Research Coordinator

The School of Law seeks to appoint a Research Coordinator to provide administrative support for the research activities of the School of Law, particularly assisting the Research Manager and Director of Research. The successful candidate will be an integral member of the research support team and the wider professional services team, working closely with other professional staff and academic colleagues.

This is a part-time role, and applications are welcomed from candidates interested in a part-time role of 50% to 60% (18.25 to 21.9 hours per week). We offer a supportive working environment, including flexibility over days and hours of work and hybrid working. This role could be undertaken as 50%-60% FTE throughout the year, or concentrated as a higher FTE to work in school term-times only.

Please note that the Terms and Conditions of Employment specify that staff must live within a reasonable travelling distance of their place of work to fulfil the duties of the role.

About You

The successful candidate will possess experience of administrative policies and processes, will take pride in providing high quality support, and will be a positive and professional individual who enjoys interacting with a wide variety of people in an exciting and diverse university environment.

About the Department

The School of Law was founded in 1968, and now with over 1200 students, 70+ full-time academics and 24 professional services staff, we have evolved into a leading UK law school, being ranked in the top 10 (Times Good University Guide 2024, Guardian University Guide 2024). Our teaching quality has been recognised with National Teaching Fellowships and Warwick Awards for Teaching Excellence. Our research culture is vibrant, and our research quality has received high REF ratings (ranked 8th overall in 2021).

The dedicated Professional Services team supports the School in multiple areas of expertise including student services, student engagement and experience, research, academic technology, outreach, human resources, marketing and communications, finance, events delivery, and governance.

Community Diversity is one of our great strengths, and our talented staff come from many different countries and backgrounds. Our student body is also highly diverse, with international students comprising 32% of our undergraduates and 80% of our postgraduates.

Our Athena Swan Departmental Silver Award recognises the advancement of gender equality, representation, progression, and success for all in academia. We are supportive of staff with caring responsibilities, have generous carer's, maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave policies, onsite childcare facilities, and a childcare vouchers scheme.

Benefits

We offer an attractive pension scheme, a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities. We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer flexible working. We are proud to be a Living Wage employer.