Job Description

Ref Number

B04-06176

Professional Expertise

Finance

Department

UCL BEAMS (B04)

Location

London

Working Pattern

Full time

Salary

35,930-41,255

Contract Type

Fixed-term

Working Type

Hybrid

Available for Secondment

Yes

Closing Date

25-Jun-2025

About us

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UCL Mechanical Engineering has been pioneering the development of engineering education, we develop and apply core competencies to produce world-class research into a wider range of engineering challenges than most would imagine.

About the role

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This position will play a key role in providing support for the department's externally and internally funded research projects. The role will involve helping to manage the research proposal process and any associated research contract requests. The post will also involve following financial monitoring procedures, reporting and other grant project related tasks, as requested by Principal Investigators, and will be expected to work closely with the Mecheng Finance Team.

About you

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You will be educated to A Level or equivalent, or having acquired relevant skills in the higher education administrative settings. Knowledge of financial processes and regulations associated with general financial administration is desirable but not essential as training will be provided during the secondment. You will also have an interest about research funding processes and regulations within a higher education/research environment and excellent knowledge of Excel, including the ability to understand and use numerical formulae. Your application form should come as a statement expressing your interest in the role and highlighting how your previous experience and interests address the job description and how this secondment would benefit your career progression/development.

What we offer

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This post is open to UCL internal staff only as a secondment starting as soon as possible and until the 5th January 2026. For information about our rewards and benefits please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people and LGBTQI+ people.