Job Description

Funding Officer

UKRI Talent Team

Salary: 29,923.00 per annum

Band: UKRI Band C

Team: Talent and Skills Team

Contract Type: 1x Open ended and 1x Fixed Term to 31/03/27

Hours: Full-time/ Part Time (minimum 0.6 FTE) (flexible working available)

Location: Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire - Hybrid working available

Closing Date: Sunday 24th August 2025

About the role

We are recruiting two Funding Officers within the UKRI Talent and Skills team, who will support the delivery of our two pan-UKRI programmes the Future Leaders Fellowships and Cross Research Council Responsive Mode schemes. The Funding Officers will be assigned to one of these programmes to support the associate operational processes for the assessment of these schemes, including the management and co-ordination of the administrative workloads within this team. These roles contribute to UKRI's priorities in maintaining the UK's position as a global leader in R&D by attracting, retaining, and developing talented people and funding excellent interdisciplinary research.

Key responsibilities

Delivering the peer review of applications received to FLF or CRCRM programmes ensuring that applications are reviewed objectively, fairly and in a timely manner Processing of applications through the UKRI Funding Service through all stages from application submission through to awarding and post award management Identifying and managing conflicts Preparing materials and managing logistics for panel meetings Attending and supporting panel meetings Processing applications following on from funding decisions, communicating notifications and feedback to applicants Task managing the Funding Administrators, providing support, training, coordinating tasks and having oversight of activities and workloads Liaising with a wide range of people, both internally and externally, managing queries and providing clear responses using scheme guidance. Supporting the evaluation (CRCRM only) Carrying out any other duties/ projects that may be required of the post across UKRI Talent and Skills.

Personal Specification

The below criteria will be scored during Shortlisting (S), Interview (I) or both (S&I).

Essential:

A-level qualifications or demonstrable equivalent experience (S) Excellent teamwork skills, proactively supporting colleagues (S&I) Excellent communication skills, with experience of establishing and maintaining good working relationships with stakeholders (S&I) Demonstrable problem-solving skills, with the ability to contribute to ongoing process improvements within the team (S&I) Excellent organisational skills, with good attention to detail (S&I) Ability to proactively and independently manage and prioritise workloads, adapting to changing and conflicting priorities (S&I) Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office products: Outlook, Excel, Word (S) Experience of collecting, managing and maintaining large volumes of sensitive data, including an understanding of regulations and good practice pertaining to this (S&I) Able to demonstrate resilience with an ability to stay calm under pressure (S&I) Experience of task management and/or staff supervision (S&I)

Desirable:

Experience of working in a research and innovation funding environment (S) Understanding of the principles of peer review and operational delivery of research and innovation funding programmes (S) Commitment to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (S) Experience managing large data sets using key excel tools such as pivot tables and vlookups (S) Experience with creating surveys using a digital platform, for example CitizenSpace, Survey Monkey) (S)

Benefits

We recognise and value our employees as individuals and aim to provide a favourable pay and rewards package! We are committed to supporting employees' development and promote a culture of continuous learning!

A list of benefits below:

An outstanding defined benefit pension scheme 30 days' annual leave in addition to 10.5 public and privilege days (full time equivalent) Employee discounts and offers on retail and leisure activities Employee assistance programme, providing confidential help and advice Flexible working options
Plus many more benefits and wellbeing initiatives that enable our employees to have a great work life balance!

For further information on our benefits please see:

Benefits of working at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)


UKRI is an Equal Opportunity & Disability Confident Employer.

Please apply online, if you experience any issue applying, please contact Recruitment@ukri.org