Research Administrator 4.05 at University of the Witwatersrand

Minimum Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree
• An Honours degree would be an added advantage
• At least two years’ relevant experience, with some higher education experience (e.g. executive assistant or project administrator) and/or externally-funded grant management experience
• Good computer skills and experience setting up online meetings (Zoom/MS-Teams)
• Knowledge and understanding of the higher education sector is required

Duties amongst others include:

• Coordinate standing meetings of the CoE (Steering Committee, Scientific Advisory Committee, Annual Focus Area Coordinators Forum and others) as required
• Arranging travel, accommodation, campus access for the Visiting Researchers to the CoE; arranging timeous payments of financial support to such visitors
• Deal with Student/Fellow queries surrounding CoE Bursaries and Fellowships, and /University stakeholder queries re Research Grants
• Responsible for general administration of the CoE-MaSS
• Responsible for capturing, submitting, and storing annual Nomination Forms to the NRF for approval
• Assimilating data from various sources and collating Annual progress reports to external funders and internal reporting
• Ensure that researchers/students meet their deadlines i.t.o submission of information to the Centre for grant reporting to the NRF
• Perform other tasks or activities which fall within the general functioning of the CoE as determined by the Manager and/or Director of the CoE to further the aims of the Centre

Key Competencies:

• Strong interpersonal skills and good communication skills, to work across varied stakeholders (e.g. postgrad students, postdoc fellows, early-career to established researchers, government, industry partners, funders/donors, etc)
• High-level computer literacy skills (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook)
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and meet tight deadlines

Closing date: Monday, 31 July 202