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The Alan Turing Institute is hiring a Programme Coordinator – NetworkPlus, Digital Twins
Information from The Alan Turing Institute on the role:
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About the job:
The Alan Turing Institute
Named in honour of Alan Turing, the Institute is a place for inspiring, exciting work and we need passionate, sharp, and innovative people who want to use their skills to contribute to our mission to make great leaps in data science and AI research to change the world for the better.
The Role
The Alan Turing Institute has a number of Programmes of scientific research in key areas of AI and data science, each led by a Programme Director. There are also a small number of significant programmes of activity which sit across several research Programmes.
This role sits within the Institute’s Programme Management directorate and will support recently formed Turing Research Innovation Cluster in Digital Twins (TRIC-DT): NetworkPlus Programme.
The Programme Coordinator will support the Programme Managers and Directors in the delivery of programmes and key activities, including programme governance meetings, workshops and events, project financial management and tracking, project resources planning and tracking and project reporting and impact capture.
Your Profile
The successful candidate will have experience of providing pro-active administrative or coordinator support, preferably in a higher education or research focussed environment. They will be proficient standard office IT applications users with an intermediate competency in Excel. Demonstrable administration experience in other similar environments and experience with financial administration and processes, including expenses and purchase orders is essential. The postholder should have excellent communication skills and an ability to provide a high level of service when responding to queries.
Main Duties
Support delivery of key activities including all project meetings & events by coordinating delivery of relevant meeting papers, communicating details to attendees, making travel and accommodation arrangements, taking minutes and booking rooms/catering/organising agendas/name badges/setting up video conference functionality for meetings as needed.
Act as the first point of contact for enquiries relating to the project
Financial administration, including processing of expenses, raising purchase orders, invoice tracking, working with the Finance team and programme team members, and submitting information to funding body databases, for example via ResearchFishBe.
Support delivery of events, and communication and engagement activities with external stakeholders.
Arrange visits from external organisations and delivering to high standards, maintaining and enhancing the reputation of the Institute’s programmes and projects.
Ensure all relevant documentation is maintained to a high standard and keep accurate records, including the CRM database of project records is kept up-to-date and managed effectively.Please see our portal for a full breakdown of the role.
Term and Conditions
This full-time post is offered on a permanent basis. The annual salary is £29,216 plus excellent benefits, including flexible working and family friendly policies, https://www.turing.ac.uk/work-turing/why-work-turing/employee-benefits
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The Alan Turing Institute is committed to creating an environment where diversity is valued and everyone is treated fairly. In accordance with the Equality Act, we welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability.
The Alan Turing Institute is based at the British Library, in the heart of London’s Knowledge Quarter. We expect staff to come to our office at least 4 days per month. Some roles may require more days in the office; the hiring manager will be able to confirm this during the interview.
Closing date for applications: 29 August 2023 at 23:59
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early or to interview suitable candidates before the closing date if enough applications are received.
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3 Replies
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Will there be a scheduled call regarding Data Quality at some point, like there has been on the issue of Interoperability?
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Hi @Gary, there isn’t one planned as yet, but it is possible that one may be set up once there is more information flowing here.
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Worth a look at Digital twins, data quality and digital skills (pbctoday.co.uk)
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