Research and Projects Administrator at King’s College London

We are recruiting a part-time (70% FTE) Research and Projects Administrator to work in the Service User Research Enterprise (SURE) at King’s College London. SURE is a unique academic research group comprised predominantly of researchers and Patient and Public Involvement Co-ordinators with direct (personal) and indirect (friends and family) experiences of neurodivergence; trauma, violence and abuse; madness; mental distress; and using or refusing mental health services. We conduct research from the perspectives of first-hand experiences, support and coordinate Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) activities, and carry out PhD supervision and teaching. We aim to connect our research to relevant local and national communities and networks. SURE members share a commitment to developing and contributing to knowledge on lived experience in research, and often have a social justice orientation in our work or studies.   

SURE and external partner organisation Traumascapes have been awarded a new three-year Wellcome grant to deliver a Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Lived Experience in Mental Health Research. SURE and Traumascapes also carry out research projects with survivor led organisations and people with lived experience on topics relating to trauma, violence and abuse. 

We are looking for someone to carry out high quality administration of the new Wellcome grant, as well as administration of further projects and research, to help ensure the smooth running of these activities. You will work closely with Dr Angela Sweeney, Director of SURE, and will be connected to Traumascapes staff, SURE members and professional services staff working in other research centres and groups.  

We encourage applications from candidates who have experience of working in higher education, or in other settings (e.g. community organisations), where they have the skills needed to carry out the role. We warmly welcome applications from candidates who identify as being from a community or communities under-served by the higher education sector. We welcome enquiries about flexible working including working from home. 

This post will be offered on a part-time (70% FTE), fixed term contract for 31 months.

The postholder will carry out research and project administration relating to:  

• research and projects including a new, three-year Wellcome funded project; 
• lived experience advisory groups; 
• our Patient and Public Involvement Advisory Sessions; 
• and further projects within the Service User Research Enterprise. 

Specific responsibilities will include: 

• Providing financial administrative support including arranging invoices, payments, and vouchers. 
• Making travel arrangements for internal and external people, including occasional international travel. Booking tickets and arranging reimbursements. 
• Occasionally making hotel bookings. 
• Co-ordinating meetings including finding suitable times and dates, preparing,  
• collating and circulating papers, making teams /room bookings, sending invitations and, occasionally, arranging refreshments. 
• Taking meeting minutes/notes and logging actions/follow-up points. 
• Supporting with SURE projects such as our Patient and Public Involvement Advisory Sessions and online seminars. 
• Advertising SURE activities. 
• Liaising and communicating with internal partners and external organisations, including people from survivor-led organisations. 
• Providing some diary support to Dr Angie Sweeney. 
• Organising files and records including uploading materials e.g. to shared drives. 
• Working within King’s processes and procedures. 

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.