Job Description

Closing date: 23:59 on 2nd November 2025
Interview date: 13th November 2025
Due to the complexity of the Skilled Worker Visa route and eligibility criteria, applicants requiring sponsorship are recommended to check their eligibility on the Home Office website. We cannot provide advice to candidates at the application stage and will only discuss visa routes with candidates who are invited to interview.
This is a great opportunity to join the leadership team of the FoodBioSystems DTP, a doctoral training partnership that is funded by BBSRC and led by the University of Reading. FoodBioSystems DTP is a vibrant and diverse community of doctoral researchers and their supervisors. We are currently training over 100 PhD students across seven partner universities.
You will be based in Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, and will support DTP administrative management including taking a lead on day-to-day financial management and student monitoring. You will also work with colleagues to plan and deliver some student training and stakeholder engagement activities, taking the lead on some events.
You will:

• Be highly organised with the ability to initiate work, balance competing priorities and meet deadlines
• Have strong finance and numeracy skills and experience of financial administration/management
• Have the ability to work effectively with a diverse range of academic, professional services staff, and postgraduate students as well as a range of external stakeholders.

At the University of Reading you will be joining an inclusive community, set in the award-winning Whiteknights campus, with great transport links to London and beyond.
Contact Name Dr Jane Westwell
Contact Job Title: FoodBioSystems DTP Manager
Contact Email address: jane.westwell@reading.ac.uk
Alternative Contact Name: Professor Lisa Methven
Alternative Contact Job Title: FoodBioSystems DTP Director
Alternative Contact Email address:l.methven@reading.ac.uk
The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

Skills Required