Senior Research Operations Officer in London - Signature Recruitment

Love working with people and making complicated processes feel a little easier? Are you happiest when you’re organising, problem-solving and keeping everyone on track? Signature Recruitment is recruiting a Senior Research Operations Officer to join a busy Arts and Humanities team within a leading higher education institution.

This is a two-month temporary, full-time opportunity based in London, working 35 hours per week and paying £21.42 per hour. The role offers hybrid working, with two days on campus and three days working from home. Additional campus attendance will be needed during key periods such as Welcome Week.

You’ll provide administrative and operational support across a group of academic departments. Working with academic staff, research teams and postgraduate students, you’ll help coordinate activities, keep information accurate and make sure important processes run smoothly.

A key focus will be supporting Welcome Week for postgraduate research students. You’ll coordinate events and inductions, manage practical arrangements and work with academic colleagues to provide students with a welcoming and organised experience. You’ll also support postgraduate research activity and help coordinate key research administration processes. Alongside this, you’ll organise meetings and events, keep online information accurate and provide administrative support across projects, funding activity and new initiatives.

This is a varied, people-focused role that will suit someone who enjoys building relationships, spotting what needs doing and finding practical solutions. You’ll join a collaborative team where your initiative, adaptability and attention to detail will make a real difference.

• Support postgraduate research students, supervisors and academic colleagues with programme administration
• Coordinate Welcome Week activities, inductions, research events, meetings and practical arrangements
• Assist with the Excellence Framework activity, reports and wider research administration
• Organise departmental committees, distribute papers, take minutes and share documentation promptly
• Maintain research webpages and ensure online information remains accurate and up to date
• Support research budgets, internal grants, new initiatives, health and safety processes and risk assessments

• Strong administration experience gained within a university, research or similar professional environment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with confidence supporting a range of people
• Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive approach and confidence using initiative
• Excellent attention to detail with experience coordinating events, meetings and competing priorities

If you enjoy working with people, bringing order to busy workloads and finding solutions when things don’t quite go to plan, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today for this Senior Research Operations Officer opportunity in London.

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