit.
  • Ensuring that building access procedures are followed at alltimes. Be aware of safety procedures within the Unit and ensure that in the event of a safety breach or emergency the prescribed procedures are followed, and that the relevant staff are notified.
  • Manage the room booking process for rooms within the building, including monitoring usage and ensuring users are aware of the need to conform to all appropriate building access and procedures.
  • Ensure that handover to alternative staff during and at the end of the day is carried out in full and according to the appropriate procedures.
  • Develop and maintain a network of contacts, knowing who to liaise with on key issues.


Qualifications

GCSE Maths and English (grade C/4 or above) or equivalent 

Further educational qualifications / accreditation (ideally related to this role)



Skills

Experience of carrying out a range of administrative tasks, in relation to supporting an organisation?s day to day operational delivery

Experience of delivering excellence in customer service in a front line reception (or similar front of house) environment

Experience of / involvement with / knowledge of accounts (financial) administration (e.g. ordering supplies, financial record keeping, stock control, purchase orders) 

Experience of working in an Academic or Higher Education environment

Ability to understand and actively contribute to the advancing of your own knowledge and that of others, with regards to diversity, equality and inclusion

Ability to draft correspondence through good written skills.

Good interpersonal skills and ability to establish good working relationships with both staff and students and a wide range of external agencies

Good oral communication skills, that will enable you to provide engaging support to a variety of visitors to the Institute reception.

IT skills, including knowledge of MS Word, excel and other software applications

Good numerical skills with a methodical approach and attention to detail

Good organisational skills with the ability to balance competing demands and prioritise a varied workload with minimal supervision

Ability to work within a team and contribute to effective team working

Flexible and professional approach to work

The ability to meet UK right to work requirements

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