Doctoral Research Officer

School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Full-time, Open ended

Hybrid working (with a maximum of 2 days per week working from home).

The School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences is seeking to recruit a Doctoral Research Officer.

Working closely with colleagues from the Doctoral College Office (DCO), the School’s Associate Dean for Research and Innovation (ADR&I) and the Director of Doctoral Programmes (DDP), the postholder will deliver excellent and individualised customer service and manage the day-to-day administration of the School’s provision of postgraduate research/PhDs. This includes PGR recruitment, administration and events to build the doctoral research community within the School.

The post requires a highly motivated and pro-active individual, with excellent communication, multi-tasking and organisational skills. Candidates should have experience of working within a busy office environment, ideally within a Higher Education setting, and will be an excellent administrator with strong IT and data analysis skills.

The postholder will work dynamically, with 60% of the week spent in our office on the Loughborough campus. They will work closely with our doctoral researcher and academic community to identify issues, pro-actively find solutions and improve lines of communication. This will be achieved, for example, through visiting study spaces, attending events and hosting drop-in sessions.

 
The School is renowned as an internationally recognised centre of excellence for the study of sport, exercise and health through the natural and social sciences and is ranked No.1 in the world in the QS World University Rankings by Subject for eight years in a row.

For more information on the role please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

  
Informal enquiries to the School Research and Innovation Support Manager, Natalie Matthewman N.Matthewman@lboro.ac.uk.

Closing Date: 16 October 2024